Red And Blue Buffalo Burgers

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 large red onion, minced
• 1 lb ground buffalo meat
• salt and pepper
• 2 ounces cream cheese
• 1 ounce maytag blue cheese
• 2 teaspoons butter, softened
• 1 ripe tomato
• 4 slices lean bacon
• 4 romaine lettuce leaves
• 4 buns

Recipe

• 1 combine the meat, onion and season lightly with salt and pepper.
• 2 with wet fingers, shape into 4 patties for grilling and set aside.
• 3 mash the cream cheese, blue cheese and butter together with a fork and divide into 4 knobs.
• 4 stem the tomato and cut it in half. scoop out the pulp and seeds and sliver the shell. set aside.
• 5 if cooking over charcoal, secure a strip of bacon around the edge of the burgers with a water-soaked toothpick.
• 6 if cooking indoors, cut the bacon strip in half and put one half diagonally across the side facing down to moisten the meat as it cooks.
• 7 grill the burgers over medium heat on a charcoal, stovetop or electric grill for 3-4 minutes per side.
• 8 serve on lettuce-lined buns with a knob of cheese on top and a sprinkling of tomato sliver.