BALLPARK HAMBURGERS RECIPES

Steps:

• Make the spread by combining all the ingredients in a small bowl. Set this aside until needed.
• Make eight patties by rolling 2-ounce portions of beef into balls and forming them into 4-inch circles on wax paper.
• Preheat two large sauté pans over medium/low to medium heat. Start at medium/low and then turn up the heat if needed after 5 minutes of pre-heating.
• To prepare each burger, separate a hamburger bun and place the face of the top and bottom bun on one of the hot pans to toast. The buns are done when the faces are significantly darkened and crispy.
• Cook the beef by placing two patties in the other hot pan. Add a generous sprinkling of salt and a pinch of coarse ground pepper. Cook for 2 minutes, then flip each patty over and salt and pepper each one again. The beef should be nicely seared.
• Immediately after flipping the beef add a slice of American cheese on top of each patty. Before adding the cheese, fold about one-quarter of it over and place it onto a patty with the folded side underneath, but offset so that about 1/2-inch of the beef patty is showing where the cheese is folded. This gives you the "smile." Place the toasted top bun on top of one of the burgers and the sliced onion on the other. Cook the patties for another 2 minutes.
• While the patties cook, prepare the bottom of the hamburger by adding about 1 1/2 tablespoons of spread onto the face of the toasted bottom bun. Stack the tomato slice on next. Pick up a small handful of lettuce and press it into the palm of your hand to compact it so that the hamburger isn't too tall, then add it on top of the tomato.
• When the patties are done, use a spatula to stack the top patty (with the bun) onto the onion on the second patty. Use your spatula to move this whole stack off the pan and onto the bottom of the sandwich. Wrap the burger with wax paper or sandwich paper, if you like, and serve.

Steps:

• Whisk together the water, sugar, and melted butter in the bowl of a stand mixer.
• Whisk in the eggs thoroughly, one at a time.
• Whisk in the yeast.
• Stir in 2 cups of the flour with a wooden spoon or dough whisk and then stir in the salt. Stir in 2 more cups (120 grams each) of the flour.
• Add the rest of the flour, one tablespoon at a time, while kneading in the stand mixer with the dough hook. The final dough should be tacky but not sticky or oily. I used 540 grams of flour (4 1/2 cups) total.
• Place the dough into a dough rising bucket or clean bowl and let rise until doubled, 60 to 90 minutes.
• Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Deflate the dough and divide it into 20 pieces. Cover the pieces with a cloth or plastic wrap as you work with the dough.
• Press each piece of dough into a 4 inch square and place two overlapping rows of pepperoni on top of the dough, and roll them up into the dough and seal the seam and the ends. Place them, seam side down, on the baking sheet. Cover with a cloth or plastic wrap and let rise until puffy, about 45 minutes. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake the rolls, one sheet at a time, for 15 to 18 minutes, until lightly golden.
• Serve warm.
• Reheat leftovers, covered with foil, in a 325 degree oven for about 20 minutes.