Smash burgers - delicious. magazine

Ingredients

• 250g beef mince, about 20% fat
• 4 slices American cheese
• 2 sesame burger buns, sliced open
• 2 gherkins, sliced
• For the burger sauce
• 2 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp ketchup
• 1 tbsp American mustard
• 1 banana shallot, very finely chopped
• Pinch sugar
• Pinch garlic powder or granules (optional)
• 1 gherkin, very finely chopped, plus a splash of brine/pickle juice