Aussie Burger with The Lot

Step 1

Pop your beef mince in a medium bowl and give it a good crack of salt and pepper. Mix together and knead well for a minute or two. Portion into quarters (around 125 g / ¼ lb per patty). Pick up each portion and throw between your hands a few times to compact the meat (and help soften the patty once cooked), then form into a hamburger patty and place on a plate ready to cook.

Step 2

Heat up a BBQ grill or large frying pan on medium low heat and add your vegetable oil. Once hot, add your beef patties and cook each side for around 6-8 minutes until cooked through or just pink in the middle if you like it that way.

Step 3

Once cooked, add your cheese slices to the top of each beef patty and allow to melt for a minute or two (you can add a lid on at this point to speed things up if you need). Then remove from the pan, and either loosely wrap in alfoil (don't touch the cheese) or pop in the oven on keep warm.

Step 4

Add the bacon to the same frying pan, but turn the heat up slightly if you prefer crispier bacon. Cook to how you like it - either a couple of minutes each side, or a few more if you want. Remove and place on a paper towel to remove any excess oil.

Step 5

Now let's fry those eggs in the beef and bacon oils left in the pan! Crack them straight into the pan back on a medium low heat if you want to cook them through sunny side up style, or you can leave it on medium high if you want to fry them quick and want those yolks hard too. Either way, these will need at least 2-5 minutes to cook through.

Step 6

While the eggs are cooking, it's time to toast your hamburger buns. Slice them in half and you can either pop them in a toaster or place them until a grill / broiler for a couple of minutes. (Or, don't do either and leave them fresh!)

Step 7

Now it's time to layer it all together! Here's our order:Burger bun base (with optional butter), tomato sauce / ketchup, lettuce, sliced tomato, sliced beetroot, beef patty with cheese, pineapple ring, fried egg and finally the top of the burger bun.Enjoy!