INGREDIENTS:

• 3 slices white bread
• 2 3/4 ounces melted butter
• 6 ounces minced steak
• 1 shallot or half a small onion, very finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp French mustard
• 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• salt and pepper
• 2 3/4 ounces small button mushrooms, sliced
• 2 3/4 ounces blue cheese such as Stilton or Roquefort
• mayonnaise for spreading

DIRECTIONS:

1. Use a pastry cutter to cut out 12 x 4 cm / 1 ½ inch rounds from the bread slices and place on a baking sheet. Melt half of the butter, brush each bread round and bake for about 15 minutes or until golden and crisp. In a small bowl, combine the mince, shallot or onion, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and season with salt and pepper. Divide the mixture and form into 12 small burger shapes.
2. Melt the rest of the butter in a frying pan and fry the mushrooms until soft and just coloured and remove from the pan. Fry the burgers for 2-3 minutes each side until brown and done on the inside. Top each burger with several mushroom slices and some of the crumbled blue cheese. Spread a little mayonnaise onto the 'buns' and set the burgers on top. When ready to serve, heat the grill and melt the cheese, warming the burgers through.