Recipe: Gourmet barbecue beef burger

This is a grown-up burger with big, bold flavours. Video / Fresh Media

Sink your teeth into a meat lover’s burger stuffed with a smoky chargrilled beef patty and crispy bacon. Take the flavours up a notch with a generous helping of blue cheese – it’s the perfect companion to the smoky beef patty and makes this burger stand out from the crowd.

Gourmet barbecue beef burger

Serves 4

Ingredients

4 ready-made beef burger patties

4 brioche buns

250g streaky bacon rashers

1/2 red onion, thinly sliced

2 tbsp white vinegar

1 tsp sugar

4 gherkins, thinly sliced

110g blue cheese

4 iceberg lettuce leaves

Barbecue sauce

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