Name: The Olive Burger
Yield: Makes 8 burgers
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Beef tallow (rendered beef fat); 8 soft white buns, toasted (see instructions); 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar; 1 teaspoon brine from jar of olives; ¾ cup (180 ml) mayonnaise; Salt, for seasoning; 1 teaspoon sugar; 2 pounds (about 1 kg) fresh-ground 80/20 chuck; ¼ cup (60 ml) mayonnaise; 1 cup (155 g) pitted green olives, chopped until coarse but not minced; 1 cup (155 g) pitted, pimento-stuffed, green olives, coarsely chopped (do not mince)

Preparation info

Makes
8
burgers

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Great American Burger Book

By George Motz

Published 2016

About

Ingredients

The Burger

Beef tallow (rendered beef fat)
2 pounds (about 1 kg) fresh-ground 80/20 chuck

Method

If you’re making the Olive-Mayo Mix, do so now by combining the mayo and chopped olives in the small mixing bowl. Set aside. If you’re making burgers the Mr. Fables way, combine the mayonnaise, sugar, olive brine, and vinegar in the small mixing bowl (alternately, use 1 tablespoon of rice wine vinegar in place of the sugar, olive brine, and vinegar).