The new classic burger
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PREP TIME
15 min
TOTAL TIME
35 min
Makes
4 servings
Ingredients
- 8 slices applewood-smoked bacon
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 500 g medium ground beef
- 4 sesame hamburger buns
- 4 pieces smoked cheddar
- 4 pieces aged cheddar
- 1 beefsteak tomato
- 1 cup packed arugula
- 1/2 cup lemon-pepper aioli
Instructions
- Heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium-high. Cook bacon until crispy, 2 to 3 min. Transfer to a paper-towellined plate. Set aside.
- Preheat barbecue to medium. Whisk egg with Dijon, Worcestershire and salt in a large bowl. Season with fresh pepper. Add beef. Gently mix together. Shape into 4 burgers, each about 1/2 in. thick. Press a shallow depression in centre of each to help keep their shape while cooking.
- Oil grill and barbecue burgers, lid closed, 5 to 7 min. Flip burgers, then lay smoked-cheddar slices on burgers. Continue grilling, lid closed, until burgers are cooked and cheese is melted, 6 more min.
- Place bottom buns, cut-side up, on grill. Lay aged-cheddar slices on buns. Grill, lid closed, until cheese is melted, 2 to 3 min. Stack beef patty, tomato slice, bacon, arugula and Lemon-Pepper Aioli between buns.
Make the juiciest ever burger
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 898,
- Protein
- 50 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 31 g,
- Fat
- 63 g,
- Fibre
- 2 g,
- Sodium
- 1457 mg.
