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This recipe can be made with blue cheese, goat cheese or even cream cheese, depending on your cheese preference.

I bought a pound of hamburger meat the other day, something I rarely cook with, and I woke up Tuesday morning craving blue cheese stuffed burgers.

I’ve never made stuffed burgers before, but it’s really easy. You just make a meatball, create an indention and stuff in some cheese. Then, you carefully seal up the cheese and press it into a patty.

Blue cheese goes fabulous with figs, pancetta and balsamic vinegar. I always have a package of pancetta in the fridge, so I diced some up and mixed it in with the meat.

Then, I made what I’m calling a marmalade. I cooked down some red onion, garlic, figs and peppadew peppers. You don’t have to use the peppers, but I liked the little kick, and I had five left in the fridge I wanted to use up. They’re a mild, sweet pepper. You could use jalapeno, too.

The marmalade was so good I didn’t need any other condiments on this burger. I sandwiched them between some soft King’s Hawaiian Sweet Rolls and called it a meal.

Stuffed Pancetta Burgers with Balsamic Fig Marmalade from Zestuous

After a couple of bites, I reached the cheese and it really flavored this burger from the inside out.

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Stuffed Pancetta Burgers with Balsamic Fig Marmalade

Servings: 6 burgers

Ingredients 

Balsamic Fig Marmalade

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 red onion, diced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 5 peppadew peppers, diced
  • 4 figs, diced
  • 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons peppadew juice, from jar
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. course ground black pepper

Stuffed Pancetta Burgers

  • 3 ozs. sliced pancetta
  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1 tsp. course ground black pepper
  • ½ tsp. garlic powder
  • 3 ozs. blue cheese or goat cheese
  • 6 King’s Hawaiian Sweet Rolls
  • Butter

Instructions 

Balsamic Fig Marmalade

  • Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a saucepot over medium-high heat. Add the red onion and garlic and sauté for 8 minutes.
  • Add another tablespoon of butter and the remaining ingredients and cook down for about 4 minutes.
  • Reduce heat to low and simmer for about 20 minutes while you prepare the burgers.

Stuffed Pancetta Burgers

  • Heat the grill to medium-high.
  • Dice the pancetta slices and mix in a large bowl with the beef, soy sauce, salt, pepper and garlic powder.
  • Form into six equal size balls. Using your thumbs, press an indention in the center of each ball. Add a spoonful of blue cheese or goat cheese into the center. Carefully form the meat around the ball and smash into a patty.
  • Grill over medium-high heat for 6 minutes. Flip and grill another 6 minutes. Remove from grill and let rest while you prepare the buns.
  • Cut the rolls in half and butter each side. Grill over low heat, until golden brown.
  • Place a patty on the bottom of each roll. Top with a spoonful of marmalade. Add the top bun and serve.

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Christie Vanover

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Hi. I’m Christie, the head cook and award-winning competitive pitmaster for Team Girls Can Grill. I have won multiple grand championships and have dozens of top ten category finishes. People know me as the girl who is forever hovering over a grill, smoker or campfire with tongs in one hand and a glass of wine in the other.


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