Delicious Hamburgers

As some of you may know, I'm something of a burger connoisseur. I make it my mission to find excellent hamburgers, and classify establishments by the quality of their hamburgers. This weekend, Dave and I ventured to create our own burgers, and I have to say it was a wild success. Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1 lb of medium (or regular) ground beef (NOT lean or extra lean, these meats aren't juicy)
• 1 shallot
• 2 cloves of garlic
• fresh ground pepper (or crushed peppercorns)
• salt
• about 2 tsps of Worcestershire sauce
  

Directions:

• Put the meat into a largeish bowl. There should be plenty of extra space in the bowl.
• Chop the shallot VERY finely
• If you don't have a garlic press, repeat for the garlic. Otherwise, put the garlic through the press into the bowl with the meat
• Toss the chopped shallot in too (it might be easier to do this gradually)
• Fun part: use your hands to knead the shallot and garlic into the meat
• Season generously with pepper and salt
• Knead that in too
• Add Worcestershire sauce
• Keep kneading until it's all blended
• Form the meat into tight patties (it's very important that they're not coming apart at the edges)
• Grill to taste
• Enjoy!