Mes amis,

On 8 Messidor, we celebrate the shallot! And rosemary! And sage! A three-fer! With the embarrassment of riches offered this Harvest Month, it’s hard not to combine some of the days. Today’s recipe comes from the truly delightful book, The Bob’s Burgers Burger Book – Real Recipes for Joke Burgers. First a fan-made cooking blog, then a book with the seal of Loren Bouchard himself, Cole Bowden cooked many of the joke burgers from the show. On Shallot Day of Harvest Month, we are cooking Hit me with your Best Shallot Burger.

As a side note, I have seen a post on Twitter from the artist who designed the calendar that inspired this blog that there will be a Bastille Day sale of the calendar (26 Messidor).

Caramelized Shallot Burger 

10 small shallots

3 tbs butter

1 tbs red wine vinegar

2 sprigs rosemary

2 sprigs sage

1 lb ground beef

1 tsp chopped fresh thyme

1 4 ounce log of goat cheese, at room temperature

4 rolls

Arugula

First, peel the shallots and slice them. Melt the butter in a medium pan an dadd the shallots, rosemary and sage. Cook on medium-low until caramelized – about 20 minutes. Add the red wine vinegar and cook for a minute more. Remove from pan and set aside.

Then, make your patties. Season with salt, pepper and thyme. Cook the burgers over the stovetop or grill. Then, spread some goat cheese on the top buns, arugula on the bottom buns, patty and shallots in between. Enjoy!