THP has been obcessed with pickles sense NEW YEARS EVE WHEN D3 drank a whole bottle of pickle juice as an attempt to do a HUGE pickle shot.
Then along came tOmato making a pickle cake with pickle icing.
To honor this time honored THP trend I present to you:
*********** T H PICKLED BURGER *****************
Ingredients for ravioli dough
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1 teaspoon dried super hot pickle powder
3 large eggs, plus 1 for egg wash
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Directions
To make the pasta dough: In an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine the flour and pickle powder. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and continue to mix. Drizzle in 1 tablespoons of the olive oil and continue until it forms a ball. Sprinkle some flour on work surface, knead and fold the dough until elastic and smooth, this should take about 10 minutes. Brush with remaining olive oil and wrap the dough in plastic wrap; let rest for about 30 minutes.
Filling
1 pound 80% lean groung beef
1 small yellow onion
1 clove garlic
1/4 teaspoon ghost pepper puree
Pinch salt
Pinch ground black pepper
1/2 cup shreaded sharp cheddar cheese
2 Tablespoons chopped super hot pickles
In a large skillet brown ground beef
Add onions, garlic, salt, pepper
Let cool in large bowl
Mix in pickles , cheese and puree
Assembly
Roll out dough on floured surface
Roll as thin as you dare ( the thinner the better)
Spoon filling onto dough, egg wash around dough and cover with thin layer of dough to form raviolis
Cutt into round raviolis
Crimp with fork
COOKING T H PICKLED BURGERS
Heat up a large skillet with enough olive oil to do a shallow fry ( about 1/2 cup)
Carefully add raviolis (about four at a time)
Cook untill golden brown and crispy
Remove to drain and cool
DIP
1 cup sour cream
2 Tablespoons dried superhot pickle powder
2 Tablespoons pickle juice from superhot pickles
Just wisk together and enjoy