Dried Tomato Pesto-Filled Burgers

Name: Dried Tomato Pesto-Filled Burgers
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 79 milliliters beer; 177 milliliters crumbled feta cheese (4 oz.; optional); 2 cloves garlic, peeled; 680 grams ground beef round or sirloin; 510 grams hamburger buns (about each), split in half horizontally; 6 servings Jalapeño mayonnaise; 2 Tbsps drained (reserve 2 tablespoons oil) coarsely chopped oil-packed dried tomatoes; 118 milliliters shredded parmesan cheese; 1 teaspoon About pepper; 2 Tbsps pine nuts; 1 teaspoon About salt; 1 Tbsp tomato paste

You can never have too many American recipes, so give Dried Tomato Pesto-Filled Burgers a try. This recipe makes 6 servings with 560 calories, 38g of protein, and 24g of fat each. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of tomato paste, feta cheese, parmesan cheese, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. It works well as a main course. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a blender or food processor, whirl parmesan cheese, pine nuts, dried tomatoes, tomato paste, garlic, and 2 tablespoons reserved oil from dried tomatoes until mixture is a chunky paste, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.

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Parmesan

Sun Dried Tomatoes

Tomato Paste

Pine Nuts

Garlic

Cooking Oil

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Food Processor

Blender

Bowl

In a large bowl, mix ground beef with beer, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper until well combined. Divide meat mixture into 12 equal portions and flatten each portion into a 4-inch round.

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Ground Beef

Pepper

Beer

Meat

Salt

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Bowl

Top each of 6 of the rounds with about 1 tablespoon of the dried-tomato pesto. Top with remaining 6 rounds, pressing edges together to seal.

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Tomato Pesto

Lay burgers on a barbecue grill over a solid bed of hot coals or high heat on a gas grill (you can hold your hand at grill level only 2 to 3 seconds); close lid on gas grill. Cook burgers, turning once to brown both sides, until meat around filling is no longer pink (cut to test; note that pesto is reddish brown), 6 to 8 minutes total. Also lay bun halves, cut side down, on grill and toast 1 to 2 minutes.

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Pesto