Burgers with Special Sauce

Enjoy this delicious Burgers with sweet onions and sauce. It is a yummy meal that is the perfect comfort food for a time when we are home.

Ingredients

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 3 large onions, cut in half and thinly sliced
• Salt and pepper
• 1 1/2 pounds 70-80% lean ground beef
• 8 slices Comté cheese
• 4 Kaiser rolls, split
• Butter
• 12 to 14 cornichons, finely chopped

Burger Preparation: 

Heat a skillet over medium heat with olive oil, 2 turns of the pan. Add onions and season with salt and a little pepper. Cook onions until caramel in color and very sweet, 35-40 minutes.

Heat a cast-iron skillet or griddle over medium-high heat. Loosely form 4 patties of beef and place them onto a hot grill, flattening them evenly with a spatula. Season with Kosher salt and pepper, top with caramelized onions and press onions into the burger. Cook to crust and brown the meat, 3 minutes. Flip, season and press and crisp the opposite side; cook 2-3 minutes more.

Butter the insides of the Kaiser rolls. Layer your burgers: Kaiser roll bottom, butter-side facing out, cornichons, cheese, burger patty, cheese, Kaiser roll top, butter-side facing out.

Return the built burgers to your skillet or griddle, and press them down with a pot lid or a heavy pan to brown the rolls and melt the cheese. Once brown on one side, flip and press them down again to brown other side.

• 1 cup sour cream
• About 3 tablespoons ketchup
• 2 tablespoons pickled relish
• 4-5 scallions, finely chopped, whites and greens (or ¼ cup chopped chives)
• ¼ cup finely chopped dill and parsley, combined
• 1 clove garlic, grated or minced
• Salt and pepper
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon hot sauce, such as Frank’s RedHot or Tabasco

Sauce Preparation

In a small bowl, combine sour cream with ketchup, relish, scallions, herbs, garlic, salt, pepper, lemon juice and hot sauce.