Ingredients Sliders:

16 ounces ground beef

2 ounces hickory-smoked bacon, cooked and crumbled

1/4 cup onions, minced and sautéed

1 tablespoon hickory salt

2 tablespoons fresh thyme

2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper

Burger Sauce:

1 cup mayonnaise

1/2 cup ketchup

1/2 cup sweet pickle relish

2 tablespoons horseradish

2 teaspoons naturally brewed soy sauce

2 teaspoons seasoned rice vinegar

Toppings:

8 each decorative picks

8 each, 1/2-inch squares, Kerrygold

Dubliner® Cheese

8 ounces grated Kerrygold

Dubliner® Cheese

Roasted red bell peppers, diced

8 slider buns

To tast; softened Kerrygold

Unsalted Butter

Fresh thyme leaves, to taste

8 slices tomato

Instructions:

  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine the ingredients and mix together using your hands. Form mixture into approximately 8 2-ounce balls. Gently press with your hands just enough to flatten the tops and bottoms. Sliders should resemble a meatball.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine ingredients and whisk together. Taste and adjust with more horseradish for a spicier sauce or more pickle relish for a sweeter sauce.
  3. Skewer a Kerrygold Dubliner® Cheese square onto each pick.
  4. Preheat a stovetop or charcoal grill until very hot. Spread cut-side of buns with Kerrygold Unsalted Butter, toast the buns, cut side down for 15 to 60 seconds depending on the heat and desired color. Once buns are toasted, set aside to a warm place and place the sliders on the grill. Cook for 2 minutes, turn over and carefully top with roasted peppers and Kerrygold Dubliner® Cheese. Continue cooking another two minutes or just until cheese is lightly melted. Remove from grill.
  5. Arrange slider bun bottoms on a large platter. Place one tomato slice on each bun and top with a dollop of burger sauce. Place grilled sliders on tomatoes, sprinkle with fresh thyme leaves and top with slider bun crowns. Insert the decorative pick with the Kerrygold Dubliner® Cheese square.