Burgers Fit For Oscar!...So Good!

OK...tonight everyone is going to be glued to their sofas to watch the Oscar's...well, maybe not everyone, but a lot of us.  So, thought I would put up a few pictures for the perfect BURGER...maybe I should get in on the excitement and call it "The Oscar Burger"!

 Start with some really good chopped meat...here I am using ground Sirloin, about three quarters of a pound worth divided into four thin patties.  Once made, add your own favorite spices.

 

Place a generous amount of Blue Cheese on two of the patties, and take out three Portobello mushrooms, that you are going to finely chop.

 

 See chopped mushrooms...put a generous amount of the mushrooms on top of the Blue Cheese on each of the two burgers.

Carefully place a thin pattie over the one's with Blue Cheese on them, and work them into two nice thick patties stuff with Blue Cheese and Portobello mushrooms. 

 

Place burgers in skillet on stove top...PRETTY SIMPLE FOLKS.

 

 

 Add two shots of Vodka and some  worcestershire sauce...call me old fashion, but I think the little bit extra it cost for Lea & Perrins is SO WORTH IT.  Take the left over chopped mushrooms and sprinkle them into skillet.

 

Cook burgers to your liking...I am a medium rare kind of guy when it comes to my burgers, but others tend toward medium or even medium well.  The mushroom bits browning in the sauce will make a great little relish over the burger...After removing burgers, add a tablespoon of lemon juice to the mix, turn heat up and reduce...spoon over the burger.

 

While burgers are doing their thing on the stove top make up a nice plate of greens...myself for this one used a nice organic medley of greens, slice tomato and olives...dusted the whole thing with sea salt.

 

 

WALLA...A Burger Fit For The Oscar's!

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Mom's Hungarian Butterhorn Recipe...A Great Christmas Cookie

Even on a diet, we can still treat ourselves and our family to some Holiday Treats...I've lost over 20 pounds on Isagenix, been baking now for three days and had ONE COOKIE so that I can indulge a bit on Christmas while still keeping my eye on the prize of reaching my weight goal for this month of being under 170 pounds.  

Santa's FAVORITE!

One of my fondest memories from childhood was baking Christmas cookies with my mom.  She was always smiling, happy, and loved the company...every great baker needs someone to lick the beaters and put the cookie sheets in the oven.  My own favorite cookie from those days where Mom's Hungarian Butterhorns.  It was a family recipe...top secret.  With the advent of the internet, those family recipes are not so secret any more, and there is a good chance that the "Family Recipe" has been a favorite Christmas cookie in many homes for generations, just as in my own family.  For me though, the recipe and the cookies created from it will always be Mom's Hungarian Butterhorns.  If you love to bake, and if you love presenting a spectacular cookie, this one is for you.

Mom's Hungarian Butterhorns

Tip...when rolling out dough for this, other pastries and pie dough, use powdered sugar!  OMG, the sweetest crust you will ever bite into.

Preheat oven to 375 before rolling out dough.

Roll out dough With Powdered Sugar

Ingredients

4 Cups Flour (I always sift it once measured.)

1 teaspoon salt

1 packet yeast (I prefer the cake kind.)

1 1/4 cup butter...NOT MARGARINE!

3 egg yolks (Save the whites for later use.)

1 Cup Sour Cream

1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla extract (not the imitation kind)

In mixer cream butter.  Blend in egg yolks, yeast, vanilla and sour cream.  Slowly begin adding flour using kneading hook (if you have one).  My mom used to do this part by hand.  Form large ball, cut into four wedges, make new small dough balls and place in frig for at least four hours, or overnight.

Fresh Out Of Oven

Filling Ingredients

3 Egg Whites

1 Cup Sugar

1 Cup finely chopped pecans.

1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract

Beat egg whites till they begin to get foamy and air filled.  Slowly add in Vanilla, and then the sugar beating at med high speed to make your meringue.  Gently fold in pecans.

Roll out dough in a nice big circle (about 12 inches).  You want the dough nice and thin, and easy to roll.  Cut into eight pie shaped pieces.  Spoon in filling and roll up into a crescent roll shape and place on cookie sheet.   Bake 15-20 minutes until the cookies are a beautiful golden brown.  Remove from oven and carefully put cookies on cooling racks and immediately (and delicately) sprinkle powdered sugar over them.

One or two of these with a festive Isagenix Isalean Shake is a perfect start to Christmas morning as you slip downstairs in your robe to get everyone a wee bite of breakfast before the unwrapping of gifts begin.  Let me gift you a free Isalean Shake as a gift for visiting, and hopefully baking my Mom's Hungarian Butterhorns.