Saturday, August 11, 2012

Summer Burgers


This summer has been a busy one so far - after a trip to Boston, a week in the South of France and working on the holiday issues of Canadian Living, the warm sunny days have quickly gone by! We're on to working on our January 2013 issue, with a plethora of wintery comfort foods on the list. It's always a little bit of a challenge to project yourself to the cold, winter days at this time of year and remember the foods that you crave when the snow is falling and plush scarves are a daily part of your routine. There's such a meticulous process to the making of a magazine - in this case from recipe creation, to re-testing, to editing, and editing some more, to styling, shooting and designing the final page as it will be seen and flipped through by readers.

This lengthy process explains why we prepare our issues so many months ahead of time!


When I get home from a day of January-in-August, I fall right back into my normal summer schedule, and cook with seasonal foods. This time around, it's classic, burgers, pilled high with sauteed mushrooms, melted aged cheddar cheese and a couple slices of fresh heirloom tomatoes, with some fleur de sel and freshly cracked black pepper. Sweet summer heirloom tomatoes with their vivid hues and uneven shapes add a good dose of sunniness to these burgers - a flavour I know I will miss come fall.

What do you like to add to your burgers?

Summer Burgers
Serves 2

2 small heirloom tomatoes, sliced and seasoned with salt and pepper
10 mushrooms, sauteed with garlic and thyme
Fresh ground beef for 2, seasoned with a handful of parlsey, 1/4 cup of bread cumbs, 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese, an egg, salt and pepper, formed into patties and grilled
2 brioche buns, brushed with butter and grilled
2 slices of aged cheddar cheese, layered on top of warm beef patties
Mayonnaise, seasoned with diced cornichons, parsley and chives

Layer ingredients as you please!
 
 


17 comments:

Angie's Recipes said...

These summer burgers are perfect. I want mine exactly like yours!

daphne said...

yum! bacon is my favourite addition to burgers. I like mine open face with onion relish! This looks so summery but I am SURE it goes well in any other season as well.

Liz That Skinny Chick Can Bake said...

I LOVE the name of your blog! And these burgers look TO.DIE.FOR!!!

Chocolate Shavings said...

Lizzy Do: Thank you!

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Juicy and delicious looking burger.
Deepa

Torviewtoronto said...

fabulous pictures of delicious burgers :)

A Canadian Foodie said...

DOUBLE YUM!
:)
V

Suzanne Perazzini said...

Burgers are a favourite fall back dinner and also one of the most welcome. It's hard to analyse what exactly it is about burgers that captures our imagination and our taste buds.

Anonymous said...

I love avocado slices on my burger.

Chocolate Shavings said...

Jackstrawlane.com: I'm sure a few avocado slices would have worked nicely with this concoction!

Jennifer Kendall said...

these burgers look sooooo delicious! yum!

Jennifer Kendall said...

your burgers look soooo soooo good! i'm dying to eat one right now!

La Cuisine d'Helene said...

Totally delicious. So yum for the summer!

Anonymous said...

Delicious looking sliders! Very summer!

Cooking Fit with Sep said...

These burgers look amazing! I love your photos too! Great work on the blog =)

The Squishy Monster said...

Looks like a perfect burger, period!

YUM!!

Joanne said...

I always find it so funny that food magazine features are made two seasons in advance...but I bet it makes you appreciate seasonal cooking all the more! These burgers look great!

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