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Blend and Build A Better Burger

Lake Elise trail showing wild non-edible mushrooms
These are not edible mushrooms, but a beautiful capture from Will’s Bench at Lake Elise

Living in Kennett Square, AKA, “the mushroom capital of the world” I can’t help but get up close and personal with a variety of deliciously cultivated fresh picked mushrooms. Today, I want to encourage you to blend and build a better burger. Start blending your meat with mushrooms, if you aren’t already.

sliced mushrooms in food processor to blend and build a better burger
mushrooms

To blend and build a better burger is a super simple process. Further, once you taste the combination you will never turn back to a full meat burger, sauce, ball or filling. For more umami flavor and juicer and lighter texture start blending mushrooms to meat 1:2. For every pound of ground meat include 8 ounces of mushrooms is what’s recommended, but I find myself doing an even 1:1 blend as we love mushrooms that much.

ground mushrooms in food processor
ground mushrooms

After rinsing your mushrooms and spinning them dry in a salad spinner I quarter them and then grind them in a food processor. I then sauté them until they have released all their liquid and begin to brown. Stir them often at this point.

cooked ground mushrooms toblend and build a better burger
cooked mushrooms

Season the mushrooms any way you like and let them cool.

seasoned mushrooms
seasoned mushrooms

Add to your ground beef, chicken, pork or lamb and shape into burgers or meatballs. You can also replace some of the meat in your favorite bolognese sauce or add to a filling to make ravioli.

mushroom blend burger patties with cheese
stuffed blended burgers

I hope you will give the mushroom blend a try; let me know if you do. It’s a healthy and delicious option and just for the record my family will not eat a burger any other way. BTW, it works with all kinds of mushrooms, but my favorite for the most flavor are cremini, shiitake and oyster.

oyster mushrooms
Kennett Square fresh oyster mushrooms
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