Date With A Pig Burger
We all know that sweet and savory work well together, and this burger bumps it up with a little salt and some summer fruit on top of each other!
Oozy jam, salty ham, juicy fruit, briny cheese… it all gets piled together in a bun and bitten with one BIG punch of flavor melded together.
Ingredients:
Patties:
- 3 Pounds ground chuck beef
- 12 Ounces dates, pitted and dried
- 1 Cup Sutter Home Chardonnay
- ¾ Cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 Cup light brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoon of orange zest
- 1 Cup water
- 12 Slices prosciutto, or any other preferred type of ham, cut thin
- 1½ Cups feta, crumbled
- 12 Slices red leaf lettuce, chiffonade
- 3 Mangoes, peeled, cored, and sliced long ways
- 8 Tablespoons balsamic glaze, bought or homemade by reduction
- 6 White burger buns
Instructions:
Patties:
- Divide beef into 6 patties with a thumb indention in each to avoid bowing
- Grill all patties to desired doneness
Jam:
- Boil the wine, dates, vinegar, sugar, and water together for 5 minutes, then simmer for 30 minutes
- Blend all of the jam ingredients together to make a thick jam and reserve for plating
- Toast buns and chiffonade lettuce for plating
Plating:
- Start with bottom bun and lettuce, then place the beef patty on the lettuce
- Top the patty with the prosciutto and then the date jam enough to ooze over
- Top the jam liberally with the crumbled feta
- Top each burger with 3 to 4 slices of fresh mango
- Drizzle each burger with balsamic glaze over the mango
- Top with the other part of the bun and dig into the umami experience!