These beef patties are super simple to make, and extremely flavourful. You can change up the herbs and spices to use what you have in your pantry, so take this recipe as inspiration.
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Making Beef Patties
You would think it would be easy to find minced beef anywhere you are shopping. But when we were in France we discovered this is not so. What you do is go to the butcher and ask him to mince the beef for you. He does this while you wait, and if you want beef patties, he makes them there and then. And while I like the idea of mincing my own beef, and I have a mincer, it is really easy to buy meat ready minced here. So taking this common ingredient, I added fragrant spices and herbs, including mint, to make my own patties. The plus side of this is you can add whatever flavourings take your fancy. And you can make the patties as small, or as large, as you want them to be.
What else can I do with mince?
The obvious start to this is a bolognese style sauce using mince for a quicker cooking process. In South Africa we have frikkadels, which are meatballs. And then there is a simple filling for lasagne. Or be more daring and cook my favourite meatball lasagne. Head towards Greece and make a moussaka, or to India and curried mince. You could try my mince and courgette bake, or visit Eastern Europe and bake pirozhki. When making Sfiha, a Turkish dish, I used venison. But you could substitute beef mince which would be more traditional. As you can see, not only is mince versatile, it is an ingredient found across many continents and cuisines. Let me know in the comments what is your favourite mince dish for me to add to my repertoire.
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Beef Patties
Ingredients
- 15 mls olive oil
- 1 shallot, peeled and finely diced
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
- 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
- 2.5 mls chilli flakes
- 2.5 mls ground cumin
- 500 g beef mince
- 5 g mint leaves, finely chopped
- 5 mls dried parsley
- 2.5 mls dried thyme
- 2.5 mls dried oregano
- 1 egg yolk
- flour for shaping
for cooking:
- 15 mls olive oil
Method
- Place the olive oil into a frying pan and heat over a medium temperature
- Add the shallot, season, and sauté until soft
- Add the garlic, and when fragrant, add the chilli and cumin
- Stir to combine, and when fragrants, take off the heat and set aside to cool
- Place the beef into a bowl and add the mint, parsley, thyme, oregano and shallot mixture
- Season generously, add the egg, and bring the mixture together using your hands
- Wash and dry your hands, then lightly dust with flour to shape 4 x 8xm round x 3cm high 135g patties
to cook:
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium temperature
- Place the patties into the heated oil and cook for 7 minutes per side
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Oh yes i do love a beef pattie; in fact i made them last night. These days i tend to make smash patties, which are so quick and easy, and tasty. I love pastitsio, the Greek mince dish, tho i haven’t made it for years, and i really enjoy konigsberger klopse the German meatball dish!
I need to look both of those up!
Tandy – you cannot have been born in Northern Europe as I was and not follow mother’s milk with beef patties 🙂 ! In my childhood days> 1/3 each or pork, beef and veal – these days veal naturally is oft off the table. I LOVE beef patties but not burgers – let’s just call that ‘my’ peculiarity 🙂 ! Like your ingredients – my original ones were/are ‘plainer’. These days tho’ they take on many flavours 🙂 ! I DO like my butcher mincing the meat I have selected but buy that as a packet of mince and do what I want with it – so much better than what appears in plastic trays at the supermarket! I hope that next time you come to Australia you taste kangaroo mince – it is lean and has a delightful; gamey flavour!!!
I have had kangaroo, which is very unique. I think if I had a choice I would use venison and grind my own mince 🙂
I have eaten venison but such a long time I don’t remember the taste to compare. Oh, yes, home-made mince is by far the best . . . already because you can make exactly the mixture you like! And I agree with Sherry’s choices – have had pastitsio lots in Europe and Konigsberger Klopse (they are much smaller in size than meat patties as we know them) coming from just ‘down the road’ from Estonia, Mom made lots of times in my childhood. These days I go more the Asian routes with mince . . . 🙂 !
I am going to have to do a lot more exploring for sure!
Thank you for not adding breadcrumb into the beef patties! I use lots of ground beef as my husband loves them.
I hope you make my version for him 🙂
I like your recipe, Tandy. Mine contains bread crumbs.
I usually add breadcrumbs, but decided this time to try without 🙂
How interesting! I hadn’t thought it would be difficult to find ground beef in France; it’s just so ubiquitous in the US. I’m sure you’d get a much higher quality result by going though the additional steps of mincing it yourself.
There is something to be said for mincing your own meat for sure 🙂
Tandy, we encountered a similar situation when we visited Italy- we had a hard time finding beef or chicken to cook. Back to these patties though, i love your combination of spices and herbs, these must be so tasty and aromatic!
I have never had a problem finding chicken or beef in Italy, but mince is a whole other thing. It is just not common in Europe from what I have experienced 🙂
These patties look perfect to me. I love your blend of spices and herbs – and the addition of mint sounds particularly interesting!
Mint has become a favourite of mine for savoury dishes after I learnt how it stimulates the taste buds 🙂
I love making patties and some form of meat balls. I was planning in my head to make Angie’s Keto salmon balls this week and now these patties. I am excited to try out this recipe as well with chicken.
Those salmon balls looked amazing!