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Port Wine Jucy Lucy Burger
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Port Wine Jucy Lucy Burger

Ingredients
 

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 4 oz of diced prosciutto
  • 1 tbsp of paprika
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1 tsp parsley
  • 2 shallots, thinly siced
  • olive oil
  • paprika, a couple of shakes
  • 1/4 lb of Iberico or manchego cheese, thinly shaved (you can use a vegetable peeler, or knife)
  • 4 buns, of your choice
  • For the sauce
  • 3 cups of red wine
  • 3 cups of beef stock
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 shallot, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, diced
  • 4-5 dried birds eye/piri piri chilis, or red pepper flakes
  • 2 tbsp of butter

Instructions
 

  • Sauce
  • Start with the sauce as it will take time to reduce to a syrup like consistency
  • Heat pan on medium high heat
  • Once hot, add butter and let melt
  • Add garlic, shallots and cook until slightly soft/browned edges (4-5 minutes)
  • Add 2 cups of wine and 2 cups of beef broth
  • Add bay leaf and piri piri chilis
  • Let cook for 20 minutes on medium high stirring with a spatula every few minutes. The liquid will reduce to a smaller amount and will thicken. It may take longer than 20 minutes.
  • Once it reduce to a syrup like sauce, add the remaining wine and broth and let cook down for 10 minutes until it is a thicker sauce.
  • Once it has thickened, turn heat to lowest setting to keep warm while you cook the burgers
  • After the burgers are cooked, take the sauce and pour it through a small sieve or strainer into a bowl. This will catch and remove the garlic, shallots, and chilis.
  • Burger
  • Mix all burger ingredients in a bowl
  • Create 8 thin patties
  • Place a couple of shavings of iberico cheese on top of 4 patties
  • Cover the cheese topped patties with the remaining 4 patties so that the cheese is in the middle of the two patties (like a sandwich)
  • Preheat grill
  • Place the sliced shallots in tin foil boat with some olive oil and paprika
  • Once grill is hot, 350+,
  • 1) put the patties on and cook for 4 minutes on each side for medium
  • 2) put shallots on for 8-10 minutes
  • 3) after you flip the burgers put the buns on the grill for a couple of minutes to toast
  • After everything has cooked, assemble burger in the following order:
  • Bottom bun
  • Shallots
  • Burger
  • Wine sauce
  • Top bun
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