Happy Happy Blue Cheese

So on a whim the other day I decided to grab a little slab of local Roquefort (I think) from my favourite butcher. As you may or may not know, a little blue cheese goes a long way.

Wondering what to do with blue cheese that might be progressing toward blue-and-orange cheese I felt a hankering for a good ol' hamburger. So back to the butcher with me it was. Basically I took a few fresh items that I needed to use and put them in the hamburger mix.

Happy Blue Hamburger Mix

12 oz. fresh extra lean hamburger
a hunk o' blue cheese (I had a 100g or so remnant I guess) processed into bits
a handful of flat leaf parsley chopped
one egg is un oeof (but if you don't think so by all means use another)
half a small onion minced

Now, as it turns out this made a fair bit. I know I sometimes have a 6 oz hamburger at a restaurant but I could easily have fed 4 people. As it was I made myself a very fat extra lean hamburger.

Sadly I am currently BBQ deficient, so I seared my hand-patted patty in a hot olive oil prepped fry pan. Then I turned down the heat and covered it with a lid to let it cook. It is tricky to know done-ness with this method but basically a cooked hamburger is a great deal firmer than one that isn't cooked in the middle. If you press down with your spatula you can gauge if it is done (a little, don't squash the luscious juiciness out of it!!) .

Of course if you have a BBQ handy, then by all means.

I put mine on a whole wheat hamburg bun with some dijon, a couple tomato slices, and mesclun greens. Garnish as you deem appropriate. Sauteed onions would be bombdigitty but I was lazy on this occasion. Served up with a side of Old Dutch baked Ketchup chips (why not?).

 More simple simple for you. As in not elaborate. Which is a complicated way of saying 'what could be easier?'

Bonus ant's eye table view. Albeit I don't know what an ant would see. Face-to-face with this massive hamburger patty it might see a meaty cliff face.

Until next time. If you're feeling blue then do your best to be happy about it.