Pancetta And Swiss Cheese-Stuffed Burgers With Pesto Mayonnaise

• Cooking spray
• 1 ounce pancetta, chopped into 1/4-inch pieces (about 2 slices)
• 1/3 cup diced onion
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
• 1 pound ground round
• 1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded reduced-fat Swiss cheese (such as Sargento)
• 3 tablespoons light mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon commercial pesto
• 4 (2-ounce) whole-wheat hamburger buns

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, 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 1/4-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 measures 160u0b0. 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.

cooking spray, pancetta, onion, garlic, freshly ground black pepper, salt, italian seasoning, ground round, swiss cheese, light mayonnaise, commercial pesto, buns

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pancetta-swiss-cheese-stuffed-burgers-with-pesto-mayonnaise (may not work)