Sunday, January 17, 2010

Green chili 3 cheeseburger



This burger was inspired by Food Network's Bobby Flay. I have seen him make a green chili sauce before in an episode of "Throwdown". Apparently, in New Mexico green chili burgers are on every menu in every restaurant. I also used another Bobby Flay item that I have seen him make on TV which is a cheese sauce. I saw him make a provolone cheese sauce for a cheesesteak throwdown episode. I decided to combine the two and make a beef burger with a chili and 3 cheese sauce topping. To start I went to Whole Foods and picked out my ingredients. Let me start by saying that I am loving my decision to go organic with all my meat, eggs, and produce. You can really taste a difference. The burger itself just tasted really good without the toppings or anything on it. The quality meat makes a huge difference. Anyway, for my chili sauce I decided to use a red bell pepper, two poblano peppers, and an Anaheim pepper. I cooked the peppers whole on the stove top until the skins were black and charred nicely. Then I put them in a paper bag and sealed tightly for about 20 minutes. The next item was the sauce. In a small sauce pan I melted a tablespoon of unsalted butter and a teaspoon of habenero butter for flavor. Then I added a spoonful of flour to form a roux. When the roux was done I slowly added my three cheeses which were a combination of asiago, fontina, and parmigiano reggiano. After each helping of cheese I also poured in a little bit of milk and stirred until creamy. The last part of the sauce was the peppers. I took the peppers out of the paper bag and placed them on a cutting board. I peeled the charred skin off of the peppers and then sliced into small pieces and put in a food processor with some olive oil. Then I slowly added the pepper mixture into the sauce pan while gently mixing with the cheese sauce. Lastly, I added some salt and black pepper and the sauce was ready. Now for the burgers it was pretty simply done. I formed the patties with the grass fed organic ground beef. Then I heated the cast iron pan with some of the habenero butter to coat the pan. Then I cooked the burgers for about 6 minutes on each side until medium rare. The bun was a large kaiser roll which I toasted. When the bun was ready I put a healthy portion of the green chili 3 cheese sauce on the bottom and a little bit of ketchup on top. Then I placed the burger in the middle and was ready to enjoy this southwestern burger delight. The cheese sauce was creamy and little spicy. The ground beef tasted really fresh and clean. The ketchup cut the spice by adding some sweetness. The bun was crunchy. This burger was very balanced flavor wise and texture wise. This was the best burger I have had in a while. I was a happy guy tonight. I have so many other burgers that I want to try and I only have nine weeks left.

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