hi my name is Brian cheeser I'm from trellis at the Heathman hotel in Kirkland Washington we're here today to talk about making a burger with ground chuck now when we think of burgers we often go to the grocery store and we pick up ground beef and an important thing to remember is look at the label because all labels have a fat content on them so not all ground beefs are the same there's ground sirloin ground tenderloin ground chuck ground round so remember look at the label and look for the fat content ground chuck is a specialty grind you can ask the butcher just go up to the meat counter and say that you would like to have ground chuck and then he can direct you to the right grind we're looking for probably 80 to 85% lean and that leaves us with about 10 to 15% fat content so remember look at the label look at how much fat is in your grind and keep it for about 10 to 15% or ask for a specialty cut ground chuck in making your patties at home it's really important to make sure that your surfaces are all cleaned and sanitized that you're using gloves when you form your patties and that you're using some of your favorite ingredients I like to use cheddar cheese you can fold a little bit of cheese into the burgers you can top it with a little bit of blue cheese fresh herbs parsley thyme savory good seasoning of salt and pepper serve it on a whole-wheat bun I'm a little bit of fresh lettuce sliced tomato and onion or if you want just to serve it on a salad you can grill your burgers or saute your burgers even broil your burgers so again Brian from trellis at the Heathman hotel in Kirkland we're talking a little bit about making a burger with I'm shocked you