Finally I am in France and cooking again! The wonderful thing at this moment is that I have yet to obtain (or start looking) for a job, and so my days, while FBF is at school, are spent browsing the markets and deciding what to make. I use the term “my days” loosely as this has been the case for only 2 days so far, but I do enjoy this little routine.

In Canada, hamburgers were a thing that FBF and I would make all the time ,so since I have only been cooking for him 2 days here, I wanted to surprise him with our staple food except with a French twist. I used some interesting ingredients, like a French baguette instead of buns, and a delicious roasted red pepper spread instead of the usual condiments.

I’m happy to be cooking again so please enjoy!

You will need:

Grated mozzarella cheese, ground beef, parsley, a French baguette, roasted red pepper spread, and salt.

I began by preparing the bread. I used around 2/3 of the loaf and cut that 2/3 into 3 parts and then sliced them open…

Then I grilled the bread in the panini grill until it was nice and toasty…

I spread the roasted red pepper stuff over all 6 pieces…

I placed the beef in a bowl…

I minced up some parsley (it came to around 2 tablespoons) and added it to the beef…

I added a dash of salt…

…And approximately 1/3 cup of the grated cheese…

Now this is the (not so) fun part. I was able to get my hands (very) dirty. I smooshed the whole thing together very, very well…

I divided this mixture as evenly as possible into 3 parts and then flattened the parts out into patties…

Noe back to the panini grill, I cooked the meat right on there for around 5 minutes. The panini grill made it cook FAST! BUT…it was terrible to clean afterwards. With this information, the decision is yours as to how you cook these suckers…

Et voila! Put it together…

I served it with salad…and the rest of the baguette with cheese (tres francais!)…

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