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Ingredients

• Rolls
• 4 cups whole wheat bread flour
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp cream of tartar
• 1 tbsp instant yeast
• 1 1/2 cups (12 oz) lager beer, flat
• 1 egg plus 1 egg yolk (save white for glazing)
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup olive or canola oil
• 4 quarts (16 cups) water
• 1/2 cup (yes, 1/2 cup) baking soda, for boiling
• coarse salt
• granulated onion
• Burgers
• 1 1/2 lbs lean (not extra-lean) ground beef
• 1 lb lean ground pork
• 1 slice (about 1 oz) thick-cut bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 1 tsp caraway seed
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• pinch ground cloves
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme, stemmed
• freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 tbsp grainy hot mustard (ideally German-style)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tbsp salted butter
• 1 vidalia onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 oz (about 32) honey-wheat pretzels (like Rold Gold's Braided Twists), crushed into a fine crumb

Description

If You Love German Food, Especially Hot Mustard, Bacon, Onion And Pretzels, You Will Adore These Burgers! It's A Labour Of Love To Make Both The Buns And Burgers From Scratch, But It Is Truly Worth It: The Crushed Pretzels Are A Unique Twist On The Standa

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