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Open-Faced Roast Beef & Summer Vegetables

A thinly-sliced deli Roast Beef sandwich served open-faced with cucumbers and red onion. Easy and delicious!

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Ingredients:

Sauce
  • 1/3 cup mild horseradish sauce
  • 2 teaspoons low-fat milk
  • 1 tablespoon chopped Major Grey chutney
Bread
  • 4 large slices dark rye bread
Toppings
  • 1/2 medium cucumber, very thinly sliced
  • 1/2 small red onion, very thinly sliced
  • 1 tablespoon snipped chives

Cooking:

  1. In small bowl, combine sauce ingredients.
  2. Spread one side of each bread slice with 2 teaspoons sauce. Top with equal amounts of cucumber, onion and deli roast beef. Spoon remaining sauce evenly over beef; sprinkle with chives.

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Beef Checkoff

Bourbon Blueberry & Brie Bacon Cheeseburger

Brian Capps of Louisville, KY, has been crowned the 2021 Derby Burger Champion in the 10th Annual Derby Burger Challenge. Capps’ burger, made with 100% Kentucky Cattlemen’s ground beef is packed with flavor. The patty is topped with brie, thick-cut bacon, a blueberry bourbon sauce and arugula - all on a brioche bun.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Kentucky Cattlemen’s Ground Beef
  • 4 Slices Bacon, thick sliced
  • 1/4 inch Sliced Brie Cheese, rind removed
  • 1 pint Fresh Blueberries
  • 1 Lemon, halved
  • 1/8 cup White Sugar
  • 2 tsp. Cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 tsp. Bourbon
  • 2 Brioche Buns
  • 2 Tbsp. Salted Butter
  • Arugula 
  • ¼ tsp. Kosher Salt
  • ¼ tsp. Black Pepper

Recipe

1. Form Two Patties and Set Aside.

2. Preheat your skillet over medium high heat. Add butter, and sliced buns. Cook until golden brown, set aside.

3. Salt and pepper both sides of the burger patty, cook over medium high heat. Cook until internal temperature of 160°F (USDA recommended), add cheese before taking off heat until melted.

4. Add blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice into a small pot. Cook on medium to low heat for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Mix cornstarch with water to make a slurry. Slowly add your slurry mixture to thicken blueberry sauce. Remove mixture from heat and stir in your bourbon.

5. Build your burger. Place your burger patty with melted cheese, cooked bacon, blueberry sauce on the bottom bun. Top the burger with arugula and add the top bun.

6. Enjoy!

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