The new classic burger

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PREP TIME

15 min

TOTAL TIME

35 min

Makes

4 Servings

The new classic burger

Roberto Caruso

Ingredients

  • 8 slices applewood-smoked bacon
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 500 g medium ground beef
  • 4 sesame hamburger buns , cut in half horizontally
  • 4 pieces smoked cheddar , thinly sliced
  • 4 pieces aged cheddar , thinly sliced
  • 1 beefsteak tomato , sliced
  • 1 cup packed arugula
  • 1/2 cup lemon-pepper aioli

Instructions

  • Heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium-high. Cook bacon until crispy, 2 to 3 min. Transfer to a paper-towellined plate. Set aside.
  • Preheat barbecue to medium. Whisk egg with Dijon, Worcestershire and salt in a large bowl. Season with fresh pepper. Add beef. Gently mix together. Shape into 4 burgers, each about 1/2 in. thick. Press a shallow depression in centre of each to help keep their shape while cooking.
  • Oil grill and barbecue burgers, lid closed, 5 to 7 min. Flip burgers, then lay smoked-cheddar slices on burgers. Continue grilling, lid closed, until burgers are cooked and cheese is melted, 6 more min.
  • Place bottom buns, cut-side up, on grill. Lay aged-cheddar slices on buns. Grill, lid closed, until cheese is melted, 2 to 3 min. Stack beef patty, tomato slice, bacon, arugula and Lemon-Pepper Aioli between buns.

Make the juiciest ever burger

Nutrition (per serving)

  • Calories
  • 898,
  • Protein
  • 50 g,
  • Carbohydrates
  • 31 g,
  • Fat
  • 63 g,
  • Fibre
  • 2 g,
  • Sodium
  • 1457 mg.
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