Pear & Walnut Burger
This Pear & Walnut Burger Recipe is amazingly delicious, and it'll really impress your guests... but the secret is... it's actually easy to make!
Ingredients
Candied Walnuts
- 4 Oz Walnuts halved
- 1/4 Cup Sugar
- 1/2 Tsp Cinnamon ground
- 1/8 Tsp Salt
- 1 1/2 Tbsp Milk
- 1/4 Tsp Vanilla Extract
Burger
- 2 Lbs Ground Chuck Beef 80% lean / 20% fat
- 4 Tsp Salt
- 1 Tsp Pepper
- 1 Pear
- Blue Cheese
- 4 Hamburger Buns
Instructions
Candied Walnuts
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Place walnuts on a pan and cook in the oven for 8 minutes.
- Combine sugar, cinnamon, salt, and milk in a pan and heat for 8 minutes on medium high. Stir and cook until sauce is thick & gooey.
- Stir walnuts into candy sauce and add vanilla extract.
- Pour walnuts onto wax paper or tin foil and separate so they don't stick together.
Burger
- Slice pear in half vertically and then cut medium/thin wedges.
- Get your grill/pan/etc hot.
- Salt & pepper the ground beef and then divide into 8oz (1/2 lb) portions (or you can use smaller 6oz portions). Flatten into patties that are about 1/2 inch larger than the buns
- Put a thumbprint in the middle of the patty so it doesn’t puff up when cooking.
- Grill your burgers about 4min on the first side.
- Add pear slices to the grill and cook only for a few minutes.
- Flip burgers and immediately add blue cheese crumbles. Cook until you reach the correct temp (140F for medium), usually about 2 to 4 minutes.
- Place walnuts in blue cheese and top with grilled pear slices. Enjoy!