We started preparing things early in the afternoon, first of all getting quality meat in from the butchers in the countryside, then placing it in a bowl with a couple of eggs for texture.
We then added fresh herbs and spices picked straight from the host's garden, which is well stocked in all the seasonings you might need for a good barbecue, sage, rosemary, parsley and other stuff.
The fresh herbs once brought back in the kitchen were then washed and chopped, then thrown in with the meat mix in the bowl.
The next step was to bring some human energy in the mix, get the hands dirty and make some nice meat mix to make decent burger pattys with.
A few beers were opened and the process continued as we were on to make some very decent burgers not just your average ones you can buy.
So what's even better than beer and beef, which we already had?
Pussy some of you might say, but the real men would only have an option really, the master race of meats, the emperor of grease and fat, our lord and saviour:
BACON. yes.
It was a simple straightforward choice anyway, so we started frying some pancetta in the pan, pancetta is basically Italian for bacon, it comes in different cuts and is often diced.
That's exactly what we needed as we didn't want to simply place bacon strips on our burgers once they were made, we wanted the bacon to be an integral part of our burger patty, its caring soul.
Here's our lovely bacon cooking in the pan, smelling up the room with goodness.
Next we started peeling and cutting onions, as they are an obvious add on in any burger, at the same time we started cutting Provolone cheese in slices and getting the Gorgonzola(like blue Stilton) out of the fridge.
Provolone melts amazingly, one of the best types of cheese to add on steaks or burgers, while the Gorgonzola packs quite a strong taste and goes well with fried onions.
Here's the process basically, place a layer of paper at the bottom of the metal pan, then put a pile of meat mixture, then place another sheet of paper on top of it. Then apply pressure using the glass.
Here's our Chef Ciccio making them burgers, I was just drinking beer and taking photos while he was working like an eight year old Chinese child in a shoe factory. Industrial grade handmade burgers.
That's the first batch of the production line, there were going to be lots of mouths to feed that night so the we just kept on pressing and piling them up.
That's the kitchen work done, now out to the garden to get the grill ready, as people were arriving and were hungry we slammed the fuckers on and got cooking.
The grill was powered by wood logs on fire, which actually gave the burgers a nice natural smoky flavour, that's some properly flame grilled burgers right there, miles better than store bought.
The finished product obviously turned quite nice and tasty, we also had sliced tomatoes and salad for those who wanted to them in, that's what they looked like when they were assembled.
The mosquitoes and the heat and humidity were still bad all throughout the night, but the beer, burgers and company made it all better.
Pa ra pa pa pa, I'm loving it.
Also, this creature somehow sneaked into the property and was spotted feeding at our table, its origins are unclear and it is not yet established whether it belongs to the human specie or not. As the photo evidence clearly shows it is likely to be some type of gnome commonly found in caves, who was attracted by the smell of food.
