Spring Fling Egg Cheeseburger, inspired by Guillaume Riesen

This time, minus the veggies.

Inspired by Guillaume's Bacon and Egg Double Cheeseburger. As Guillaume says: "This is a very simple but mind-blowingly delicious and satisfying concoction. You simply order three eggs over-easy with cheese, then prepare a double cheeseburger (tomato slices and salad optional but somewhat frowned upon) with bacon when available. A dab of mayonnaise helps bind everything together later. You then carefully cut out each yolk, and place them in the burger - one at a time. Once one yolk is exhausted, stick in the next one. If you do it right, the yolks will well up at the front of the burger making a delicious warm sauce that replenishes itself with every bite. So. Good."

Thank you, Guillaume, for your sharing your inspirational food experiences with us.

I waited a good half hour in line for this quarter-pound Spring Fling burger plus 10 minutes in the omelette line, and one would think that after a good deal of waiting expectations should be pretty darn high. Maybe they were, but somewhere along the way I picked up a heaping teaspoon of that spice called Hunger. So when I finally got around to eating, this burger was very delicious indeed.

Spring Fling Egg Cheeseburger, inspired by Guillaume Riesen

1 burger (2 if you want a double cheeseburger)

1 plain bun

2 slices cheddar cheese

3 eggs, sunny side up

dab of mayo

dab of mustard (optional)

onion rings (optional)

1. Order 3 eggs, sunny side up, from omelette line.

2. Assemble burger: spread mustard and mayo on bun if desired, and layer patty with cheese, onions (optional). Use an upside-down plastic cup to cut out one of the yolks and place on top of patty.

3. Enjoy oozing egg yolk with each bite, replenish if necessary.

Egg Burger, inspired by Guillaume Riesen

Guillaume sent us a mouth-watering Bacon and Egg Double Cheeseburger a few weeks back, and I have attempted to recreate it at the Ratty twice since then (the first time the pictures didn't turn out as well...although I'd take any excuse to make this scrumptious recipe many more times).

A note, however. In Guilliaume's original recipe, he says "tomato slices and salad [are] optional but somewhat frowned upon" and after trying it with the veggies (and without the bacon) I have to agree--this is another one of those lip-smacking "protein only" sandwiches (if you insist on getting your greens, have it on the side with a splash of balsamic).

So, this version of the burger (plus the veggies) is remotely inspired by Guillaume's recipe, although I have a strong feeling one of us is going to recreate the original Bacon and Egg Double Cheeseburger sometime in the near future (this time, all meat and protein). So keep an eye out for a future post of Guillaume's original Bacon and Egg Double Cheeseburger.

Egg Burger, inspired by Guillaume Riesen

1 bun

some mustard

2 tomato slices

2-3 onion rings

1 beef patty

1 lettuce leaf

1 fried egg, over easy

1 slice provolone

1. Order 1 egg over easy from omelette bar.

2. Spread mustard on one bun.

3. Stack patty, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, egg, and onions on bottom half of bun. Top with the other half of the bun.

4. Take a big bite. When you get to the egg yolk, have napkins handy.