This is a review of the Tupperware® FusionMaster System Mincer.
I’m also sharing a recipe for nude beef and blue cheese burgers.
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Tupperware®
A friend at work has recently become an agent for Tupperware® and I’ve made a few purchases, one of them being the FusionMaster System Mincer. With the increase in the cost of good cuts of beef, I’ve been buying more beef mince over the last few years. That said, beef mince isn’t always the cheapest either. I’ve been thinking about buying a beef mincer so when I saw the FusionMaster System Mincer in the Tupperware® catalogue I thought I should buy it. The unit cost $AUD149. It’s not cheap, and I’m sure I could find a cast iron mincer in a kitchen supply shop but I’ve long respected the Tupperware® brand and feel comfortable with the quality of the product.
The suction foot on the unit is sturdy and when using it I didn’t feel like it would slip even when cranking the handle became difficult. All the plastic components are easy to clean in warm soapy water. The blue cheese, beef fat and muscle fibres all came away easily with a little water and wiping with a sponge. The unit assembly is easy and everything clicks into place with a firmness you’d expect from a high-quality product.
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Recipe
Nude beef and blue cheese burgers
- 500 g chuck steak
- 100 g Blue cheese
- 1 teaspoon chilli flakes
- Cos lettuce leaves
- 1 Tomato sliced
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Cut the steak and cheese into thick strips and prepare the mincer
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Mince the steak and cheese together so both are well mixed together
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Save half of the minced beef and cheese in a Tupperware® freezer container for another day
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Make two flat burger patties and place them on a baking sheet lined with baking paper
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Sprinkle on top some chilli flakes
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Cook in a bench top oven at 200 °C for 20 minutes
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Allow the burgers to rest for about 5 minutes on absorbent paper
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Serve with lettuce and tomato
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Shoot a photograph
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Enjoy the burgers
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Write the recipe
I was pretty impressed with the Tupperware® FusionMaster System Mincer.
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Photographs
The Tupperware® FusionMaster System Mincer
The chuck steak and blue cheese mince
Nude beef mince and blue cheese burgers
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Questions and answers
Why is meat so expensive in Australia?
I suspect the good quality meat is exported and the less quality meat is kept onshore and sold at an inflated price to maintain the profits, not for farmers and primary producers but for the intermediaries in the food chain.
Why the “nude” burgers? Where’s the bread?
I’m trying to lose weight and I’ve noticed that bread, pasta and rice make me feel bloated.
What else will you use the mincer for?
I’m going to try lamb, pork, chicken and turkey meat. I may also add prawns to pork mince so I can make some nude Chinese meatballs. I wonder how water chestnuts will go through the mincer.
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A bit of a domestic question but … how was it to clean after using the mincer? Is it more cost effective to mince it yourself?
It was pretty easy. I pulled the large bits of crud off with my fingers and made sure I didn’t waste any. I then put everything into a sink of warm soapy water and everything just came away easily. The main chamber could be a little fiddly, but I just used a sponge to get the visible material off. I could have used a small brush but it didn’t seem necessary. The surface of the mincer, both the plastic and metal, are easy to clean.
I love beef and blue cheese together. I made a tray of sliders and loved them but I never thought to mix the blue cheese in the patty! I’ve got to try that one day!
It worked like a treat Lorraine 😃👍
Love your innovation! Was it as good as Brodburger? How many patties did this mix make Gary?
It was homemade Michele so it had to be better 😂
Five hundred grams of chuck steak along with a wedge of blue cheese will easily make four patties. Perhaps five or six if you like smaller amounts of meat.
Pork and sage meatballs are very tasty.
Mmm…sounds good Katie, I will have to have a go.
I like the sturdy, clean look of the unit. Nice to know about the stability of the stand.
I’ll have to do make do with the old hand crank meat grinder from my parents if I ever choose to mince beef. Have yet to use it though, since my food processor works just fine to mince raw chicken or turkey.
Thanks, I have a food processor but I hardly ever unpack it and use it. This mincer is smaller in terms of footprint. I hope I get good use from it.