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It’s going to be this one.
If you haven’t figured out by now, I have a sweet tooth. Scratch that – I have sweet TEETH. It’s a bit of a problem if not properly balanced out with extreme healthy eating when it comes to my meals. I have to admit – I am quite disciplined. Extremely healthy breakfasts (aside from the sticky buns), almost always a salad for lunch, and a homemade dinner where I can control the quality/quantity of ingredients. Not bad.
But then I have moments where I just HAVE to have a burger. Since it’s rare it better be amazing. I’m not going to waste the opportunity on driving through Culvers. No way. I’m making my own brie/blue-rugala burgers.
What on earth are those? Well, they are a combination of a few things: 1. Rachael Ray’s original recipe titled ‘Blue-rugala Burgers’ and 2. M’s refusel to grow up and join the adult world’s absolute LOVE of blue cheese so we need to purchase TWO excellent gourmet cheeses, blue and brie. Way to keep the grocery costs down M.
But wait! The burgers don’t stop at the cheeses. The meat is flavored perfectly, there are slowly caramelized onions with spicy dijon mustard and brown sugar, and to top it all off, peppery arugula to sit on top. Or, as my editor’s husband would say ‘salad that tastes like dirt.’ Honestly – why am I dining with these people? Catherine – let’s go out.
Recipe adapted from Rachael Ray
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 lbs ground sirloin
- 3 cloves garlic, mined
- 3 TBS worchestershire
- Handful of parsley, chopped
- 2 onions, sliced
- 2 TBS olive oil
- 2 TBS butter
- salt & pepper
- splash of water
- 1 TBS light brown sugar
- 2 TBS spicy dijon mustard
- Good quality brie cheese
- Good quality blue cheese
- Arugula, enough for 4 hamburgers
- 4 buns, toasted if you prefer
Directions:
Mix meat, garlic, worchestershire sauce, and parsley together lightly with a fork. Form 4 patties.
Heat large skillet over medium low heat. Melt the butter and olive oil together. Add in the onions, season with salt & pepper, and cook over low heat for 20 minutes. Add in the splash of water, brown sugar, and mustard. Stir to combine, heat through, and then turn off heat.
Meanwhile, heat the outdoor grill or indoor grill pan. Cook the burgers over medium heat for about 8 – 10 minutes. The last minute put a thick slice of the brie cheese and a thick slice of the blue cheese on each of the burgers. (Unless you are M. In this case he won’t even touch the blue cheese going on to my burger. Sigh.) Toast the buns at this point if you’d like.
Top the cheesy burgers with the caramelized onions and ‘clean’ arugula.
Totally worth logging in some miles on the treadmill. Totally.
Courtney
Hello! interesting site!
This would be perfect on a homemade whole wheat bun….drool.
Wow! That looks awesomely good. I’m grateful to Catherine for telling me about your blog! Yum!! I’m totally making this for dinner tomorrow. Do you think sweet potato fries would go okay with it?
Ah thank you Tricia! Yes – I think sweet potato fries would be a great idea, yum! Hope your family enjoys – let me know how they turn out!
This burger is one of the 2 best Courtney’s made. Maybe I’ll get a chance to enjoy the other one when it warms up.
Regarding blue cheese, in all fairness, I was grilling outside in 30 degree weather for 15 minutes, so I had gloves on. Who wants to get a handful of blue cheese crumbles, top the burgers, and then put their black leather gloves back on? My hands would smell like feet for weeks (as for some reason I’m still wearing gloves in Chicago in late March).
Ah you see, that’s the problem. You need to create a disconnect between ‘feet’ and ‘blue cheese.’ Also, exactly whose feet smell like cheese?
Here’s what we’ll do this weekend. I’ll put my running shoes in 1 box and blue cheese in another. Blindfolded, you tell me which is which.
What a fun weekend. When I get it right, will you please start eating blue cheese?
Oh, was that the reason why you had ME put the blue cheese on the burgers?! I manned up and ate the “dirt” lettuce, at least you could touch the blue cheese next time you cook! Seriously, the burgers were great! I also loved the potatos / fries and the chocolate mousse and rasberry desert.
Too funny!! You did man up and handle the blue cheese, well done. It was just too cold to go outside!!
Really glad you enjoyed the dinner – now, let’s work on that arugula description.
Oh wow these sound good. This will be the first recipe to grill. Your stories are so funny and entertaining to read! I’m with you. How can they not like blue cheese/arugula???? Keep incorporating them!
THANK YOU
Everyone loves blue cheese!