Bacon Blue Cheese Burger

Ingredients

Heat skillet over medium heat with tallow. Add mushrooms and onions and cook until browned, stirring occasionally, for at least half an hour. This is a tedious task, but well-worth the trouble! Add some salt and pepper and butter. Cook down for 15 more minutes. At this point you could deglaze them with a splash of bourbon.
While the onions cook, cook the bacon in the oven. This achieves flat, uniformly cooked bacon - perfect for burger toppings. Place bacon on a baking sheet in a preheated oven at 400° F. Bake for 10 minutes, flip, and bake for 10 minutes on the other side.
While the toppings are cooking, grill your burgers. I cooked them in a cast iron skillet on the stove in order to ensure maximum meat caramelization (for the nerd’s out there, this is known as the Maillard reaction). Cook to your desired level of doneness. Just before they are cooked to your liking, top with your favorite cheese and cover for 30 seconds to melt (toss a tsp of water in there before covering to create steam and melt the cheese faster).
Assemble the burgers and serve! Best paired with French fries, coleslaw and, of course, a cold beer. Too much work? Just come out to Burger Night and let us do the cooking (and cleaning) for you!

by Amanda Polden