Burger Mania!

The recent craze in burger mania is the stuffed burger! You can easily make these at home, just a matter of choosing the right combination of ground meats. Your choice of cheese, also can affect the excitement of hiding stuffing into your favourite burger.
I have a few versions of a stuffed burger, each has different stuffing, and a different spice mix, as follows:

Dutch Girl Stuffed Burgers

Basic Burger Mixture

1 pound lean ground beef
1/2 pounds of medium ground beef
1/2 pound ground pork
1 cup fine bread crumbs
2 eggs
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon granulated onion powder


Smoked Stuffed Burger
To the basic meat mixture add:

1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Dash of your favourite hot sauce
1/2 teaspoon thyme
Cut 4 ounces smoked Gouda,into 1 inch slices, not too thick, or use any smoked cheddar cheese

When ready to stuff your burger,
Take about 3/4 cup of meat mixture make a ball, then flatten out into a 5 inch circle put your cheese into the centre, fold the meat around it, keeping the cheese covered, Roll into a ball, then flatten into desired burger size

Kid Friendly Burger

Add to the basic meat mixture
2 tablespoons Ketchup
cut into 1 inch slices, 4 ounces of mild Cheddar, Mozzerella, mild Gouda, Monterey Jack

When ready to stuff your burger,
Using 3/4 cup of meat mixture, make a ball, flatten out into a 5 inch circle, centre 2 pieces of the cheese, fold meat around it, then roll back into a ball, keeping the chees covered, flatten into desired burger size

Spicy Stuffed Burger

To the basic meat mixture, add
1 jalapeño pepper chopped finely, if you don't want it too hot, take out the seeds
1/2 tablespoon of jalepeno hot sauce
2 spring onions chopped

cut into 1 inch slices, 4 ounces Pepper Jack cheese, red pepper Havarti, or any spicy cheese of your choice

When ready to stuff your burger,
Using 3/4 cup of the meat mixture, make a ball, flatten out into a 5 inch circle, centre 2 pieces of the cheese, fold meat around it, then roll back into a ball, being sure to keep the cheese covered, then flatten into desired burger size.

Blue Cheese Stuffed Burger

To the basic meat mixture, add
2 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
2 spring onions, chopped fine
cut into 1 inch slices or crumble 4 ounces English Stilton, Danish blue cheese, cambazola cheese(this comes in wheels a mix of Camembert and Italian blue cheese)

When ready to stuff your burger,
Using 3/4 cup of the meat mixture, make a ball, flatten out into a 5 inch circle, centre 2 pieces of the cheese, fold meat around it, then roll back into a ball, being sure to keep the cheese covered, then flatten into desired burger size.

Garnish burgers with slices if Vidalia onion, good tomatoes, roasted red peppers, olive tapenade, shredded lettuce, spring onions, cucumber, avocado slices, alfalfa sprouts.....the list can go on and on, use what you love, add additional cheese if you like, change up the cheese to Swiss, Brie, feta, cream cheese(but use the blocks, kept cold)

Flavored Mayonaise Recipe
To 1 cup of mayonaise, add crushed garlic, salt and pepper, sliced spring onion
Or 1 cup mayonaise, add 1 chipotle pepper, chopped from a can of chipotles in Adobo sauce, chopped red onion
Or to 1 cup mayonaise add shredded cucumber, sliced spring onion- use on feta stuffed burger, or spicy burger