Burgers and Hash

May 2, 2014

Burgers and Hash

Burger Ingredients:

4 Potato Buns

1 lb Ground Beef (85/15)

1 TBSP Worsetechire Sauce

1 TBSP Head Country Meat Seasoning

1 TSP Red pepper

Salt and pepper

4 Slices of white cheddar cheese

Lettuce and tomato for garnish

BBQ sauce, hot sauce, or ranch for your sauce of choice

2 TBSP butter for your flat top

Hash Ingredients:

3 Large Russet potatoes

2 eggs, beaten

2 TBSP flour

2 scallions, chopped small

1 TBSP chopped chives

2 TBSP melted butter

1 TSP Lawry's Seasoning Salt

1 TSP Garlic

1 TSP "Joe's Stuff" Seasoning

Dash Salt and pepper

Cooking spray

Directions:

1. Mix your burger ingredients and create 4 patties. Set aside or refrigerate while starting the potatoes.

2. Gather all of your potato ingredients. Begin grating your potatoes, skin on with the largest part of your box grater. Spread out on a cookie sheet and press dry with 1-2 dish towels. You need the potatoes extremely dry.

3. Working fast to prevent the potatoes from browning, preheat the over to 450 degrees. Mix the potato ingredients in a large bowl.

4. Spray 2 cookie sheets generously with cookie spray. Spoon the potato mixture onto the cookie sheet and press down flat like disks.

5. Spray tops of potato hash rounds with cooking spray. Cook in oven for 15 minutes. Take out, flip over and continue cooking for 15 more minutes or until brown and crispy.

6. When you flip the potatoes, start the burgers. On a 2-burner flat top pan, melt 2 TBSP butter over medium heat. Add your burger patties. Cook on side 1 for 5 minutes.

7. Flip burgers and cook for 3-4 minutes before adding the cheese. When adding the cheese, turn down the heat really low. The cheese will melt a little and start coming down the side of the burger.

8. Serve your burger on a bun with lettuce and tomato and your choice of sauce. To TOP it off, add one of the potato hash rounds. This gives your burger great texture and puts this over the edge!

Today's wine choice:

North Bank

Malbec 2012

South Africa

*This is not your typical Malbec. This wine is rustic and earthy and will stick to your mouth with a long finish.

~Julianne