These are no ordinary burgers!  Drizzled with a sweet port wine reduction and topped with melted white truffle  cheese and truffle aioli. These burgers will be a hit for your next dinner, game night or whenever you want to take ordinary burgers to the next level.

Truffle Burgers 

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 1/2lbs. Ground beef (preferably grass fed)

1 Tbs. white truffle oil

Pinch of ground sea salt

1/4 tsp. fresh ground pepper

4 slices truffle cheese (preferably Il Boschetto al Tartufo)

4 brioche or pretzel buns

Aioli:

1/2 cup  good mayonnaise (Hellmans)

1 Tbs. sour cream

2 -3 tablespoon white truffle oil

1 small clove garlic, grated fine

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

 

Make glaze:

Bring the port and sugar to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook until reduced and syrupy, about 10-12 minutes. Remove from the heat and whisk in the truffle oil, salt add more truffle oil to taste. Let cool slightly.

Make Aioli:  mix the mayonnaise, sour cream, truffle oil, garlic and lemon juice in a small bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Whisk the mayonnaise, truffle oil, garlic and lemon juice in a small bowl; add more truffle oil to taste. Set aside.

Add truffle oil, salt and pepper to meat. Form the mixture into four 3/4-inch-thick patties, 4 inches each.

Heat heavy bottom skillet or cast iron pan. Add oil and butter. Add patties to pan. Cook until the bottoms have formed a brown crust 4 to 5 minutes. Flip and cook about 4 more minutes for medium.  Add  a slice of cheese on top of burgers  and let melt, about 1 more minute; remove to a plate. Add bun cut sides down in skillet, 30 seconds to 1 minute.

Spread aioli on buns add burgers and drizzle with port reduction and cover with top buns.

* truffle cheese and truffle salt you can find at Wegmans or Trader Joe’s or you can go online.