What’s for Dinner: Butter Burgers

Posted by Kelly on July 8, 2010 in Starr, What's For Dinner | 5 comments

Starr has made a special request for dinner.

Butter Burgers.

They are a guilty pleasure so we don’t have them very often.

For our Butter Burgers, I take compound butter (recipe below) and cut it into smallish chunks (1/4 to 1/2 inch pieces–it won’t really matter in the end!!) and then mix it with the ground beef…you should see chunks of butter pretty evenly distributed throughout the meat. We tried wrapping the meat around and/or sticking a large piece of butter into the center of the burgers, but we like our way better, it spreads the flavor throughout the burger!! Divide into burgers and grill or pan fry until they are done like you like ‘em. Serve on your favorite buns with cheese. I will add mayo because I am weak like that!

Dragonfly’s Compound Butter

1 pound butter, room temperature

1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme

1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage

2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley

1 tablespoon chopped chives

1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary

1 clove garlic minced

fresh ground pepper

Mix the herbs into the butter. Shape the butter into a log and stick it in the freezer. After a little while, I cut it into smaller chunks to make storage easier. It will keep in the freezer for a long time. Use in butter burgers, on top of salmon, chicken, steak or where ever you want. Feel free to play with your favorite herbs and flavors.

Yum!