Smoky Cherry Pepper Burgers

Ingredients

For the Sauce:

• ½ cup Food Club Mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon Food Club Dijon Mustard
• 2 teaspoons Food Club Ketchup
• 1 tablespoon pickle juice
• 1 teaspoon Food Club Smoked Paprika
• 1/8 teaspoon Food Club Chili Powder or Cayenne Pepper

For the Cherry Pepper Relish:

• 1 (16-ounce) jar sweet red cherry peppers, drained
• 2 tablespoons Full Circle Market Organic Honey
• 1 tablespoon Food Club Olive Oil

For the Burgers:

• 6 frozen Food Club Beef Patties
• 6 Fresh Harvest Hamburger Buns
• 6 slices Food Club American Cheese
• 6-10 slices bacon, cooked until crisp
• Food Club Salt
• Food Club Ground Pepper

Directions

1. Combine all the ingredients for the sauce in a small bowl and whisk until smooth. Set aside.
2. Remove the stems from the cherry peppers and place in a blender or bowl of a food processor. Add the honey and olive and blend until smooth and only seeds remain. Set aside.
3. Cook the beef patties on a grill or griddle according to the package directions and season with salt and pepper. Add a slice of cheese to the top of each burger at the end of cooking and allow it to melt before removing from the heat.
4. Spread a 1-2 tablespoons each of the sauce and relish on the top burger bun. Add a beef patty to the bottom bun, top with a few slices of bacon, place the top bun with the sauce on the patty and enjoy.