caterina cacciatore

Buffalo is a meat so lean that you can "sauce" it with a slice of butter

the latest Saveur magazine is devoted to cheese and they suggest making a Blue Cheese Butter to put on ground sirloin steak patties

so i did

4 TB softened butter
1 tsp dijon mustard
1/2 tsp brandy (i used rum / dint have brandy)
4 TB gorgonzola (dint have blue but gorgonzola does the job)

stir the butter mustard and rum together until smooth then stir in the gorgonzola / season with salt and pepper but it didnt seem to need any

shape the butter into a log on a piece of waxed paper and refrigerate

shape the ground buffalo or sirloin in to oval patties / press some chopped fresh parsley into them / season with salt and pepper / do this to the other side as well / scored the meat a little in order to press the parsley into the meat

fry 'em up in a little olive oil / serve on a bed of freshly picked lettuce from the garden and place a slice of the butter on top

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the buffalo meat i get here is from Colorado / ranch raised and grass finished / it is free of preservatives / is high in protein / zero saturated fat / and federal regulations prohibit the use of hormones in buffalo