Following on from my last McDonald's copycat, this week we are tackling the classic double cheeseburger. Currently on the savers menu for £2.29 (as of July 2025), it's pretty cheap in it's own right. But I'm not going to take that lying down, so with a little bit of clever shopping, I've got these down to around £1 each!

To make the double cheeseburger you will need:

Makes 4

• 500g of 20% or 25% minced beef

• 4 burger buns

• 8 cheese slices

• 1 small onion

• Gherkins

• Mustard

• Ketchup

Method:

Make the burger patties

1. Weigh out the mince into 62g portions and form them into balls with your hands, this should make around 8 balls. Make sure you don’t press the balls together too hard, just gently form them. Otherwise if you over-work the beef they will become tough and dense.

2. Form each patty by pressing out each ball with your hands or using a burger press. You want them quite thin around the thickness of a £1 coin, and make sure they are wider than your buns to allow for shrinkage. Stack them up with a piece of baking paper in-between each patty and place them in the fridge until needed.

Do your prep

1. Get everything sliced and diced, as these burgers come together really quickly. Dice the onion nice and fine, and slice your pickles.

2. Also toast your buns by lightly buttering each half and placing them butter side down in a dry pan for a minute or so. You want a nice golden brown colour on them but not burnt.

Make the burgers

1. Take a frying pan and get it nice and hot, you almost want to see smoke coming off it. You shouldn’t need any oil as there will be enough fat in the beef. Add in each patty - you may need to do this in batches - and season one side with salt and pepper.

2. Cook on one side for about a minute before flipping over and adding one slice of cheese to each patty. Leave to cook again for around one minute.

3. Next, turn the heat off and stack one patty on top of the other. The residual heat in the pan should melt the cheese nicely.

Assemble your double cheeseburger!

1. Lay the double patty on the bottom half of your toasted bun. Then add mustard, ketchup, diced onion and pickles to the underside of the top bun. Then simply slap it on top of your burger, and enjoy!

Serve with fries or enjoy on it’s own!