{"id":4074,"date":"2014-11-14T16:00:47","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=4074"},"modified":"2014-11-09T20:13:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T01:13:24","slug":"fast-and-loose-cheeseburger-donuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2014\/11\/fast-and-loose-cheeseburger-donuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast and Loose: Cheeseburger Donuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"homerdonut1\"I am more of a lemming that I thought I was.<\/p>\n

Either that, or I am unable to resist a challenge.<\/p>\n

A friend of mine texted me one of the articles about Philadelphia’s PYT Burger’s<\/a> new D’oh Nut Burger. This cheeseburger stuffed donut is an homage to Homer Simpson’s love for donuts. Their donut  is stuffed with a beef patty and American cheese. It also has bacon bits on top, glued down by donut glaze. I took one look at the photo that came with and immediately had to fight against my watering mouth. A cheeseburger donut seems like one of those things that will either roughly seduce you or roughly repulse you. Let’s just say, the Teddy Pendergrass was cued the moment I set eyes on it.<\/p>\n

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I wish that burger had existed when I was briefly in Philadelphia this summer. I would have traveled out of my way to try it. My son may have scoured the menu for something more sensible, like a salad. That’s what he ordered when I ordered a cheesesteak.<\/p>\n

But, alas, here I am in Michigan. If I wanted to experience something like that cheeseburger-stuffed donut, I was going to have to make it myself.<\/p>\n

Now, I have a bit of a history with turning cheeseburgers into other foods like cheeseburger fries <\/a>and pizza<\/a>. Doing this donut thing would be another step in this direction. <\/p>\n

The game plan was to take a basic donut recipe and start there. I started with one from Epicurious<\/a>. Then, I needed to develop a filling. I decided to make a cheese sauce like I would if I were making macaroni and cheese and to mix hamburger elements into it like ground beef, pickles, ketchup and mustard. A glaze would be no problem to add. Finally, I wanted to top the donut with bacon crumbles.<\/p>\n

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So, I cut up a half onion and sauteed it in olive oil, then I cooked about a pound of ground beef. Once that was done , I drained the mixture and I added ketchup, mustard and relish. I mixed that together and set it aside.<\/p>\n

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Next, I made the sauce. Here I cooked some flour in oil. Then I added milk, making a smooth sauce. Then I melted a generous amount of cheddar cheese into it making a cheese sauce. Finally, I added the meat mixture.<\/p>\n

By this time, it was time to deal with the donuts. By the way, I substituted bacon fat for some of the butter the recipe called for. After the donuts proofed, I fried them and let them cool a bit. After that, I pierced them with a butter knife then twisted the knife in order to make a hole for the mixture to be added into.<\/p>\n

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Next, I added the cheese mixture to a pastry bag. I used the bag to pipe the cheese mixture into the donuts.  Finally, it was time to apply a glaze, crumbled bacon and miniature chocolate chips.<\/p>\n

So, the question is how was it? It was very good. In fact, when I had my son taste it, he made a noise that I don’t ever want to hear come from him again.
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Here’s the vine that shows the donut coming together.
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