The secret to any great homemade beefburger is good quality beef and that's why it's so important to choose British lean beef steak mince if you want a succulent beefburger that's packed full of flavour. The second secret is to follow the same basic but foolproof method no matter what ingredients you decide to include.

This basic method to making a beefburger that is juicy and succulent but that doesn't fall apart on the barbeque or under the grill is this: place the lean beef steak mince in a large mixing bowl and season well with salt and pepper, add any other ingredients (making sure that the ingredients which need chopping have been chopped before adding them as there is no blending in this method) and mix and knead the whole lot thoroughly with your hands before adding a raw egg and mixing again. The beauty of making beefburgers is that they are so quick and easy to prepare but can be the star of any barbeque with very little effort. A top tip is to break off a little piece of the mixture, roll it into a ball and press flat, place this in a pre-heating frying pan or griddle and cook for a couple of minutes on each side, once cooked, you can taste this and see if the overall mixture needs more seasoning.

Try mixing up the ingredients you use and add more of everything than you initially think as a lot of flavour can be lost during the cooking process. Bold flavours such as chilli, ginger, coriander and cumin hold up very well whereas peppers and tomatoes tend to get a bit lost as their water content is very high. If you're going to include potentially chunky ingredients such as red onion or bell pepper make sure you chop them quite small or they can cause the meat to break up and fall apart when cooking.

Other great ingredients to try out are chunks of a cheese that holds up well under heat, the most obvious of these is Haloumi, which has a mild but distinctive salty flavour that works well with any red meat. If you're not confident in mixing this in with the beefburgers themselves, slice and barbeque separately until charred and then serve on the top in a delicious bread roll. If you do want to mix them in, cut into cm² cubes and make sure they're not sticking out when you shape the mixture into patties.

The final tip to making delicious beefburgers fit for the barbeque connoisseur is to make the patties at least two centimetres larger in diameter than you wish them to end up when cooked as the moisture content in the beef mince will cause the beefburger to shrink when cooking. Adding a little bit of plain flour to the meat mixture can help to counteract this too. It's not just beefburgers that are easy to make and which will impress the guests, why not try something a bit different and throw a tuna steak on the barbeque? There are some seriously simple tuna steak recipes available so you don't have to be a professional to offer your guests something a little bit different.

Go online for some delicious recipes for beefburgers [https://www.co-operative.coop/articles/foodanddrink/allrecipes/real-burgers/] and wow your friends at the next barbeque and if you want to go a step further, why not attempt some tuna steak recipes [https://www.co-operative.coop/articles/foodanddrink/allrecipes/barbecued-tuna-steak-with-avocado-salsa/] and bring a touch of class to the British summer!