Maybe not the best burger in America, but the best burger I've ever had. Fortunately, they posted the recipe in a local magazine so we can make it at home. The bread is a key ingredient, and fortunately Stella's is a bakery as well as a restaurant so we can buy their wonderful rosemary focaccia. These burgers may not sound like anything special, but they're delicious.
Stella’s Café and Bakery
Ingredients
Grass-fed Burger Patties
1 1/2 lb grass-fed ground beef
1/3 cup sour cream
1 tsp dried thyme
1 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
1 tsp ground black pepper
Burger Sauce
1 Tbsp olive oil
3/4 cup onion, 1/4″ dice
1/3 cup red pepper, 1/4” dice
1/3 cup poblano or green chile peppers, 1/4″ dice
1/2 tsp garlic, crushed
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1 cup ketchup
1/2 cup crushed tomato
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
Burger Components
4 patties
4 squares sliced focaccia
1/4 cup caramelized onions
4 pieces leaf lettuce
4 tomato slices
4 pickle slices
1/2 cup burger sauce
Method
Grass-fed Burger Patties
1. In a large stainless steel bowl use your hands to mix all ingredients together.
2. Form approximately 3/4 cup of mixture into patties, using hands.
Burger Sauce
1. Heat oil over medium-high heat, add onion, garlic, peppers and thyme. Cook for 10 min.
2. Add ketchup, tomato and pepper. Continue to cook for
10 min. Remove from heat
and cool.
Assembly
1. Place patties on hot grill and cook to well done, about 4 min per side.
2. Put cooked patty on bottom half of bun, layer with burger sauce and onion. Place lettuce leaf on top half of bun, followed by tomato and pickle.
3. Assemble and serve.
Yield 4 servings
@mckenzie,
Now you're talkin' - those sound wonderful.
@tsarstepan,
I have been so neglectful! I forgot about posting about one of my new all time favorite burgers:
A unique and insanely delicious burger from a Slovakian restaurant,
Korzo, Brooklyn.
The one I tried was the Slav.
@tsarstepan,
All I can say to that one is it's a good thing you told us it was a hamburger.
@tsarstepan,
Oh, lordy, that looks like a fine place.
I was reading the Voice just yesterday, but got distracted with fantasy football. Burgers would have been the better read.
@tsarstepan,
I need to go back there again.
@tsarstepan,
gross. AND, its a silly waste of food.
We are the most wasteful hominids on the planet.
@farmerman,
shoulda Figgered, Yarmouth Maine doesnt even hqve toilets cause the people there never defecate.
Pass by Yarmouth and Camden and Bar Harbor and see the real state of Maine.
@farmerman,
they served it like this
it was a charity fundraiser and anniversary party
cool little place in Yarmouth ME
@farmerman,
farmerman wrote:
gross. AND, its a silly waste of food.
Totally agreed with that.
@farmerman,
harrumph
I like Yarmouth and Camden (and most of Maine)
@farmerman,
How do you figure waste? it was sliced up in individual portions for eating
@ehBeth,
ehBeth wrote:
How do you figure waste? it was sliced up in individual portions for eating
Kneejerkish reaction. I had it as well. Despite reading the charity aspect.
@ehBeth,
Im on a tear here, dont get all "accurate". It still looks gross.
@tsarstepan,
Me too. For which I accept reprimand. Still the photo didn't get my saliva in a swirl.
I need some red or at least pink in the middle.
@farmerman,
Quote:Im on a tear here, dont get all "accurate".
"Don't get all accurate" was worth my best laugh for today.
