I am a cooking magazine junkie. If I am ever missing, just look for me in front of the magazine section at the market. I have to check out every specialty food magazine that comes out each month, reading each page by page, especially now when they are all about grilling. This recipe comes from a mag called, appropriately, Grilling, and my recipe is adapted from one by a Mexican chef named Marcela Valladolid. The second I saw grilled pineapple, I had to try it.

I made the Homemade Sesame Seed Buns to go with these burgers and you can see their great texture in the photos. Maybe the buns could have been a little bigger, but they worked out fine. Their slightly sweet taste complemented the sweet pineapple and pork patties. These are really good!

The ground pork is enhanced with a puree of guajillo chiles, garlic, onion and pineapple juice, which gives it a real south of the border flavor. You could use sliced fresh pineapple, but I opted for the easy method: I delegated the peeling, coring and slicing chore to Dole, and they did a very good job. If you, too, are a pineapple aficionado, check out my Pork Tacos with Achiote & Grilled Pineapple. Grilling Season is here! Olé!

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