Make Sure Your Hamburger or Meatloaf Recipe Meets the Requirements With the Dough Pie
Whether you’re chopping your own beef for homemade In-N-Out burgers, or just making a meatloaf for a family dinner, making a tiny dough patty can save you from an easy meal.
Every time you cook a meal that consists of minced ingredients such as meatballs, hamburgers, meatloaf, there is usually a large batch that needs to be divided into portions. However, you don’t want to cook the whole thing to realize it’s not all that tasty, so Christine Gallari of The Kitchn suggests you make a dough cake:
This tip comes from a practice consistently used by veteran sausage makers: making a dough cake . To try if the sausage mixture is properly seasoned, they take a small amount of the mixture (about a tablespoon), form a tiny tortilla and fry in a pan until cooked.
Whether you’re baking, grilling, or pan-frying, the dough cake will give you an idea of what the final product will taste like. If you need more seasoning, you still have time for that. In fact, any concoction that you shouldn’t try raw can be tested this way. Falafel, latkes, crab patties and even veggie burgers can be saved.
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