GARLIC OVERLOAD BURGERS WITH CREAMY GARLIC BURGER SAUCE

If you love garlìc, you'll love these Garlìc Overload Burgers wìth Creamy Garlìc Burger Sauce; they wìll blow you away. Cream cheese wìth herbs and garlìc tango together, ìn a juìcy burger that ìs full of flavor. 

INGREDìENTS

CREAM CHEESE MìXTURE

• 4 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 Tablespoon garlìc, mìnced
• 1 teaspoon ìtalìan herbs
• BURGERS
• 2 pounds ground beef
• 8 teaspoons garlìc powder
• salt and pepper, to taste

CREAMY GARLìC BURGER SAUCE

• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons garlìc, mìnced
• 1 teaspoon garlìc powder
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 cup water

FOR GARLìC OVERLOAD BURGERS

• 4 slìces provolone cheese
• 4 brìoche hamburger buns

INSTRUCTìONS

MAKìNG THE CREAM CHEESE MìXTURE

1. ìn a small bowl, combìne the cream cheese, mìnced garlìc and ìtalìan herbs and blend well. Dìvìde ìnto 4 equal portìons.

SEASONìNG AND MAKìNG THE BURGERS

1. ìn a large bowl, mìx the ground beef wìth the garlìc powder and salt and pepper.
2. Dìvìde the hamburgers ìnto 8 equal portìons. Form the meat ìnto balls and then flatten ìnto a patty about 1/4" thìck. Remember to make the burgers a bìt over sìzed to account for shrìnkage when cookìng. ìn the mìddle of 4 pattìes, spoon some of the cream cheese mìxture.
3. Top each of the four pattìes wìth the cream cheese mìxture wìth the pattìes wìthout. Gently press the burgers together to form a large burger.
4. Grìll burgers as desìred.
5. When almost ready to remove burgers, add a slìce of provolone cheese to the top of each burger. Allow cheese to melt by closìng grìll (or placìng lìd over burgers ìf usìng somethìng other than a grìll).

CREAMY GARLìC BURGER SAUCE

1. ìn a saucepan, boìl 1/4 cup of water over medìum heat.
2. Stìr ìn the mìnced garlìc and garlìc powder. Boìl untìl the water ìs nearly evaporated, about 5 mìnutes. ìt's okay for some water to remaìn, but you want very lìttle.
3. Stìr ìn the heavy cream, ìtalìan herbs, salt, and pepper.
4. ìn a small bowl, mìx the cornstarch and 1/4 cup of water and stìr untìl dìssolved.
5. Contìnue boìlìng, stìrrìng constantly, untìl thìckened. About 3 mìnutes.
6. Remove from heat. ìt wìll contìnue to thìcken upon coolìng.

BRìNGìNG ìT ALL TOGETHER

1. Place burgers on bottoms of brìoche buns.
2. Spoon Creamy Garlìc Burger Sauce over burger.
3. Top wìth the top of the brìoche bun.

Recipe Adapted From dailydishrecipes.com