Mortadella Burger with Sasha Sauce

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This is from Mario Bartali and Michael Symon

  • 20 mins
  • 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 12 jarred hot banana peppers
  • 4 garlic cloves,chopped
  • 1 c prepared mustard
  • 1 c white wine vinegar
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • 2 T flouor
  • 1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
  • salt and black pepper
  • 4- 1/4 inch slices mortadella
  • 4 sesame seed hamburger buns
  • 2 T unsalted butter
  • 12 slices dill or sweet hot pickle
  • 2 c prepared coleslaw

Preparation

Step 1

Remove tops from peppers and chop. Combine peppers with garlic, mustard and vinegar in food processor bowl and puree. Cook puree and sugar in a med saucepan over med high heat until boiling; reduce heat and simmer 30 min.

Whisk together flour and 1/2c water until smooth. Whisk mixture into pepper mixture; cook until mixture thickens, stirring often. Reduc3e heat and simmer 20 min stirring often. Remove from heat; cool completely. Chill mixture, covered in a nonreactive container like a glass jar up to 1 month.

Preheat grill to 350-400.

Shape ground beef into 4 patties and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill, covered 3-5 min on each side or until desired doneness. Remove from grill and keep warm.

Cook mortadella slices in nonstick skillet over med heat 4 min, turning once. Remove from pan and keep warm.

Toast the buns with melted butter in batches, cut sides down, in nonstick skillet about 2 min or until golden brown.

Spread bottom halves of buns evenly with sasha sauce. Arrange mortadella, burgers, pickle slices, and slaw evenly over buns. Top with remaining buns.