📋 Sirloin Burger (with beets) recipe

gourmet sirloin burger with beets on a white plate with bowl of beets in the background

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📋 Sirloin Burger (with beets) recipe

Wild West goes Uptown! This award-winning gourmet grilled sirloin burger is made with beets, ground sirloin, cranberry orange aioli, peanut butter BBQ sauce, creamy brie cheese, roasted apples and onions on grilled buns.

Course Main Course

Cuisine North American

Keyword beets, gourmet burger, sirloin burger

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 20

Total Time 40

Servings burgers

Calories 721kcal

Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

bbq brush

Ingredients

Burger:

2 lbs ground sirloin (1 kg) approximately
1 slices of D’italiano bread (or any bread crumbs)– pureed in food processor (to a fine crumb)
1 egg
½ cup canned beets- finely chopped
6 D'italiano burger buns (or any burger buns)

Peanut butter BBQ sauce:

⅓ cup chunky peanut butter
½ teaspoon horseradish
½ cup ketchup
1 tablespoon molasses
⅓ cup lime juice
3 teaspoon Dijon mustard
4 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1 recipe Cranberry Aioli https://foodmeanderings.com/cranberry-aioli/

Toppings

4 tablespoon greek yogurt
2 green apples , peeled, cored, quartered, sliced thin length-wise
1 red onion sliced in circles , then halved
Brie cheese (200g) wheel
1 cup fresh baby spinach

Instructions

Burger:

Preheat grill to 500 degrees F. Spray with non- stick spray
In a large bowl, mix sirloin, egg, bread crumbs and chopped beets together. Form 6 burger patties.
Spray a large square of (approximately 10" X 10") of aluminum foil with non-stick cooking spray. Peel and slice apples into quarters then thinly slice. Cut onions into circles, then halves. Wrap up into a packet by placing apples and onions in the middle and then fold edges over to make a square and seal off the sides.

BBQ sauce:

Mix all ingredients together and top burgers with ½ of the sauce.
Spray a little oil on the grill and place burgers on grill. Cook burgers for 10 -15 minutes (with bbq lid down) , then turn over.
Top burgers with remaining sauce and cook for 10 – 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, while burgers are cooking, roast apple/onion mixture in packets on grill (back of grill where there is less heat) for approximately 20 minutes.
Turn off grill, and add Brie cheese and cover until melted (about 1 minute), then grill buns for 2- 3 minutes or until grill marks are to your liking.

To assemble:

Mix Cosmo Cranberry Aioli ingredients together and spread 2 tsps on bottom buns, dividing evenly by all 6 buns.
Add burger, spinach, then ¼ cup roasted apple/red onion mixture. Mix balsamic vinegar and greek yogurt together and put a dollop (about 2 teaspoon ) on top of apple/onions. Add top of bun. Serve immediately and enjoy!

Notes

💭Top Tip

If you've heard anything about the danger of BBQ wire-bristle brushes, you may want to look at investing in a different kind of brush. It's been in the news for the last couple of years and apparently, there have been 9 reported incidents of injury from these brushes. The strange thing was, that even after all the reports, I went on a hunt last summer and couldn't find a proper replacement for a wire brush anywhere and several stores were still selling only wire brushes!

Thankfully, after years of safety warnings and reports of injuries from wire-bristle brushes used to clean barbecue grills, Health Canada has begun a risk assessment that could potentially stop the sale of the brushes. You can Read this Health Canada report for more information.

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