Lucques Pork Burger

Sweet Jezebel's Note:

Blend one or two canned chipotle chiles into a cup of mayonnaise to serve with this burger. From Sunset magazine.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 ½ lbs ground pork
• 4 ounces firm chorizo sausage or 4 ounces hot Italian sausage , casing removed and crumbled
• 2 slices bacon , finely chopped
• ¼ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup minced shallot
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 4 hamburger buns , toasted

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, mix ground pork, chorizo, bacon, olive oil, shallots, parsley, thyme, and cumin. Form mixture into four equal patties about 3/4 inch thick.
2. Lay burgers on a barbecue grill over a bed of medium-hot coals or medium-high heat on a gas grill (you can hold your hand at grill level only 3 to 4 seconds); close lid on gas grill. Cook burgers, turning once, just until no longer pink in the middle (except for pieces of chorizo; cut to test), 13 to 15 minutes total; keep a spray bottle of water handy to douse any flames. Set burgers on buns.