Categories: Burgers

Ingredients

• Kale Pesto:
• 2 cups stemmed, chopped Tuscan kale
• 1/3 cup toasted chopped walnuts
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• Salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
• 1/2 lemon, juiced
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• Burgers:
• Natural olive oil cooking spray
• 8 thick slices tomato
• Salt and pepper
• 2 lbs. ground beef
• 3 tbsp. grated onion with juices
• 3 tbsp. Worcestershire
• 3 garlic cloves, grated
• 1 tsp crushed red pepper
• 1 tsp dried oregano, lightly crushed
• Olive oil, for drizzling
• 4 deli slices Provolone
• 4 deli slices mozzarella
• 4 plain or sesame Kaiser rolls, split and toasted

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400.

2. For the pesto, in a food processor, add the kale, nuts, and garlic. Season with salt and pepper and pulse until finely chopped. Add the cheese and lemon juice and process to blend. With the machine running, stream in the olive oil.

3. Spray a wire rack with cooking spray. Set the rack in a baking sheet, arrange the tomato slices on top in a single layer and season. Roast until the tomatoes slump, begin to shrink and are browned at the edges, 15-25 minutes.

4. Heat a large cast-iron skillet over high.

5. In a medium bowl, add the beef; season. Mix in the onion, Worcestershire, garlic, crushed red pepper, oregano and a fat drizzle of olive oil. Form 4 large patties.

6. Spray the skillet with cooking spray. Add the patties and cook, turning occasionally, 8-12 minutes. During the last minute or so of cooking, top the patties with a slice each of provolone and mozzarella and tent with foil to melt.

7. Place the burgers on the roll bottoms and top each with 2 slices of roasted tomatoes. Slather the roll tops with the pesto and place on burgers.

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