- 1½ pounds freshly ground beef chunk
- 3 tablespoons grated yellow onion
- 1 tablespoon crumbled thyme
- 1½ teaspoons freshly ground pepper
- 4 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 4 seasame-seed hamburger buns, split
- 4 lettuce leaves
- 1 large tomato, sliced
- Mayonnaise
- Pickles
- Prepare a hot fire in a charcoal grill or preheat a gas grill on high.
- In a large bowl, combine the beef, onion, thyme, and pepper and mix thoroughly.
- Divide into 4 equal portions and shape each portion into a ball. Press your thumb into the top of a ball, making a depression about 1 inch deep. Spoon 1 tablespoon of the cheese into the depression, press the beef over the cheese to enclose it, and shape the ball into a patty 1 inch thick. Repeat to form 3 more patties. Refrigerate the patties while the grill heats.
- Oil the grill grate.
- Brush the burgers on both sides with the canola oil. Place the burgers directly over the hot fire and sear on one side, 4 to 5 minutes. Turn and sear on the other side until juicy and medium-rare, about 4 minutes more.
- Place the buns, cut side down, on the grill to toast during the last minute the burgers are cooking.
- Serve the burgers on the toasted buns with the lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. Pass the pickles.