Patty Melt Burgers (GF/DF)

• 2 lbs bison or grass-fed beef (remember, all bison is grass fed!)

• Goat cheese (we love Whole Foods 365 sliced goat cheese, although it does contain a bit of cow’s milk enzymes—or soft goat cheese logs also work well!)

• GF sandwich bread of your choice (Little Northern Bakehouse & Simple Kneads are favorites)

• Avocado oil or unrefined coconut oil (remember to only buy glass jars of oils as the plastic containers will leak chemicals into the oil)

Divide ground meat into ¼ lbs sections and make into individual patties. Bake your patties on a cookie sheet at 350F x 10-15 mins, depending on how you prefer your meat cooked-- flipping patties ½ way through. Once the meat is cooked, place goat cheese on all still-warm burger patties fresh from the oven. This will begin the ooey-gooey “melt” part of your patty melts. Talk about delicious! 

Add 2-4 tablespoons of avocado or coconut oil to a stove-top sauté pan. Briefly warm + toast bread in the gently heated oil. Add cheese to each bottom piece of sandwich bread, then top with one freshly baked burger patty + cheese, finish by topping with the 2nd piece of sandwich bread. Allow patty melt sandwiches to cook on low, for 3-5 minutes per side or until heated and after cheese is fully melted. Using a spatula, use heavy pressure to flatten patty melt sandwiches so the cheese, burger and bread simply melt into each other. Yum!

Our favorite toppings include:

• Fresh avocado slices

• Fresh organic greens 

• Sliced onion

• Mushrooms

• Fresh organic tomato slices

• Mayo, mustard and ketchup