Straight-Up with a Pig Patty Burger

Name: Straight-Up with a Pig Patty Burger
Prep time: 2 h 50 min
Cook time: 2 h 50 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 85 grams grated yellow American cheese; 8 slices yellow American cheese or Cheddar; 340 grams thinly sliced applewood smoked bacon; 4 soft brioche hamburger buns, cut in half; 59 milliliters low-sodium chicken broth mixed with 2 tablespoons water; 1 kosher dill pickle, finely sliced; 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 2 heads garlic; 907 grams ground beef (80/20 blend); 4 pinches ground black pepper; 1 heirloom tomato, finely sliced; 0 heads iceberg lettuce, finely sliced; 0 teaspoons kosher salt; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper; 237 milliliters prepared mayonnaise; 1 teaspoon regular yellow mustard; 1 pinch Pinch grated nutmeg; 4 servings Extra-virgin olive oil; 59 milliliters roasted garlic; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter, softened; 1 Vidalia onion, very finely sliced; 237 milliliters whole milk, warmed; 4 dashes Worcestershire sauce

Straight-Up with a Pig Patty Burger might be just the American recipe you are searching for. This recipe covers 48% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This main course has 1896 calories, 67g of protein, and 169g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. If you have nutmeg, kosher dill pickle, heirloom tomato, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the unsalted butter you could follow this main course with the Almond Milk Chocolate Pudding as a dessert.

Instructions

Special equipment: brick covered with aluminum foil

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Aluminum Foil

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

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Oven

Cut off the top third of the garlic head to expose the cloves.

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Clove

Garlic

Place onto a piece of foil.

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Aluminum Foil

Drizzle with some olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover the garlic with the foil and place into the oven for about 1 hour 15 minutes.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Garlic

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Remove from the oven and allow to cool to the touch.

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Oven

Remove the garlic cloves from their husks. Reserve until ready to use. Mince 1 teaspoon of the roasted garlic and melt with the butter in a small saucepan. Season with salt. Gently warm until the garlic becomes fragrant. Set aside in the fridge to slightly firm up again. Begin by preparing the bacon for the pig patties. Set a large pot of cold water over high heat and add the bacon. Bring to a medium boil and cook until the bacon is very tender and almost falling apart, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

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Roasted Garlic

Garlic

Butter

Bacon

Ground Meat

Water

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Pot

Drain and set aside to cool. Set a flat cast-iron grill pan over high heat. Divide the bacon into 4 even portions, form each portion into a patty and place on the grill. Press down with the foil-covered brick to squash the bacon together and into a flat patty so it crisps. Cook until golden and crispy, 3 to 4 minutes.

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Chips

Squash

Bacon

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Grill Pan

Grill

Aluminum Foil

Remove and keep warm. Divide the ground beef into 4 equal portions (8 ounces each) and form into 4 tight balls.

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Ground Beef

Sprinkle the hamburger "ball" all over with salt and pepper. To the griddle pan (which still has some of the bacon fat on it) place the hamburger balls on and flatten with a strong, flat metal spatula. Flatten to approximately 1/3-inch thickness and continue to press down with the spatula as it cooks. Cook until the burgers develop a crust on the first side, 1 1/2 minutes. Flip over and cook on the second side to develop a crust on that side, 1 minute.

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Salt And Pepper

Bacon Drippings

Crust

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Frying Pan

Spatula

Add 2 ounces Mornay Sauce, if using, to the top of the hamburger and top with a slice of cheese.

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Cheese

Sauce

Place a dome lid over the top of the burger.

Pour the chicken broth mixture on to the flat top so the liquid runs under the dome and creates steam to cook the burger and melt the cheese. When the burger is at desired point of doneness and the cheese is completely melted, remove the dome lid and set the burgers aside.

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Chicken Broth

Cheese

Brush the cut sides of the buns lightly with the garlic butter. Toast the buns on the flat top until golden and crisp, 3 to 4 seconds. Flip and toast the outsides so they are also lightly toasted, 3 to 4 seconds. To assemble: Smear the "Donkey" Sauce on the cut side of both bun halves.

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Garlic Butter

Sauce

Toast

Roll

Layer the base with pickle slices and the hamburger patty. Top with a bacon "pig patty." Top with the onions, tomato and lettuce, and then place the top half of the bun on top. Wrap in waxed parchment paper and serve immediately.

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Lettuce

Onion

Pickles

Tomato

Bacon

Base

Wrap

Roll

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Baking Paper

In a medium saucepan, add the butter and set over medium heat. Allow the butter to melt, and then sprinkle with the flour and stir with a whisk. Cook over low heat until the butter and flour combine into a mixture like wet sand. Once combined, stir for 1 to 2 minutes to cook the flour (but without adding color).

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Butter

All Purpose Flour