Juliana Moves

Howdy! How’s the weather where you are? Here in NoVA it is hot hot hot and I love it. I am coming to you (late) with another turkey burger attempt! Two weekends ago I decided to give it another shot. The weather was sort of cool and gray, so I decided to forgo the grill and try to make smash burger-esqe patties on an electric griddle. When we were grocery shopping for the supplies, I randomly got the urge to make mushroom swiss (actually pepperjack) burgers. I don’t normally care for mushroom swiss burgers because I feel like the toppings slide off, but I thought it might add an important element of moisture.

I forgot to take photos, but I did get a few! I seasoned the meat pretty well, but didn’t add anything additional for texture – beyond a small amount of breadcrumbs. I think that cooking them on the griddle gave them the browning and texture that we all know and love on a beef burger. I haven’t been able to accomplish that on the grill! 

I also made these patties pretty small because I planned to smash them flat and do two patties per burger. Smashing them did not work as well as I thought it would, but making them 2 oz did help. One of my qualms with turkey burgers is just not enjoying eating that much turkey in a single bite, but these slider-sized patties did not have that problem.

All in all, I’d give this burger a 6/10. I chopped up the leftover patties and threw them into salads for the remainder of the week. Delicious!

I might attempt to make a juicy lucy in my next round. Stay tuned!