Double Whopper-style flame-grilled double burger

Ingredients

burgers (2 per burger)

• 700 g beef mince (20% fat)
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp black pepper

To assemble

• 4 sesame seed crown buns
• 4 tbsp ketchup
• 8 slices American cheese
• 1 tomato, sliced
• ½ iceberg lettuce, shredded
• 1 red onion, sliced thin
• 12 dill pickle slices
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil (for the grill)

Method

1. burgers. Divide beef into 8 loose balls (2 per burger). press gently into large discs. Season both sides with salt and pepper.
2. Grill. Heat a cast-iron griddle until smoking hot. Add oil. Lay burgers away from you. Don’t move for 90 seconds — you want a deep char.
3. Flip + cheese. Flip, immediately lay a slice of cheese on each burger. Cook 60 seconds more for medium.
4. Toast buns. Toast in a dry pan until golden.
5. Assemble. bottom bun → ketchup → burger with cheese → onion → pickle → tomato → lettuce → burger with cheese → top bun.

Tips

• Two burgers, not one thick one. Different searing, different texture.
• Cheese on each burger means every pite has cheese — not just the bottom.
• The flame char is the whole game. Mediocre at room temp, excellent off the griddle.