The new classic burger

Name: The new classic burger
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: american
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

Prep Time15 min
Total Time35 min
Makes4 Servings

By Chatelaine

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.

Nutrition (per serving)

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

Get our easy lemon-pepper aioli recipe.

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