Chèvre Burgers

I have been on a burger kick lately: buffalo burgers, turkey burgers, veggie burgers, salom steak burgers....and of course plain regular hamburgers. I don't know what it is about the warm weather but it just makes me crave a nice grilled burger with a cold beer on the side. Okay cold glass of wine. But still, it is the quintessential summer fare.

And factor in my endless quest to incorporate goat cheese into everything, you will not be surprised to learn last night I grilled up some Goat Cheese Burgers. They are pretty easy to make and SO yummy. I think this was the best burger I have had in a looong time (and I think we have established that I have had quite a few lately).

First off, you will need

1.5 lbs lean ground sirloin
4- scallions
4 oz goat cheese /chèvre
1 large onion
olive oil
salt and pepper
hamburger seasoning (optional)

Peel the onion and chop off the ends. Then chop in half and thinly slice each half. Heat up some olive oil (about 3 tbsp) over medium high heat and add onion, stirring fequently. After about 5 minutes turn the heat down to medium and let them cook for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionaly until they caramelize. While this is happening -

- Break the goat cheese into four 1-oz sections and smoosh (it's a technical term) between your hands into thin patties.

-Chop up the scallions thinly (white and green - the whole thing except the nasty root end (another technical term)) and mix with sirloin, adding salt and pepper as desired.

-Split into four equal sized mounds and make two thin equal sized burgers out of each mound.

-Place the goat cheese patty in between each set of thin burgers and pinch the edges to seal the cheese inside as much as possible





Once you are sure formed all the burgers, sprinkle some hamburger seasoning on top (or whatever you like to use, salt & pepper, adobo, whatevs)



With your gril on medium, cook the burgers for about 4 minutes a side (for medium well). The two patties, no matter how well you sealed them, will probably still seperate a bit so be careful turning them over, and try and turn them only once or twice.


Ah magnifique!!

Finally, put them in their respective buns and top each burger with a few spoonfuls of the caramelized onions.



Enjoy!