I haven’t made burgers for a while. I have been thinking of a burger for dinner tonight throughout the week. Initially, I was going to grind my meat and make a smash burger.
The weather for today was looking gloomy, and my mind went to slow-cooked meat.
That’s when I got the inspiration for beef cheeks!
Ingredients
- Beef cheeks
- Barbecue sauce
- Red wine
- Beef stock
- Sourdough bread roll
- Butter
- Iceberg lettuce
- Roma tomato
- Mayonnaise
- Tomato sauce
- Worcestershire sauce
- Dijonnaise mustard
- Coon burger cheddar cheese
- Avocado
- Heritage triple cream brie
Instructions
- In a slow cooker vessel, add the beef cheeks, beef stock, red wine, and barbecue sauce.
- Cook for eight hours.
- Remove the cooked beef and slice off enough for a sandwich/burger.
- Make Gary’s special sauce with mayonnaise, tomato sauce, Dijonnaise mustard, and Worcestershire sauce.
- Bisect a sourdough roll.
- Toast the soft cut surfaces of the bread roll.
- Liberally apply Lurpak butter to both halves of the bread roll.
- Trowel a layer of Gary’s special sauce on the heel of the bread roll.
- Add shredded iceberg lettuce and then the Coon™ burger cheese and Heritage triple cream brie.
- Now is when you add the cooked beef cheek.
- Atop the meat, add the sliced Roma tomato and thinly sliced Shepard avocado.
- Complete the burger with the top of the bun.
- Bisect the burger and get your laughing gear around it.
Final thoughts
- The burger tasted great. It took quite a bit of effort to make.
- Would you go to this much trouble to make a burger?
- Do you like slow-cooked beef cheek?
Coles Beef cheeks 
Gary’s Special sauce made with mayonnaise, tomato sauce, Dijonnaise mustard, and Worcerstershire sauce 
Gary’s Special sauce made with mayonnaise, tomato sauce, Dijonnaise mustard, and Worcerstershire sauce 
Sourdough roll 
Coon™ burger cheese and Heritage triple cream brie 
Coon™ burger cheese and Heritage triple cream brie 
Iceberg lettuce and Roma tomato 
Slow cooker Beef cheek 
Sourdough roll Gary’s special sauce Iceberg lettuce 
Sourdough roll Gary’s special sauce Iceberg lettuce Coon™ burger cheese Heritage triple cream brie 
Sourdough roll Gary’s special sauce Iceberg lettuce Coon™ burger cheese Heritage triple cream brie Slow cooker Beef cheek 
Sourdough roll Gary’s special sauce Iceberg lettuce Coon™ burger cheese Heritage triple cream brie Slow cooker Beef cheek Roma tomato Shepard avocado 
My Saturday dinner is a burger made with a sourdough roll, Gary’s special sauce, iceberg lettuce, Coon™ burger cheese, Heritage triple cream brie, slow cooker beef cheek, Roma tomato, and Shepard avocado. 
My Saturday dinner is a burger made with a sourdough roll, Gary’s special sauce, iceberg lettuce, Coon™ burger cheese, Heritage triple cream brie, slow cooker beef cheek, Roma tomato, and Shepard avocado. My Saturday dinner is a burger made with a sourdough roll, Gary’s special sauce, iceberg lettuce, Coon™ burger cheese, Heritage triple cream brie, slow cooker beef cheek, Roma tomato, and Shepard avocado.
I want to mix up a batch of your special sauce as I love sauces on food especially mayonnaise based ones. Do you keep a jar of it in your fridge or do you mix it up fresh?
Thanks, Lorraine, I usually make it fresh each time.
All great apart from the beef of course. Looks great Gary.
Thanks, Sue 🙂
I’ve been balancing the meaty weekends with more meat-free meals during the week!
Love your work!!!
Thanks, Sue! 🙂
Burgers are such great week-night meals–so versatile too!
I suppose it’s better to be ‘cheeky’ than ‘rumpy.’
I do like a nice lump of rump slowly roasted to render out all the fat.
That is some burger! That bun and that cheese! Wow! Love the idea of beef cheeks instead of ground beef. Fabulous!
Thanks it was decadent 😊
I’m not trying to be cheeky, but which beef ‘cheeks’ did you use? Looks delicious!
I’m assuming the facial cheeks. Otherwise it would be rump.
Yum! I love beef cheeks, but can’t always find them.
Whenever I see them I get them Emma.
You must have big jaws Gary to be able to eat that!
I am well known for my large mouth!