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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Recipe for Stuffed Mediterranean Turkey Burgers

Mmmm, little pockets of goodness tucked inside a moist, delicious turkey burger!  These are a little too fragile for the grill.  They cook up quickly in a pan with a little olive oil for browning.  Make sure not to overcook or they will be dry.

Servings: 3
Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 to 1 1/4 lb. ground turkey or turkey breast
• 1/4 cup julienne cut sundried tomatoes in olive oil
• 1/4 cup crumbled low fat feta cheese
• 1 heaping TBSP finely chopped basil
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper 

Method:

• Pour a very fine layer of olive oil in a large frying pan and heat over medium high heat.
• While pan heats, mix tomatoes, feta and basil together.
• Divide turkey into 6 equal balls and flatten them.
• Spoon 1/3rd of tomato mixture on 3 of the pieces of turkey and then top each of them with one of the plain pieces of turkey.
• Gently press around the edges to form a sealed burger.
• Sprinkle a few drops of olive oil and season with salt and pepper on both sides.
• Cook over med high heat 4-5 minutes per side, until no longer pink inside.

These were just perfect for an evening when we wanted a light but flavorful supper (to make up for overindulging the evening before!).

You can stuff all sorts of different things in these turkey burgers and stuffed burgers are my favorite way to eat ground turkey-I find it too dry otherwise.

Here are some other ways I've served them-Enjoy!

Olive and feta turkey burgers

Stuffed turkey burgers with goat's cheese and roasted red peppers

Blue Cheese, pistachio and cranberry turkey burgers (my personal favorite)

Inside out turkey cheeseburgers

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