Bleu Ball Bacon Burger

Summary

Yield
Prep Time30 minutes
Main IngredientBeef
MealEntrees

Description

My friend Maggie and I took home a blue ribbon with this recipe at the first-ever Birch Bay Build a Better Burger contest. Be sure to use cambozola cheese, as it has that great bleu cheese flavor AND melts more like cheddar. Also, for anyone who is offended by seeing the words "bleu ball" together in a recipe title, my apologies.

Ingredients

  • for the burgers
  • 2 lb ground chuck, no leaner than 85 percent
  • 0.25 c onion, minced
  • 2 clv garlic, minced
  • 1 lb bacon
  • 1 wedge of cambozola cheese, cut into six chunks
  • FOR THE RUB
  • 3 T ground coffee
  • 1 T garlic powder
  • 1 T paprika
  • 1 t salt
  • 1 t pepper
  • FOR THE SAUCE
  • 0.5 c barbeque sauce
  • 0.25 c hot sauce, franks red hot is ideal
  • 6 buns

Instructions

Cook the bacon in a skillet. Set aside (can be done ahead of time. You probably won't need a pound of bacon, but I always eat a few slices as I'm cooking it).

Combine sauce ingredients and set aside.

Mix beef, garlic, onions, salt and pepper in a bowl. Fashion into 12 patties.  Place chunk of cambozola cheese (should be about an inch squared size piece of cheese. I trust you to use your best judgment) on six of the patties. Top each cheese covered patty with a naked patty. Pinch together along the sides. Be sure to seal it well so you don't have a bleu cheese oozing mess on your hands. Poke a small hole in the center of each patty so steam can escape from the burger.

Combine rub ingredients in a bowl. Sprinkle liberally on both sides of each burger. 

Throw those puppies on a grill. They will probably take about 5 minutes on each side, depending on how much moo you like from your burger (I say the pinker, the better).

Once the burgers are done, let them cool for a few minutes to ensure no one gets hot pizza mouth from the cheese. Place on buns and top with bacon and sauce. If you're feeling especially festive, stick a drink umbrella through the burger. Be prepared for ooohs and ahhhs.   

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