These easy-to-make and delicious hamburger recipe and photos were shared with me by Karen Calanchini, Food
Stylist and Photographer, of
Redding, CA.
Karen says, "I rarely use condiments like mayonnaise on my burgers, as it just adds
calories. Feel free to jazz up your burgers how you like them, however
this recipe offers lots of pure, straight forward flavor from the fresh
ingredients."
Jazz It Up Hamburgers on Ciabatta Buns
Recipe Type:
Ground Beef,
Barbecue
& Grilling
Yields:
2 servings
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time:
12 min
Ingredients:
2 Ciabatta Buns, sourced from a good bakery
Extra-virgin
olive oil
1 pound local, organic ground beef sirloin (if you can find a source) or extra-lean ground beef
(hamburger)
2 teaspoons Worcestershire Sauce
1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons McCormicks Montreal Grill Mates Steak Seasoning
(or your favorite steak seasoning)
3 to 5 cloves fresh
garlic, diced
3 medium-sized onions, sliced (I used one red, one yellow, one white)
1 tablespoon olive oil
Coarse salt or sea
salt and freshly-ground
pepper
Red and Green lettuce leaves
1 large heirloom
tomato or beefsteak tomato, sliced
Preparation:
Cut Ciabatta buns
in half, drizzle olive oil over the top, and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine
ground beef, Worcestershire Sauce, steak seasoning, garlic; mix well.
Using your hands, form the hamburger mixture into two (2) hamburger
patties. Place on a large plate and cover with plastic wrap; set aside
until ready to grill.
Meanwhile, sauté
onions in large non-stick pan in olive oil until very soft and just
starting to brown. Add Salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
Prepare your gill (oil hot grill to help prevent sticking).
Grill the hamburger patties until a
meat thermometer
registers an internal temperature of at least 160 degrees F. or to your liking. Remove from grill.
While the hamburger patties are grilling, place the Ciabatta
buns on the grill and heat until nice grill marks form; remove from
grill.
Place prepared
onions on grilled ciabatta buns. Then layer lettuce leaves, hamburger
patties, tomato slices, and more onions if desired.
Makes 4 servings.
