Beer-Cheese Burger

The Recipe

Courtesy of: Food Network Magazine - June 2012 Issue

Burgers:
4 6oz burgers
Toasted poppy seed roll
Chopped chives
Tomato slices
Beer-cheese sauce

Beer-Cheese Sauce:
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in 2 tablespoons flour and 1/4 teaspoon mustard powder; cook, stirring 2 to 3 minutes (do not brown). Whisk in 3/4 cup beer; bring to a simmer, then whisk in 1/2 cup half-and-half. Simmer, whisking, until thickened, 4 minutes. Stir in 1-1/2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese and 1 tablespoon horseradish.

Assemble the burger and enjoy!

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Tips/Tweaks

Substitutions or Omissions

We used whole-wheat buns instead of the poppy seed bun, since this is easy to find at the grocery store. Also, we omit the horseradish because we do not like the taste, but the beer-cheese sauce is still amazing.

Review

This burger we have made several times and will make again! The beer-cheese sauce recipe makes quite a lot, so we tend to save the sauce and use it whenever we make more burgers. One of our favorite gourmet burger recipes and it's so easy to make too!