for 4 pieces

Sauce

1	onion, finely chopped
2	garlic cloves, finely chopped
1	red chilli, halved, deseeded, chopped
1 tbsp	olive oil
1 tbsp	butter
150 g	ketchup
1 tbsp	honey
2 tbsp	cane sugar
3 tbsp	tomato puree
2 tbsp	Worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp	soy sauce
2 tbsp	whisky

To assemble

600 g	minced meat (beef)
100 ml	full cream
1 pinch	salt
a little	pepper, ground
	oil for frying

To serve

4 slice	bacon
100 g	onions, roughly chopped
	clarified butter for frying
4	burger buns
1	tomato, in 4 slices
4 leaf	iceberg lettuce
4 slice	Cheddar

How it's done

Sauce

Sauté the onion, garlic and chilli in olive oil/butter. Add the ketchup, honey, sugar, tomato puree, Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce, mix well. Bring the sauce to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for approx. 20 mins. Stir in the whisky.

To assemble

Mix the mince with the cream, season. Using your hands, shape the mixture into four balls and flatten into burgers. Heat the oil in a frying pan, fry the burgers on both sides until crispy.

To serve

In a frying pan, gently fry the bacon until crispy, remove. Fry the onions in the bacon fat until crispy. Top the bottom half of each bun with the sauce, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, meat, cheddar and bacon, cover with the top half of the bun.

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