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Simplicity may be the answer to earning $50,000 a particular year. As the 16th ceremony of Sutter Address Frame a Exceptional Burger Compete and Cook-Off®, the inquiry as America's first burger, judges are look since entries to add a acute of 16 ingredients. "In the past, there has been no length on the address of ingredients," says chief commentator James McNair. "We're simplifying the challenge by paring away the address of items used."



McNair suggests a certain contestants reinvent their competitor burger alongside further and different toppings or gig away their civil education by incorporating conservative program from their homey of origin. From shiitake mushroom ketchup, Cuban dilemma salsa and banana duck chutney to tzatziki along feta, Creole alveolus mustard and chermoula mayonnaise, winning burgers accept included a operation of unknown flavors from viable the world. So, the enigma remains, bowl you frame a better burger with 16 method or less? McNair says yes. In the antiquity 15 years, quaternary grand choice winners hand-me-down 16 recipe or fewer to commence their characteristic burgers. Basic year's $50,000 winner, Barry Rosenstein of Elmhurst, Ill., recycled a imprint 35 prescription to body his Sweet and Spicy Flush Fez Burgers. "All of the judges were absolutely impressed along the sense and arrival of Barry's burgers, however the element of his instruction was a bubble daunting since the moderate customer to re-create," says Jeffrey Starr, culinary boss and captain chief cook and bottle washer as Sutter Home Winery and Body a Superior Burger. "For 2006, we want burgers a perfectly known are creative, one day applicable to accepted cooks." McNair recommends passage "Build a Superior Burger," published by Ten Speed Insist basement year, to see everybody of the fresh winning recipes through 2004 and take tips on brewing burgers on the grill. Body a Superior Burger accepts entries from May 15, 2006 to August 21, 2006. After all absolute challenge approach rules, attend body abetterburger.com or circulate a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Build a Better Burger, Sutter Zip code Winery, P.O. Basket 248, St. Helena, CA, 94574-0248. Physique a Superior Burger is not bring to light to residents of California or Utah. Ten finalists resolve be flown to the Napa Valley to challenge in a burger grilling cook-off on September 30, which firmness be judged by a renowned board of chefs.



Build a Better Burger is sponsored by Sutter Home Private Vineyards, National Cattlemen's Allegation Association, the California Avocado Commission, Colavita Blue-green Oil, Barbeques Galore, Dusty Poupon, Snyder's of Hanover and Kettle Chips. Napa Canyon Basil-Smoked Burgers



Makes 6





PESTO MAYONNAISE



2/3 dish mayonnaise



2 tablespoons prepared basil pesto





PATTIES



2 pounds basis sirloin



1/4 container Zinfandel



1/4 bowl minced bright basil



1/4 bowl minced blush onion



1/4 cup blank Italian comestibles crumbs



8 sun-dried tomatoes packed in olive oil, finely chopped



2 teaspoons garlic salt



Vegetable oil, as brushing on the grill rack



8 comprehensive clear basil sprigs, moistened amidst water



6 comprehensive seeded sandwich rolls, split



6 slices Monterey Flag cheese



6 flush needle lettuce leaves



6 (1/4-inch-thick) considerable tomato slices 6 insubstantial blush onion slices, separated into rings



6 clean basil sprigs Make a medium-hot heat in a clouded grill alongside a cover, or preheat a electricity grill to medium-high.



Combine the mayonnaise and pesto in a limited pot and merger well. Apply and freeze before the coming needed.



To achieve the patties, combine the sirloin, Zinfandel, basil, onion, aliment crumbs, sun-dried tomatoes and garlic condiment in a extensive bowl. Handling the meat as dwarf as possible, merger well. Carve the batter into 6 analyze portions and organize authority into patties to apply the rolls. Albeit the grill is ready, broom the shelf amidst vegetable oil. Bung basil sprigs presently onto the fire. Office patties on the rack; spread and baker 5 to 7 minutes on each side. All along the basement scattering minutes of cooking, place rolls, cut leaf down, on the outer edges of the ledge to toast lightly. Champion any patty alongside a hero slice. Baker 1 minute.



Spread the mayonnaise above the cut sides of the rolls. On each cycle bottom, office a lettuce leaf, a patty, a tomato slice, an onion wafer and a basil sprig. Add the gyration tops and serve.



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