At the fairs, at least the ones in So Cal you see a few booths with glazed doughnut burgers. It always sounded weird to me, I love both, but together? I dunno. But I decided to try one, and I was pleasantly surprised. I thought I'd go over the top and make some home made brown sugar Bacon, because why not make it even sweeter. I did my usual smash burger patties, about 3oz each, a few slices of deli deluxe American cheese, the Bacon I mentioned and of course glazed doughnuts. With a simple seasoning of salt on the meat.
It was sweet, which took my brain a minute to compute, it was salty from the meat + Bacon + cheese. My problems with it were, using 2 full doughnuts was not great. I should have cut one in half. Also Ralphs glazed doughnuts from the deli section are borderline terrible imho. They're very thick and kind of tough, and the flavor's not the best. They don't almost melt in your mouth like a good glazed doughnut does. I suspect the dough's overworked or not made properly, a doughnut should be much better than this, and I've eaten them 6 or 7 different times now. And they always are the same. I heated them up so they weren't quite as tough, but I've never liked the texture. It would have been infinitely better with Krispy Kremes. As you can probably see from the pic, the slices of Bacon were absolutely massive. lol, I should have cut them in half but the flavor was great and it was nice and thick. If I ever make these again, which I probably will. I'll use normal thick cut Bacon.
Once my pallet and brain adjusted to the burger being sweet, it wasn't bad. 2 doughnuts + 6oz of meat + the bacon and cheese made for quite a heavy burger. The "2" slices of Bacon I used probably equaled to 10 from somewhere like Carl's Jr or Wendy's lol. I regret eating all of it, I felt kind of too full afterward. And while I won't be making them often, it was an interesting change of pace. It was better than I expected, next time with Krispy Kreme's I know it will be a lot tastier. It could have used a sauce, but I had absolutely no clue what to make. Mayo? sounds disgusting. BBQ? NOPE! Ketchup? yuck. Thousand Island? Yeah, no... I usually whip up tasty random sauces for sandwiches, but I couldn't come up with anything in my brain here. Not even the slightest idea. If anyone reads this and has a sauce idea I'm all ears.
It was sweet, which took my brain a minute to compute, it was salty from the meat + Bacon + cheese. My problems with it were, using 2 full doughnuts was not great. I should have cut one in half. Also Ralphs glazed doughnuts from the deli section are borderline terrible imho. They're very thick and kind of tough, and the flavor's not the best. They don't almost melt in your mouth like a good glazed doughnut does. I suspect the dough's overworked or not made properly, a doughnut should be much better than this, and I've eaten them 6 or 7 different times now. And they always are the same. I heated them up so they weren't quite as tough, but I've never liked the texture. It would have been infinitely better with Krispy Kremes. As you can probably see from the pic, the slices of Bacon were absolutely massive. lol, I should have cut them in half but the flavor was great and it was nice and thick. If I ever make these again, which I probably will. I'll use normal thick cut Bacon.
Once my pallet and brain adjusted to the burger being sweet, it wasn't bad. 2 doughnuts + 6oz of meat + the bacon and cheese made for quite a heavy burger. The "2" slices of Bacon I used probably equaled to 10 from somewhere like Carl's Jr or Wendy's lol. I regret eating all of it, I felt kind of too full afterward. And while I won't be making them often, it was an interesting change of pace. It was better than I expected, next time with Krispy Kreme's I know it will be a lot tastier. It could have used a sauce, but I had absolutely no clue what to make. Mayo? sounds disgusting. BBQ? NOPE! Ketchup? yuck. Thousand Island? Yeah, no... I usually whip up tasty random sauces for sandwiches, but I couldn't come up with anything in my brain here. Not even the slightest idea. If anyone reads this and has a sauce idea I'm all ears.
