How to Make Sausage Burgers

Serves: 4

Preparation time: 15 mins

Cooking time: 15 mins

Ingredients needed to make Sausage Burgers:

• 4 English muffins, split
• 12 oz fresh pork breakfast sausage, casings peeled off
• 4 oz sharp cheddar cheese, thinly sliced
• 1 medium Granny Smith apple, chopped into ½’’ thick rounds
• 1 tbsp maple syrup, plus more as necessary
• Vegetable oil, for greasing

Cooking instructions for Sausage Burgers:

• Split the sausage into 4 equal parts and mold each of them into ¼’’ thick patty, so that they are about ½’’ wider than the English muffins.
• Press the middle of each patty with your thumb to make a shallow depression and arrange them on a plate; keep aside.
• Warm up you outdoor grill to 375 degrees F.
• Choose four widest apple slices and set aside.
• Rub the hot grill grate with paper towels, dipped in oil and place the 4 apple slices over it.
• Arrange the patties beside the apple slices, with their depressed-side facing up and place the lid of grill on top.
• Grill for about 3-4 minutes, until their base is seared and flip them over.
• Baste them with a lashing of maple syrup and place the lid back on.
• Grill the other side for about 3-4 minutes, until the meat is properly cooked and the apples soften yet remain firm.
• Transfer them onto a plate and cover loosely with a sheet of foil.
• Grill the muffins on the hot grill for a couple of minutes or until they are toasted.
• Flip them over and place the cheese slices on top of the toasted cut-side of each muffin.
• Place the lid on top and grill for about 3 minutes, until the cheese melts.
• Transfer them onto a flat surface and place a grilled patty on one bottom half of a muffin half.
• Place an apple slice on top the patty and cover with the top half of the muffin.
• Make rest of the burgers in a similar manner and serve right away alongside more maple syrup.

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