This summer has been a busy one so far – after a trip to Boston, a week in the South of France and working on the holiday issues of Canadian Living, the warm sunny days have quickly gone by! We’re on to working on our January 2013 issue, with a plethora of wintery comfort foods on the list. It’s always a little bit of a challenge to project yourself to the cold, winter days at this time of year and remember the foods that you crave when the snow is falling and plush scarves are a daily part of your routine. There’s such a meticulous process to the making of a magazine – in this case from recipe creation, to re-testing, to editing, and editing some more, to styling, shooting and designing the final page as it will be seen and flipped through by readers.
This lengthy process explains why we prepare our issues so many months ahead of time!
When I get home from a day of January-in-August, I fall right back into my normal summer schedule, and cook with seasonal foods. This time around, it’s classic, burgers, pilled high with sauteed mushrooms, melted aged cheddar cheese and a couple slices of fresh heirloom tomatoes, with some fleur de sel and freshly cracked black pepper. Sweet summer heirloom tomatoes with their vivid hues and uneven shapes add a good dose of sunniness to these burgers – a flavour I know I will miss come fall.
What do you like to add to your burgers?
2 small heirloom tomatoes, sliced and seasoned with salt and pepper
10 mushrooms, sauteed with garlic and thyme
Fresh ground beef for 2, seasoned with a handful of parlsey, 1/4 cup of bread cumbs, 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese, an egg, salt and pepper, formed into patties and grilled
2 brioche buns, brushed with butter and grilled
2 slices of aged cheddar cheese, layered on top of warm beef patties
Mayonnaise, seasoned with diced cornichons, parsley and chives
Layer ingredients as you please!
Enjoy the read!
Angie's Recipes
August 12, 2012 at 7:59 am (12 years ago)These summer burgers are perfect. I want mine exactly like yours!
daphne
August 12, 2012 at 8:01 am (12 years ago)yum! bacon is my favourite addition to burgers. I like mine open face with onion relish! This looks so summery but I am SURE it goes well in any other season as well.
Lizzy Do
August 12, 2012 at 8:08 am (12 years ago)I LOVE the name of your blog! And these burgers look TO.DIE.FOR!!!
Chocolate Shavings
August 12, 2012 at 8:36 am (12 years ago)Lizzy Do: Thank you!
Hamaree Rasoi
August 12, 2012 at 11:48 am (12 years ago)Juicy and delicious looking burger.
Deepa
Torviewtoronto
August 12, 2012 at 12:02 pm (12 years ago)fabulous pictures of delicious burgers 🙂
A Canadian Foodie
August 12, 2012 at 12:45 pm (12 years ago)DOUBLE YUM!
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Suzanne Perazzini
August 12, 2012 at 5:14 pm (12 years ago)Burgers are a favourite fall back dinner and also one of the most welcome. It’s hard to analyse what exactly it is about burgers that captures our imagination and our taste buds.
jackstrawlane.com
August 14, 2012 at 11:04 pm (12 years ago)I love avocado slices on my burger.
Chocolate Shavings
August 15, 2012 at 5:18 am (12 years ago)Jackstrawlane.com: I’m sure a few avocado slices would have worked nicely with this concoction!
Jenn Kendall
August 15, 2012 at 2:48 pm (12 years ago)these burgers look sooooo delicious! yum!
Jenn Kendall
August 15, 2012 at 2:49 pm (12 years ago)your burgers look soooo soooo good! i’m dying to eat one right now!
Helene
August 16, 2012 at 9:52 am (12 years ago)Totally delicious. So yum for the summer!
yummychunklet
August 18, 2012 at 12:05 pm (12 years ago)Delicious looking sliders! Very summer!
Cooking Fit with Sep
August 18, 2012 at 2:42 pm (12 years ago)These burgers look amazing! I love your photos too! Great work on the blog =)
The Squishy Monster
August 18, 2012 at 4:51 pm (12 years ago)Looks like a perfect burger, period!
YUM!!
Joanne
August 21, 2012 at 7:25 am (12 years ago)I always find it so funny that food magazine features are made two seasons in advance…but I bet it makes you appreciate seasonal cooking all the more! These burgers look great!