The New Englandah Burgah Recipe on Food52 (2024)

I loved this burger ...It looks beautiful, I have to try!! Have a nice day.

I wasn't sure about this one but they were great!

Jackie September 17, 2014

Such a simple and great recipe. Can't wait to try it!

This is an excellent and imaginative recipe to try on a staple of our diet. Good for you Jason!

This is a great recipe, thank you for sharing! We live in an apartment in the city so my burgers happen on a grill pan in the oven but this was still delish. I have made regular burgers and sliders using this recipe and they were a hit. Simple ingredients deliver great flavor.

This burger is perfection! My daughter sat and ate in silence, and when she was done, told me that was exactly the way a burger should taste. Thank you for such a marvelous recipe.

I am not against building from a recipe. I do it. What I am against is people who don't even make this or make it with ingredients that aware not even close to what the original has and then comment. You can't build from a recipe if you don't include the base ingredients. I instruct people how to cook and be creative. I encourage people to try new things.

Chefs through the ages have taken an "idea" for a dish and molded it, transformed it, enhanced it. There will always be a class of cook who will always believe the written recipe is gospel. There will also be a group that love to take the essence of a recipe and add/subtract based on what is on hand, personal preference, of a belief that the chef presenting the recipe may be just a bit off his game.
What I find particularly obnoxious is a chef who thinks none of her presentation can be built upon. Great chefs encourage those with less training or skill, not berate and belittle.
This may be a great burger, but I can find better from chefs who aren't quite so full of themselves.

Well, look, I made this burger tonight, eyeballed the syrup, salt, and pepper, and it was fantastic! Loved it! My fiancé loved it, too. Excellent, juicy, easy, and very flavorful. Thanks for sharing! Almost wish I could share pictures of mine. It was a huge hit on IG and FB.

Risking being thrown out of this "forum", I must say that this recipe is, well, to be polite, nothing much. There is nothing to loosen the meat - no bread crumbs, no egg, no nothing, just meat.
No spices. Oh, wait, salt & pepper. Nothing else.
My sainted mother has had 5 children, and still cannot cook to save her life. This would be one of her "gourmet" recipes.
Just because you slap on some maple syrup and an apple doesn't mean "gourmet". And, when you rant about others using your recipe as a base, seems to me that you need your diaper changed.

Truly excellent, Chef. We followed your recipe exactly, only cooking the bacon on the grill directly instead of in a frying pan. It was a bit risky with the grease, but the flavor was extraordinary! (You could also just cook the bacon on some aluminum foil, so you can cook everything in one place) Excellent recipe!

here is the thing, if you dont want to make this burger (which if you dont you are missing out) please dont comment on how you make your burgers. Dont tell me that you are going to do it one way. I created this burger to be made the way it is written to get the full effect and experience. By changing it, you are not getting what I created. If you want to create your own and post it on food52.com then go ahead. I created all the items in the burger to compliment each other. granted you can do what you want, but dont comment about it. cause at that point you are not commenting on my burger, you are commenting about your own. Oh and dont go telling me how much better your burger is. Thats awesome. I dont think of anyones burger as better, i think they are all good. (of course unless it tastes like crap) thanks.

This photo looks divine with melting cheddar. It's on my list for the weekend's lunch menu.

Made this tonight (AS WRITTEN). Absolutely fabulous. Okay, well I did make them smaller... . Really delicious burger. We don't eat beef much so our meat meals must be really special -- and this certainly was! Thank you, Chef. BTW, please don't review if you change the ingredients and/or recipe. Doesn't help the community OR the Chef!

I disagree with cutting the apples into cubes...grilled slices sound terrific and not hard to eat. I feel sure a thick slice of cheese (maybe white cheddar) will "glue" the slices to the meat...and I think I'll substitute ground turkey (light & dark, mixed) for the red meat. Do they have "Canadian bacon" in New England? I plan to use that instead of what's called for, too, to make the "burgah" even easier to eat...sweet turkey, bacon & apple (and cheese) in every bite. Not your burgah, Chef, but maybe good, too. Will let you know. Oh, and I'm a whole wheat bun gal, too. Healthier. Thanks for your inspiration!

This sounds fantabulous!!!

Can i make the patties ahead of time? A few hours? Will golden delicious apples work? or what is the most similar to a McIntosh Apple? Thanks. making these for dinner tonight :)

We use our syrup on Flap Jacks here in Texas we would use Picante sauce and onions in place of the apples we use onion (apples we use to bob at Haloween or to candy or to make pies but on a Burger, no thanks) Look forward to your next creation(s) however.

We use our syrup on Flap Jacks here in Texas we would use Picante sauce and onions in place of the apples we use onion (apples we use to bob at Haloween or to candy or to make pies but on a Burger, no thanks) Look forward to your next creation(s) however.