Category: Meat Dishes

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1 ounce pancetta, chopped into 1/4 -inch pieces (about 2 slices)
• 1/3 cup diced onion
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• ¼ teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
• 1 pound ground round
• ½ cup (2 ounces) shredded reduced-fat Swiss cheese
• 3 tablespoon light mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon commercial pesto
• 4 (2-ounce) spelt or gluten free hamburger buns

Directions

1. Prepare grill or broiler
2. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add the pancetta to pan; cook 4 minutes or until crisp. Remove pancetta from pan, reserving drippings in pan; set pancetta aside. Add onion and garlic to pan; cook 5 minutes or until softened, stirring frequently. Combine onion mixture, pepper, sea salt, seasoning, and beef in a bowl. Shape beef mixture into 8 (1/4 inch thick) patties. Top each of 4 patties with pancetta and 2 tablespoons Swiss cheese, leaving a ¼-inch border around edge. Top with remaining 4 patties; pinch edges to seal.
3. Place patties on grill rack or broiler pan coated with cooking spray; cook 5 minutes. Turn and cook 5 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted in center measure 160 degrees. Combine mayonnaise and pesto. Spread about 1 tablespoon of the mayonnaise mixture on bottom half of each bun. Top each serving with 1 patty and top half of the hamburger bun.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 444, Fat 18.3g, Protein 39.9g, Carbohydrates 30g, Fiber 3.4g, Cholesterol 82mg, Iron 4.4mg, Sodium 687mg, Calcium 229mg