Ingredients
Buttermilk Cheddar Biscuits Ingredients:
- 3 cups bread flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon cream of tarter
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 2 tablespoons fresh flat leaf parsley finely chopped
- 18 tablespoons very cold butter Dice 13 tablespoons of the butter and melt the remaining butter
- 1-1/2 cups sharp shredded cheddar cheese room temperature
- 1-1/2 cups cold buttermilk
Beef Sliders Ingredients:
- 1 pound grass-fed ground beef
- 1 tablespoon grey poupon mustard
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon fresh thyme finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 4 slices mild white cheddar cheese room temperature and each slice cut into four inches square
Instructions
Beef Sliders Instructions:
- Place the ground meat in a medium-size bowl.
- Add the mustard, salt, black pepper, fresh thyme, garlic, and extra virgin olive oil.
- Using your fingertips, gently mix the seasoning into the meat to incorporate.Note: Do not overmix as this will toughen the meat and the sliders will be less juicy.
- Using about one tablespoon of the seasoned minced meat, place in the palm of your hand and form a ball. You should get about 16 of these.
- Place each ball in the palm of your hand, and flatten to form a patty approximately one and a half to two inches in diameter.
- At this point, you can set the patties aside until you are ready to grill. Start preparing the biscuits. And I usually grill the patties while the biscuits are in the oven.
- When ready to grill the patties, Preheat the grill to 500 degrees Note: I use a gas grill and set it to medium-low to medium
- Grill the patties for approximately 4 minutes total. After the first two minutes flip the patties. Add a slice of cheese to each of the patties. Cover the grill and continue cooking for the remaining time.Note: Keep the grill cover on as much as possible. Set a timer for four minutes once you first lay each patty on the grill. These cook very fast.
- Remove the patties and set aside until the biscuits are ready.
Buttermilk Cheddar Cheese Biscuits Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, cream of tartar, granulated garlic, and parsley. Use a spoon or fork to incorporate all of these ingredients.
- Add 13 tablespoons of the cold butter that was diced
- Using your fingertips, or a fork, or pastry cutter, incorporate the butter into the flour mixture. Leave some small lumps of butter as this will help the biscuits to be flaky.
- Add the room temperature cheese to the butter-flour mixture and combine. Make a well in the center of the mixture.
- Pour in the buttermilk. Using your fingers or a fork, combine the buttermilk and flour mixture to form a dough. This should take you no more than three to four minutes.Note: The dough should not be very sticky and do not over kneed as the biscuits will lose some of its flaky texture.
- Place the dough on a baking mat. Lightly sprinkle some flour on the dough. With a rolling pin, roll out the dough to approximately half an inch thickness.
- Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Using a two inch in diameter biscuit cutter, cut 16 two inch round biscuits. Place the biscuits on the baking sheet.Note: This biscuit dough makes approximately 32 two inch biscuits.
- Using a pastry brush, coat the biscuits with the melted butter.
- Bake in the oven for 12 minutes.
- The biscuits will be lightly brown. Remove to a cooling rack.
Assembling the Beef Sliders:
- Gently cut the biscuits in two to create an opening to place the beef patty
- Place one of the patties between each of the biscuits. (I usually serve three of these sliders as an appetizer serving. You can serve two or four sliders as a serving).Note: I use just the patty and the biscuit to create the slider. If you want to be a bit more exotic you can add a small piece of bacon, baby organic spinach or baby organic kale. At your own risk add ketchup.
