Homemade Pink Beef Burger

Discover how to make vibrant homemade pink beef burgers featuring super soft buns colored naturally with cactus fruit powder and paired with a juicy, handmade beef and pork patty.

Ingredients

• 200 ml milk
• 20 g sugar
• 3 g yeast
• 1 egg
• 300 g high-gluten flour
• 5 g cactus fruit powder
• 2 g salt
• 250 g tender beef loin
• 100 g pork belly
• 1 onion
• 1 carrot
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp starch
• 1 tbsp light soy sauce
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 0.5 tsp black pepper
• to taste white sesame seeds
• to taste lettuce
• to taste salad dressing
• to taste cheese slices
• to taste tomato slices

Instructions

1. 1Mix liquid ingredients for the bun dough

   

   Pour milk, sugar, yeast, and an egg into a glass bowl and mix well together.

   Tip: Ensure the milk is at a lukewarm temperature to help activate the yeast properly.
2. 2Add dry ingredients

   

   Add high-gluten flour, cactus fruit powder, and salt into the liquid mixture in the bowl.

   Tip: Cactus fruit powder provides the natural pink coloring for the burger buns.
3. 3Combine into dough

   

   Mix the ingredients with a spatula inside the glass bowl until they combine into a pink dough.

   Tip: Mix until no dry flour pockets remain before moving on to fermentation.
4. 4Deflate and knead the fermented dough

   

   Take out the fermented dough, press to deflate, and round it up on a silicone mat.

   Tip: Wear gloves dusted with a little flour to prevent the dough from sticking to your hands.
5. 5Divide the dough into portions

   

   Use a dough cutter to divide the pink dough evenly into 6 equal portions.

   Tip: Weigh the portions with a kitchen scale if you want identical burger buns.
6. 6Spray water and add sesame seeds

   

   Spray the surface of the proofed dough buns with water and sprinkle them with white sesame seeds.

   Tip: Spraying water helps the sesame seeds adhere securely to the dough surface.
7. 7Mince the meats

   

   Add chunks of tender beef loin and pork belly into the food processor to mince them together.

   Tip: Ensure the meat pieces are clean and appropriately sized for the processor blade.
8. 8Add minced vegetables

   

   Transfer the separately processed minced onions and carrots into the bowl containing the minced meat.

   Tip: Mince the vegetables finely so they blend smoothly into the meat mixture.
9. 9Add eggs and seasonings

   

   Add whole eggs, starch, and other seasonings into the bowl containing the minced meat and vegetables.

   Tip: Crack the eggs carefully to avoid getting any shell fragments into the bowl.
10. 10Mix the meat paste

    

    Stir the meat mixture thoroughly with chopsticks in a single direction until it forms a cohesive paste.

    Tip: Stirring consistently in one direction helps develop a firm and springy texture in the meat paste.

Storage & Reheating

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