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Blue Cheese & Bacon Burgers

Serving size:	Serves 4
Prep time:	10 minutes
Cook time:	10 minutes
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Nugget Signature Recipe

The best hamburgers are often the simplest hamburgers - simply seasoned then topped with your favorite additions. Our Fresh to Market burger is classic - 1/3 pound patties grilled then topped with smoked bacon (bacon makes EVERYTHING better) and crumbled blue cheese. Condiments are your choice - mayo, ketchup, mustard, honey-mustard or with nothing at all!

Ingredients

• 1 ½ pounds Fresh to Market ground beef
• 8 slices smoked bacon
• ½ cup crumbled blue cheese or 4 slices from a wedge of Shaft's Blue Cheese
• 2 ripe tomatoes
• 4 green leaf lettuce leaves
• ½ small red onion sliced into rings
• Your favorite hamburger buns!

Preparation

Season ground beef with cracked black pepper and sea salt, mix together but be careful to not overly work the meat. Form mixture into 4 even-sized patties then set aside on a plate.

Fry bacon over low heat to a crisp (less so if you prefer your bacon that way). Rinse lettuce leaves in cool water, pat dry. Slice red onion and tomatoes. If youve chosen a wedge of Shafts Blue Cheese from our Specialty Cheese department over crumbled blue cheese, slice 4 healthy pieces off; set these aside as well.

Heat grill to medium. Cook hamburger patties for 4 to 5 minutes each side, turning once. While the burgers are cooking, toast your buns on the grill to add a little extra flavor.

Make your burger front and center by building them starting with lettuce, tomato, red onion and then bacon on the bottom half of the bun. Place the burger over the bacon then finish with blue cheese. Offer a variety of condiments for your guests to choose from. Serve!

Pair with

Scotch Ale

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Pilsner

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Pale Ale

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Light Lager

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India Pale Ale

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