Grilled Hamburger Recipe

The Best Burger Recipe You'll Find!

This grilled hamburger recipe is perfect for summer barbecues. It is the best burger recipe you'll find. The addition of Zinfandel adds flavor to these hamburger patties.

Wine Pairing: Almost any Zinfandel from Renwood Winery, Rosenblum Cellars, or Ridge would be ideal to drink with these hamburgers. Use the same Zinfandel to make the hamburger patties. One great wine choice would be Renwood Grandmere Zinfandel This is a full flavored Old Vine Zinfandel from Amador. This wine has a fabulous blend of flavors including ripe fruit, toasty oak, and spice. One of our all-time favorites!

Ingredients for hamburgers:
2 pounds lowfat hamburger
1/4 cup Zinfandel
(Save rest of bottle to drink with meal)
1/4 cup minced fresh basil
1/4 cup minced red onion
1/4 cup Italian bread crumbs
8 sundried tomatoes, drained and chopped
2 teaspoons garlic salt
Canola spray for spraying on grill rack
6 large seeded hamburger buns
2/3 cup mayonnaise
6 slices Monterey jack cheese
2 tablespoons prepared basil pesto
red leaf lettuce leaves
6 tomato slices
6 thin red onion rings
8 fresh wet basil sprigs for adding to fire

Instructions for hamburgers:
1. Prepare grill for cooking.
2. In a medium bowl combine the following: hamburger, Zinfandel, minced basil, minced onion, bread crumbs, sundried tomatoes, and garlic salt.
3. Divide the hamburger into 6 portions and shape into round patties.
4. Spray the grill with canola oil.
5. Toss the basil sprigs onto the coals.
6. Grill hamburger patties until done (5 to 8 minutes approximately on each side).
7. During the last minute of cooking top each hamburger with a slice of cheese.
8. Mix mayonnaise and basil pesto and spread some of this mixture onto each of the toasted hamburger buns.
9. Assemble lettuce, hamburger, tomato slice and onion slices onto each bun.

This will make 6 servings.