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Smash burgers I made :) (infosec.pub)

submitted 6 days ago by Cris_Color@lemmy.world to c/foodporn@lemmy.world

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It was hard to get a good picture, sorry it's not that amazing of a photo 😅 thoughts on how to better photograph a smashburger are welcome if something comes to mind

Just some cheap buns
Two smashed pattes on each (w/salt and pepper)
American cheese
Sliced poblano
And ketchup & mayo

I used to really like doing fresh jalapeno, but now generally have to avoid spicy food for dumb reasons so poblano has been a nice substitute.

For the patties you just roll ground beef into a ball roughly the size of a golf ball, maybe a tad bigger if you want, get your cast iron super hot, and then place your patty ball on the cast iron, and smash it down with a suitable metal implement- I use a flat, non-slotted cookie scraper and use the butt of a silicone spatula to press down on the top of the spatula since it's hard to get good leverage on the cookie scraper without putting your hand too close to the sputtering hot pan

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[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Those are all great tips. Sadly I usually can't have sunlight due to a sleep disorder, I have two layers of blackout curtains over all my windows

I think the big thing I'd wanna have done differently is that after putting one layer of pepper slices I put one more slice on top as a second layer, and it made the buns sit really high and cast a shadow over the peppers and beef

I definitely feel like centering the burgers on the plate and taking the picture a little closer could have been nice. Sadly my kitchen is often a mess, hence why I took the pic in front of a wall lol

Thanks for the tips! ☺️

[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Diffuse "daylight" lights can work fairly well, you want around 5600k for a neutral light. You want the whole food to be in focus but having a wide aperture can help lock in the focus to just the food. The rest is composition though and part of that is just rearranging until it feels like it looks good. Oh and i think you're better off not cutting the plate off like that or being closer, so centering more like you said could help.