By Christie Vanover | Published July 10, 2013 | Last Updated December 28, 2022
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.
After a couple of bites, I reached the cheese and it really flavored this burger from the inside out.
Stuffed Pancetta Burgers with Balsamic Fig Marmalade
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.
This estimate was created using an online nutrition calculator
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