Best Italian Juicy Hamburgers

These big juicy beef patties are thick and bursting with Italian flavors. They're truly one of the best burgers on the planet, at least to me! The homemade ciabatta bread rolls are pillow soft and make a big difference giving this Italian burger the "wow" factor!

Grandma and Mom

All food no matter what it was turned Italian in our house.


It started out American and Grandma and Mom Italianzed it!


These are the perfect example of how they transformed hamburgers into a delicious Italian juicy burger, the best ever!

Growing up in Upstate Utica, New York it's cold!

I grew up in an all Italian household, we made our hamburgers differently.


Hamburgers, as we know them in America, are thin, on an American style bun and became a loved fast food item in major chains across the country.

No Fast Food For Us

Hamburgers, as we know them in America, are thin, on an American style bun and became a loved fast food item in major chains across the country.


Growing up in Upstate New York where it was always cold, we didn't have the luxury of grilling outside.


When we did back in those days, everything to me tasted like lighter fluid using that charcoal outside in the summertime.


Even though that brings back some great memories of our family reunions, everything got cooked on the barbecue grills outside.


Mom and Grandma made everything from scratch, loose hamburger meat, shaped the burgers, that was our style.

Iron skillets Rule!

I really do like the flavor of my burger cooked in an iron skillet either on the gas grill or top of the stove.


Either way, you can prepare these, the burgers are juicy.


Cooking them on high heat to seal in the juices and brown quickly on both sides is the key.


Then lowering the temperature to almost warm to finish cooking. That's how they stay so juicy.

Italian Style

What makes these Italian?


The garlic, herbs, spices, cheeses but my favorite is the bun.



Homemade ciabatta bread rolls, makes them taste over the top special in taste. I just love the soft flour topped ciabatta bread. You can also buy them anywhere that sell fresh Italian ciabatta bread rolls.


These Italian juicy burgers reminded me of a big square or round meatball, depending on how they were shaped when Grandma made them.


Mom used to get fancy sometimes and make us pizza burgers and just top them with homemade Sunday sauce leftover and mozzarella melted cheese.


Those were another treat we loved.

Oven Baked Or Grilled

Most of the time we had horrible cold weather, either it rained or snowed.


That's what I remember throughout most of September in Upstate New York.


These burgers were delicious in the iron skillet baked, fried or grilled (which truly was a treat grilled if at all possible).

I love all Italian flavors in this burger!

One of the reasons I love these burgers over the all American burger is the garlic and cheese.


These thick juicy burgers remind me of my grandma because she would mold them in her hands and I would sit and watch her pressing them firmly together.


They didn't have those fancy hamburger press makers in those days.


She would press them together and place them on wax paper, refrigerate them until dinner time.


It gave the garlic and herbs a chance flavor the meat she said.

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Then that awesome aroma!

All I can remember is that wonderful smell of her frying these burgers in the oil and some fresh garlic when I was a child. It was so good!


The smell of the fresh garlic throughout the house was such an amazing aroma.


Even if you didn't like meat, the smell of the hamburgers aroma made your mouth water.

Pick your own toppings!

Of course, if you prefer to saute and caramelize onions, then add some long hots or your favorite peppers to the pan now we are really making the ultimate burger!


Then, of course, you can add those mushrooms in the pan too! I am sure you can relate to many toppings out there and give me some suggestions too!


I have even added leftover eggplant Parmesan on top of my burgers!


Without Americanizing the hamburger with (bacon and cheddar and of course you can if that's your favorite) we would add either pepperoni, capicola or a slice of sopressata.

Always been the best burgers in our house!

These are Best Italian Juicy Hamburgers so don't wait for summer to enjoy a great hamburger.


Mix them up and either fry them in a cast iron skillet or bake them.


They even come out great in an air fryer if you happen to have one.


The homemade potato fries were seasoned too, but that's another post coming soon!


Sometimes instead of melting the cheese on top, I put the cheese in the center of the hamburger before shaping the patty. Delicious!

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Yield: 6 to 8Author: Claudia Lamascolo

Best Italian Juicy Hamburgers

prep time: 10 min cook time: 35 min total time: 45 mins

These are a seasoned delicious all-beef homemade hamburger Grandma use to make in an iron skillet

ingredients:

2 pounds Ground Chuck

1 egg

1/4  cup Italian  seasoned bread crumbs

1 teaspoon Italian dry seasoning

1/4 cup Merlot wine or Cabernet

3 tablespoon Romano grated cheese

1 teaspoon granulated garlic

1 clove  garlic minced fine 

3 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped

2 tablespoons marinara sauce

3 tablespoons olive oil

For the rolls:

Ciabatta rolls

Minced fresh garlic

olive oil

salt pepper to taste

pinch of red pepper flakes

Garnishings:

Argula

Romaine

Sliced beef tomatoes

Sliced provolone cheese or mozzarella 

Your favorite condiments we only use marinara and sometimes brown spicy mustard

instructions:

In a large bowl mix all ingredients together with your hands until is evenly blended.

Shape into square patty's. 

Grandma's version:

Heat a small amount of oil in a cast iron skillet.  Add two slivered pieces of fresh garlic. Saute the burgers in the garlic and oil until cooked. If the garlic browns too fast take it out, it's just there to flavor the oil.

Note: you can grill, fry, bake, broil or even air-fry until patty is cooked all the way through. We like it just a tiny bit pink. If you do, then proceed to saute the garlic in oil and coat the burgers for flavor before proceeding with these other cooking methods.

In the meantime,  cut the rolls you're using in half, brush with olive oil,  a little on each side with minced garlic. Broil or grill until toasted.

When burgers are cooked place the cheese on top to melt it.

Put lettuce first on the bun, burger with cheese, top with tomato. Garnish with sauce or condiments of choice.

calories
379

fat (grams)
17

sat. fat (grams)
6

carbs (grams)
2

protein (grams)
19

sugar (grams)
4

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