Pressed Cuban-Style Burger
2 pound ground chuck
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup best quality mayonnaise
1 Tbs minced garlic
1/4 cup Dijon mustard or just spicy brown
8 hamburger buns
8 slices thinly sliced smoked ham
16 slices thinly sliced Swiss or Provolone cheese
dill pickles, sliced into 1/4-inch thick slices
Form the meat into 8 patties. Season the meat as you would for a normal hamburger and cook on the grill to rare. Combine the mayonnaise and garlic in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Spread both sides of each bun with mayonnaise mixture.
Place a slice of cheese on the bottom portion of each bun, place the cooked burger on top of the cheese, then top the burger with a slice of ham then another slice of cheese then the pickle slices. Place the tops of the bun over the pickles and wrap the burgers in aluminum foil and put back on the grill. Take enough bricks or something with some decent weight and set on top of the wrapped burgers. Press them down and cook 2 more minutes then flip them over, put the bricks back on and cook 2 more minutes. Eat!
2 pound ground chuck
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup best quality mayonnaise
1 Tbs minced garlic
1/4 cup Dijon mustard or just spicy brown
8 hamburger buns
8 slices thinly sliced smoked ham
16 slices thinly sliced Swiss or Provolone cheese
dill pickles, sliced into 1/4-inch thick slices
Form the meat into 8 patties. Season the meat as you would for a normal hamburger and cook on the grill to rare. Combine the mayonnaise and garlic in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Spread both sides of each bun with mayonnaise mixture.
Place a slice of cheese on the bottom portion of each bun, place the cooked burger on top of the cheese, then top the burger with a slice of ham then another slice of cheese then the pickle slices. Place the tops of the bun over the pickles and wrap the burgers in aluminum foil and put back on the grill. Take enough bricks or something with some decent weight and set on top of the wrapped burgers. Press them down and cook 2 more minutes then flip them over, put the bricks back on and cook 2 more minutes. Eat!
