Caprese Burger

The other night I was on my own for dinner and craving a burger. After looking through the fridge, I noticed that I still had some fresh mozzarella that needed to be used up. I also spotted one last ripe tomato that our neighbors gave us. Oh, and what's that? My beautiful basil plant sitting on the windowsill. Sounds like a caprese burger to me!

All the flavors of a caprese salad, but on a bun. Who can resist?

Ingredients:

• Please note that this is just for one burger. Increase as necessary.
• 1/4 pound lean ground beef
• 2 large basil leaves (plus extra for topping your burger)
• 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
• salt and pepper
• 1 tomato slice
• 1 generous slice of mozzarella
• hamburger bun

Directions:

• Slice basil leaves into small pieces and add to ground beef.
• Add balsamic vinegar and fold over a few times to mix everything together well. Form a patty.
• Salt and pepper your patty a little bit too. Now throw it on the grill.
• Grill to ALMOST your desired degree of done and add the mozzarella. Allow cheese to melt for a few more minutes.
• Remove burger from the grill, place on a bun, top with tomato and you're done!

This was a delicious burger but I did decide I wanted a little more basil taste. So after the photo was taken, I added three more basil leaves on top of the tomato and one final swirl of balsamic vinegar. Delicious!