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Recipe: Super-duper Hamburger

Hall made these for dinner friday night, and OMG! They were fantastic!

Super-Duper Hamburger by Hall
1LB Ground Beef (no lean meat here…fat = flavor 80/20′ll do)
1 cup Italian Bread crumbs
Worcestershire
Jasper Hill Bayley Hazen Blue cheese (or favorite blue, not to strong but needs to be soft not crumbly)
French style hamburger buns or pretzel buns

1 Medium Onion diced
1 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp olive oil
dash of salt
1.5 TBSP Balsamic vinegar
1 tsp Worcestershire
1/2 tsp butter

Portion out hamburger meat. Pour desired amount of Worcestershire on meat and set aside to marinade. We’ll get to the other stuff in a sec…

Dice onions to desired size and thickness. sprinkle with kosher salt and toss in olive oil in small bowl. place skillet over med high heat. Toss in onions and saute till translucent. add Garlic and continue to cook until onions caramelize (slight browning) reduce heat to med low and add Worcestershire and Balsamic vinegar. Cook over med low heat until all liquid has reduced and thickened. Add butter and remove from heat.

Coat hamburger meat in breadcrumbs and spray with non stick spray. Cook on grill. Just before burger meat is done cut buns in half and lightly butter. Place hamburger buns on grill long enough to lightly toast… watch your buns closely they could burn if you walk away from them. (yes, I just said that ;) !) JUST before serving place blue cheese on top of burgers and place the top cap bun on top of cheese turn grill off. Remove and plate the bottom bun and place the onion reduction on bun. Place burger with cheese and top bun on top of that and enjoy!

TIPS: The creamier the blue cheese the better it will slice and the less it will crumble. While you cook all this stuff up let your blue cheese sit out and come to room temp, it will slice better.

Onion smell killer!! Keep your onions in the fridge or at least place it in the fridge for a few hours before hacking it ta pieces. This will cut down on the sulfur that onions release when their cells are broken and you and your family will keep from looking like you just watched Old Yeller!
What ever! you know you cried at the end of that movie too!!!