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Grilled Hamburgers with Goat Cheese

If your grill is large enough, you can cook everything at once. Give the hamburgers about a 2-minute head start so everything is ready to come off the grill at the same time.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 6

Ingredients

3 pounds lean ground chuck
1 tablespoon each finely chopped fresh thyme, oregano, rosemary, and flat-leaf parsley
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
3 large tomatoes, thickly sliced
2 large onions, thickly sliced
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
5 ounces fresh goat cheese, sliced into 6 equal portions
1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
1 head red or white endive, thinly sliced crosswise

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Heat the grill to medium. In a large bowl, place the ground chuck and herbs. Season with salt and pepper. Using your hands, mix the ingredients together until combined. Form into 6 patties; set aside.

    Step 2

    Brush the tomato and onion slices with oil, and season with salt and pepper. Grill the tomato and onion slices until slightly charred on both sides (onion should be tender), 4 to 6 minutes for tomatoes and 6 to 8 minutes for onions. Remove from the grill, and keep warm.

    Step 3

    Grill the hamburger patties, 3 to 5 minutes per side for medium-rare. When they have reached desired doneness, place cheese on top of each patty. Grill until the cheese is slightly melted.

    Step 4

    To serve, stack slices of onion and tomato on a serving platter with romaine and endive. Place the hamburgers on top.

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Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group. Buy the full book from Amazon.
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