Posted in - Red Meat

Minnesota Delights: Ultimate Stuffed Burgers 

Ultimate Stuffed Burgers 

  
2lbs. 80/20 hamburger 

2 peppers red & green, diced

1 onion, diced

1/2 package Mushrooms, diced

1/2 cup your favorite BBQ sauce 

2 cups pepper jack cheese, shredded or cubed

1 Beer can

Prep Day: Sauté veggies. Start with rolling hamburger meat into 4 balls. Then you take a beer can and form the meat around the bottom of the beer can. Wrap two slices of bacon around the meat. Remove the beer can. Stuff your hamburger with fried onion and pepper (or what you prefer). Refrigerate overnight or Freeze for later use. Freeze in a single layer on a flat surface.

Serve Day: Thaw. Top your burger with your bbq sauce and cheese. Grill with indirect heat. Put on the grill, close the lid, and leave the hamburgers there for approximately one hour.

Posted in Holiday Good Eats, Uncategorized

Happy Memorial Day! Blackberry BBQ Sauce

Blackberry BBQ Sauce
  
2 C blackberries, fresh if available (frozen can be substituted)
3 C apple cider 
1/2 C honey
1/4 C molasses
1/4 C raspberry vinegar
1/2 C ketchup
2 habanero peppers, roughly chopped
1 carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
1 T black pepper
2 T ancho powder
kosher salt to taste
 
Combine all ingredients and simmer for 20-30 min. or until reduced by 1/2 and sauce is a thick consistency.
Allow to cool slightly and place in containers to store in the refrigerator until ready to use, or can in mason jars.