Smashburgers and friends

 

2 day recipe, 4 component recipe. One component is a hike on the second day.

Morning of day 1: Mix up the dough for King Arthur's brioche burger buns as written. As advertised, this took 20-25 minutes kneading by hand to come together. Let rise until puffy. (This took longer than expected for me, so I ended up not having time to refrigerate for even a couple hours like I was intending to. They still turned out delicious and weren't a problem to shape.)

Afternoon of day 1: Shape and bake into 8 buns as written.

Also afternoon of day 1, or some other convenient time: Attempt homemade mayo as written. The first attempt failed, the second attempt worked. Changed quite a few variables in between, including using a Talenti container, pouring in the oil while mixing, and subbing vinegar for lemon juice since we're low on lemons. (Will have to do more experiments another time to figure out what matters here.)

Morning of day 1: Head out for a long day hike. We enjoyed this one in Purisima Creek, starting from the downhill parking spot. Don't really eat lunch, just some trail mix and snacks.

Evening of day 1: Return from hike. Make smashburgers as written. Non-beef ingredients: homemade buns, homemade mayo, Sonoma Brinery bread&butter pickles, chopped lettuce, TJs american cheese, plus KSA on the side. Cooking utensils: cast iron skillet to cook on, mostly-flat metal pan lid to smash, bench scraper to flip, regular metal spatula to lift and transfer. Anna was happy after one burger and overly full after 1.5; Matt was happy after two burgers and overly full after finishing the rest of Anna's second.