Curtis Stone Burger With Red Onion Marmalade And Maytag Blue Che

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 red onions, cut in half and sliced
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• salt and pepper
• 1 1/2 lbs 85% lean ground beef
• salt and pepper (i used 3-1/4 tsp emeril burger seasoning food.com emeril's burger seasoning)
• 4 ounces maytag blue cheese (i only used about 1/2 oz per burger and thought it was enough)
• 4 hamburger buns
• garnish with baby arugula (i didn't do this)

Recipe

• 1 to prepare the marmalade (i only made 1/2 recipe and it was enough):.
• 2 melt butter in large saute pan over medium high heat. add onions and saute until they begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
• 3 reduce heat to low and continue cooking until onions are tender, about 12 minutes.
• 4 sprinkle sugar over onions. add wine and vinegar and bring to a simmer.
• 5 simmer until liquid evaporates and mixture becomes slightly syrupy, about 15 minutes. season marmalade to taste with salt and pepper. keep warm until serving.
• 6 meanwhile, make the quick aioli (i only used half of this to generously garnish 4 burgers):.
• 7 whisk mayonnaise, lemon juice, mustard, and garlic in small bowl to blend. season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 8 to prepare the burgers (note: i cooked on broiler pan in oven at 500-degrees, original directions below).
• 9 prepare the bbq for medium high heat.
• 10 form seasoned ground beef into four 6-oz patties on baking sheet lined with waxed paper. flatten patties so they are slightly larger than diameter of buns.
• 11 drizzle patties with a little oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 12 grill patties, oiled-side-down, until browned on bottom, about 3 minutes. turn patties over and top with cheese, cook 3-4 minutes longer for medium-rare doneness. if necessary, close grill to help melt cheese.
• 13 brush cut sides of buns lightly with olive oil and grill, oiled-side-down, until lightly toasted with grill marks, about 1 minute.
• 14 remove buns and burgers from grill and allow burgers to rest for 3 minutes.
• 15 spread aiolo over bun bottoms. mound arugula over bun bottoms.
• 16 place burgers atop of arugula. top with generous amount of marmalade and then bun tops. serve immediately.