Stuffed Pizza Burger
"This is a combination between a pizza and a burger. You can have fun with it--it can be changed up any way you like it."
photo by alenafoodphoto
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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4 burgers
- Serves:
- 2-4
ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 2 teaspoons black pepper, freshly ground
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, coarsely shredded
- 1 lb pepperoni
- 8 ounces pizza sauce (of your choice)
- 4 hamburger buns
- 1 lettuce head (optional)
- 1 tomatoes (optional)
- 1⁄4 cup pizza sauce
directions
- Combine, hamburger salt and pepper in a large bowl. In another bowl, combine the coarsely shredded sharp cheddar and pepperonis. Let pepperoni and cheese mixture sit at room temperature for about 20 minutes to get soft. Then, shape mixture into balls (for however many burgers you would like to make).
- Form 4 patties of meat and place one cheese/pepperonis balls in between them. Pinch the sides together to seal in cheese ball. Gently press formed patty, to spread out cheese ball. Continue until all patties are formed.
- Cook burgers on grill over medium flame for about 7 minutes on each side.
- While burgers are grilling, flip burgers, and baste the cooked side of the patties with the pizza sauce After about 7 minutes longer, the burger should be done (these are big thick burgers and may take longer to grill to your liking). Baste again with the pizza sauce before removing from grill. Butter hamburger buns and place on top rack of grill for several minutes, until toasted.
- To build burger, take toasted bun, add patty, you can add tomato or lettuce, if you would like, but the flavors are great without them.
Questions & Replies
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2 T garlic Powder??? Really ?? and no where does it mention when to mix it in. I love garlic but 2 T powder. s m h. and where is the ITALIAN CHEESE? Serving 2-4 and only 4 patties? quite confusing to say the least.
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In the directions, it talks about the "bacon and cheese mixture" - but I see that mixture mentioned NO WHERE ELSE in the recipe - nor do I even see bacon in the list of ingredients. So what bacon and cheese mixture and how much of each, please?
Reviews
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Everything was fine, except if I'm making a "pizza" burger I use motzarella cheese, not cheddar. -
Shape the cheese mixture into disks making it easier to surround them with the ground beef. -
Tasted amazing, but the recipe is confusing. It says it serves 2-4, makes 2 burgers, but you need 8 hamburger buns??? We made 4 large burgers - I really liked basting the burgers with sauce and putting pepperoni and cheese in the middle was genius! Tasted so great inside its toasted bun! Great recipe, just think the recipe needs a little tweaking to make things clearer! -
Great recipe. I added Mozzarella cheese and added 1 tsp salt and pizza seasoning spice mix into the meat mix. It was a preblended spice. Turned out great. Thanks Grill_master
