Hamburgers...From Scratch

The last couple of christmas' Jeremy has asked for food gadgets. Last year he received a restaurant quality meat slicer. We didn't use it much last year but I plan to use it a lot this year. This years food gadget was a meat grinder attachment!!

My mom bought him the meat grinder for christmas and decided to include the sausage stuffer as well!! OH...and did I mention these attach to MY kitchen aide mixer!!

So, last monday he couldn't wait any longer. He HAD to grind some meat!! He was so excited he became giddy about it. So off he went to the store and came home with some cut of meat and a package of lamb. I on the other hand was not thrilled at all!!

After he cut the meat into smaller pieces he got to grinding. It was kind of neat to watch the meat being extruded.

Here is the final product. Once you grind the meat, the instructions recommend you grind it a second time so Jeremy did just that. After a bit of seasoning, this meat was made into hamburger patties. I didn't even think to take pictures of the cooked meat. Maybe next time.

Happy Meat Grinding!!