Hot Pepper Bacon Jam with Pimento Cheese Burgers

inspired by Food & Wine

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 pound organic 85/15 ground beef.  We prefer Trader Joe’s grass fed organic ground beef for our burgers
• 3/4 cup (approx) of Hot Pepper Bacon Jam by Terrapin Ridge Farms (click to purchase)
• 1 cup shredded Pimento cheese.  Callie's Hot Little Biscuit Pimento Cheese
• 4 organic whole wheat burger buns-toasted
• Kosher salt and black pepper
• 1 tsp. soy sauce.
• option - add your favorite sliced pickles
• optiton - coleslaw of course too!

 DIRECTIONS:

1. Place ground beef in a bowl and season with 3/4 tsp. kosher salt and 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper and 1 tsp. soy sauce.  Mix with clean hands until just combined.
2. Form beef into 4 equal sized patties
3. Cook in a preheated skillet about 3-5 minutes per side.  It depends on how done you like your burgers.  We like ours medium well.
4. About 2 minutes before the burgers are finished, spoon the hot pepper bacon jam on top of each burger and then follow by placing a quarter cup of pimento cheese atop that.  Cover your skillet to allow the cheese to melt.
5. Remove from pan and place each burger onto a toasted bun.
6. Drool, and then let your eyes roll into the back of your head once you take that first bite.