Garlic Overload Burgers with Creamy Garlic Burger Sauce

Garlic Overload Burgers with Creamy Garlic Burger Sauce: Submitted by: Wendy R Cook | Date Added: 5 Jun 2019 Ingredients:

Cream Cheese Mixture:
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 teaspoon Italian herbs

Burgers:
2 pounds ground beef
8 teaspoons garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste

Creamy Garlic Burger Sauce:
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 cups heavy cream
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup water

For Garlic Overload Burgers:
4 slices provolone cheese
4 brioche hamburger buns

Cooking Instructions:

Seasoning and Making the Burgers:
1. In a large bowl, mix the ground beef with the garlic powder and salt and pepper.
2. Divide the hamburgers into 8 equal portions. Form the meat into balls and then flatten into a patty about 1/4" thick. Remember to make the burgers a bit over sized to account for shrinkage when cooking. In the middle of 4 patties, spoon some of the cream cheese mixture.
3. Top each of the four patties with the cream cheese mixture with the patties without. Gently press the burgers together to form a large burger.
4. Grill burgers as desired.
5. When almost ready to remove burgers, add a slice of provolone cheese to the top of each burger. All the cheese to melt by closing grill.

Creamy Garlic Burger Sauce:
1. In a saucepan, boil 1/4 cup of water over medium heat.
2. Stir in the minced garlic and garlic powder. Boil until the water is nearly evaporated, about 5 minutes.
3. Stir in the heavy cream, Italian herbs, salt and pepper.
4. In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch and 1/4 cup of water and stir until dissolved.
5. Continue boiling, stirring constantly, until thickened. About 3 minutes.
6. Remove from heat. It will continue to thicken upon cooling.

1. Place burgers on bottoms of brioche buns.
2. spoon Creamy Garlic Burger Sauce over burger.
3. Top with the top of the brioche bun.