This past Saturday evening, Tammy and I inadvertently (literally) got sucked into watching the 2004 "Build A Better Burger" food contest that the Sutter Home winery hosts every year, shown on the Food Network HD, I couldn't help my mouth watering at the parade of the very creative burger recipes.
The outcome couldn't have been any more obvious: I set out to reproduce the winning recipe of 2004, the very next day.
Armed with the printed recipe, found on the site along other year's winning recipes, I shopped for the "delta" ingredients, and diligently assembled the heart attach on a toasted bun.
Pictured is the fruit of that labor.
My verdict: I think the oregano and perhaps the seasoned salt may have combined to be too overpowering of a flavor. I should have thought better about the <amount of> Italian spices that the recipe called for, but that only became apparent once I had already "poured" all the ingredients together. Next time I make this, I'll hold back on the those 2 ingredients and let the others find a better balance.
The blue cheese spread was phenomenal, and I will for sure repeat it on any sandwich calling for blue cheese.
The recipe is presented for 6 burgers, but I made 4 a little big bigger, and had enough for a second round the following day (yes, that is today and that was dinner!).
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