A juicy burger with a bright, pickle-packed crunch and a quick homemade pickle sauce. Makes 4 burgers.

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef (80/20)
• Salt and black pepper
• 4 slices cheddar cheese
• 4 brioche buns
• 8 Azraa’s Classic Dill Pickle Spears, sliced lengthwise
• Lettuce and sliced tomato

Pickle sauce

• ¼ cup mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp ketchup
• 1 tbsp finely chopped pickles
• 1 tsp pickle brine

Method

1. Shape the beef into 4 patties and season both sides with salt and pepper.
2. Cook in a hot pan or on a grill for 3–4 minutes per side, adding the cheese for the last minute.
3. Stir the pickle sauce ingredients together.
4. Toast the buns, spread with pickle sauce, then stack lettuce, the patty, tomato and two pickle slices.

Tip

Use Hot Pickle Spears to turn this into a spicy burger.