Marinara Pizza Burger

 

 

         Here is a simple recipe with a distinct Italian flavor. The Marinara Pizza Burger is topped with basic garlic, olive oil and tomato sauce. To the original Italian pizza recipe I have taken the liberty of adding mozzarella cheese. You might prefer to leave out the cheese.

For the Topping:

2 canned tomatoes, peeled, chopped into small cubes and thoroughly mixed with a generous teaspoon of tomato puree, alternatively you could just use some pizza sauce, about 4 or 5 tablespoons, for convenience

1 small dash olive oil

             1/2 to 1 clove garlic crushed or finely chopped, depends on how much you like garlic

             2 pinches dried oregano, only 1 pinch if using pizza sauce

             1 pinch ground black pepper

mozzarella cheese sliced, enough to cover 4 patties or about a handful of grated "dry" mozzarella

Add the olive oil, garlic, oregano, and pepper to the tomato mix and stir through.
The patties should preferably be broiled under a grill or cooked on a Weber-like barbecue with the lid on.

Grill/broil the patties until half cooked and flip them over. Barbecue:- immediately spoon the sauce onto the patties, cover liberally with cheese and put the lid on the barbecue. Oven/Broiler:- wait a minute or two after turning the patties before you add the sauce and cheese. The burgers are ready when the cheese has melted.

Split the rolls and toast the cut surfaces lightly (under grill, on barbecue or in a dry pan) just before the patties are done. Spread a little butter on the toasted surfaces, add the patty and enjoy a great tasting Marinara Pizza Burger.

Pepperoni Pizza Burger

            

              

4 hamburger patties

For the Topping:

some pizza sauce, about a tablespoon per patty, or you could just mash a canned peeled tomato or two and mix it with a teaspoon or so of tomato puree

mozzarella cheese sliced, enough to cover 4 patties or about a handful of grated dry mozzarella

2 pinches dried oregano

1/2 pinch dried chili pepper

1 pinch ground black pepper

butter


Add the oregano, pepper and chili to the pizza sauce/tomato and mix through.

The patties should preferably be broiled under a grill or cooked on a Weber-like barbecue with the lid on.

Grill/broil the patties until half cooked and flip them over. Barbecue:- immediately spoon the sauce onto the patties, cover liberally with cheese, top off with the pepperoni (the quartered slices makes it easier on a small surface) and put the lid on the barbecue. Oven/Broiler:- wait a minute or two after turning the patties before you add the toppings. The burgers are ready when the cheese has melted.

I have made these Pepperoni Pizza Burgers in a frying pan and it works quite well but you have to adapt slightly. I pre-warmed the sauce, spooned it onto the turned patty, added the cheese and put the lid onto the pan. I did not quarter the pepperoni and fried the slices lightly in a dry non-stick frying pan before putting them on the melting cheese just before the patties were done.

Split the rolls and toast the cut surfaces lightly (under grill, on barbecue or in a dry pan) just before the patties are done. Spread a little butter on the toasted surfaces, add the patty and enjoy a great tasting Pepperoni Pizza Burger.