Recipe for Inside Out Caprese Bison Burgers

From Mr. ELEB:  "that's another recipe you can make ANY time you like!"  In other words, I think he liked these caprese bison burgers.  If you don't have access to ground bison (buffalo), you can use ground turkey or ground beef (lean).  If you haven't tried bison, I highly recommend it.  You can read more about bison here (and order some really yummy meat).

Yield: 3 substantial burgers

Time: 15 minutes (plus time to heat the grill if grilling outdoors)

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 pound ground bison
• 2 TBSP finely diced mozzarella cheese
• 3  slices of mozzarella cheese, about 1/2 inch thick to fit the burgers
• 2 TBSP finely chopped fresh basil plus 8-10 more leaves
• Salt and pepper
• Thick slices of ripe tomatoes

Method:

• Preheat the grill if cooking outdoors.
• Mix the bison, diced mozzarella, and chopped basil together and form 6 balls.
• Flatten 3 of the balls and place a slice of mozzarella and a few basil leaves on each of the 3.
• Top with the remaining balls of bison and seal and press gently into a patty.
• Generously salt and pepper the patties.
• Cook over medium to medium high heat in a skillet (or outdoor grill) about 4 1/2-5 minutes per side.
• Top with a slice of tomato and serve (can serve with a bun or plain).

When you cut in to these, you get the nice surprise of gently melted mozzarella-yummy!  Do a search in the top right column on this blog for other inside out burger recipe ideas.  Hope you enjoy as much as we did!

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