How about a new twist on an old favorite? Turn your grilled brat into a brat slider burger. Pile it high with caramelized onions and a beer cheese sauce on a pretzel bun. This will be your new summer favorite!! Promise.
Brat Burgers with Beer Cheese Sauce
Serves: 4 burgers or 5 or 6 sliders
- Purchase brat burgers or remove brats from casing and form patties (I did this) OR
- brat burgers
- 1 pound ground pork or beef
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon ground sage
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
- beer cheese sauce
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 cup IPA beer
- 3/4 cup half and half
- 3 1/2-4 cups sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
- caramelized onions
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Make the caramelized onions. Thinly slice one whole red or white onion lengthwise. Heat two tablespoons butter in a large pan or skillet over medium heat until melted and bubbling. Gradually add onions, and cook stirring occasionally, until onions are soft. Repeat until all
onion slices have been added. Reduce heat to medium low or low and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 15-20 minutes until onions are super soft and caramelized. They should turn a light to medium brown color. Set aside. - Make the beer cheese sauce. In a small to medium saucepan or pot, melt butter over medium heat. Add flour and whisk or stir frequently for about 3 minutes, until flour and butter have formed thick paste. Add spices and stir to combine. Add beer. Stir until flour mixture is smoothly blended into beer. Add half and half. Continue to whisk until smooth. Reduce heat to low and gradually add shredded cheese, about one cup at a time. Stir until cheese is melted and blended into the sauce, and keep adding cheese until you reach desired thickness. Keep sauce warm, on very low heat while you cook the burgers. Give the sauce a good stir before serving.
- Grill burgers Adapted From: Off the Eaten Path
