Curried Cheeseburgers With Sautéed Apple And Tomato Sauce
Curried Cheeseburgers With Sautéed Apple And Tomato Sauce
Add tons of heat to your cheeseburger by adding a Jamaican curry. This recipe is courtesy of Living the Gourmet.
Prep Time
10
minutes
Cook Time
20
minutes
Servings
8
Total time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 pound ground beef
- 2 slices of sandwich bread crumbled
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon jamaican curry
- 2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon hot paprika
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- swiss cheese slices
- balsamic vinegar glaze
- 1 pint of grape tomatoes
- 1 sweet onion, sliced
- 2 carrots, diced
- 2 celery, sliced
- 4 small apples, peeled and sliced
- 4 garlic cloves, sliced and divided
- 2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, divided
- 2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 teaspoon sugar, divided
- 3-4 tablespoon olive oil
Directions
- Place the meat, crumbled sandwich bread, eggs and spices in a bowl.
- Using your clean hands, mix, but do not over mix.
- Form into desired sized hamburgers.
- Heat a large cast-iron frying pan with the olive oil.
- Place the hamburgers in the frying pan, do not overcrowd the pan.
- The hamburgers will not cook properly if you do.
- When the burgers develop a nice char on one side, flip and continuing cooking on the other side.
- Place a slice of cheese on the cooked side, while the other side is cooking.
- The size of the burgers will determine the cooking time.
- When the burgers are pressed down upon, the firmness of the burger tells you how cooked the burger is.
- The firmer the burger the more cooked the burger is.
- However, since there are eggs in the burger you will want to cook the burgers a bit more than usual.
- Heat a large cast-iron frying pan without oil.
- Place the sliced onion and half of the chopped garlic in the pan and sprinkle with a teaspoon of sugar and a teaspoon of salt.
- Let the onion and develop a nice golden color on the edges.
- Add the tomatoes and again, let the tomatoes soften, then gently press to smash the tomatoes.
- Gently, press the tomatoes so that they do not splash you.
- Add the seasonings and two tablespoons of olive oil and toss.
- Set aside while sauteing the apples.
- Heat the same cast iron frying pan with two tablespoons of olive oil.
- Add the apple slices to the pan with the rest of the garlic and saute and let the apples become slightly charred.
- Sprinkle with a teaspoon of sugar, salt and a half a tsp. of red pepper flakes.
- Add the apples to the tomato mixture and toss.
- Plate the burgers and top with the tomato and apple mixture and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar glaze.