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“Fake Hand Off” Hot Pepper Bread

1 loaf artesian flat bread

Butter Mixture
1/2 cup olive oil
1 stick butter
8 cloves garlic minced
1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Toppings
6 Cubano peppers or chili peppers, cleaned, cut into 24 strips and rubbed with olive oil
1 red pepper, cleaned, cut into 12 strips and rubbed with olive oil
1 onion, sliced and rubbed with olive oil
1 cup pitted Greek olives
1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

1. On an angle, cut bread into 12 slices.

2. Melt the Butter Mixture ingredients in a small pan on the burner side of the grill. Remove from heat.

3. Preheat the barbecue grill to medium and place the peppers and onions on the grill. Cook for two minutes on each side. Remove from heat.

4. Place the bread on the grill and toast on both sides, remove from the grill.

5. Build the “Fake Hand Off” Hot Pepper Bread right before serving. Top each slice of toast with butter mixture, two slices of Cubano peppers, one slice of red pepper, a few onions, Greek olives and top with Parmesan cheese. These can be placed back on the grill for one minute or served as is. Enjoy as a first course. Makes four to six portions.

Food and Drink
“The Big Game” Bloated Burger

2 pounds ground beef
1/4 cup Cholula® Hot Sauce
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro

Filling
4 slices pepperjack cheese; cut each slice in quarters
2 slices of sweet onion; cut each slice cut into quarters
1/2 avocado, sliced thin

Toppings
4 slices pepperjack cheese
8 slices crisp maple bacon
1/2 avocado; cut in 8 thin slices
1 cup thick style salsa
4 large hamburger buns

1. In a large bowl, combine the ground beef, hot sauce and cilantro.

2. Divide the beef mixture into four portions. Form a meatball shape with each portion.

3. Cut each meat ball in half and form a thin hamburger shape from each half.

4. In the center of four of the burgers, place two pieces (quarters) of pepperjack cheese, two pieces (quarters) of sliced onion, an avocado slice and two more pieces (quarters) of pepperjack cheese.

5. Top with remaining burger halves and press down the edges to seal in all the goodies.

6. Preheat the barbecue grill to medium heat and place on the burgers. Cook until the juice run clear. At the same time you’re cooking the burgers, place a piece of foil on the grill and cook the bacon. Remember to fold up the side of the foil to form a pan and keep the bacon fat in. Bacon can also be precooked and heated on the grill before eating.

7. Just before you remove the burgers, top each with a slice of pepperjack cheese. When the cheese starts to melt remove the burgers from the grill.

8. Now it’s time to build your masterpiece. Open each roll and spread salsa on top and bottom. Place on burger and top with a slice of avocado and bacon. Bring plenty of napkins. Makes four burgers.

TAILGATE TIP: We recommend that you prep the burgers through Step #5 and prepare the Toppings in advance of the game and transport everything in a cooler with adequate ice or ice packs. Grill the burgers at the tailgate party.

-DW | Food and Drink

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