{"id":28368,"date":"2026-07-30T14:58:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insider.thewholesalegroup.co.uk\/?post_type=recipe&#038;p=28368"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:04:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:04:55","slug":"mac-daddy-smash-burger","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/insider.thewholesalegroup.co.uk\/recipe\/mac-daddy-smash-burger\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac Daddy Smash Burger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mac &amp; cheese is the perfect comfort food; in this recipe we have combined it with Beef Barbacoa and Bourbon BBQ sauce to make this a decadent and satisfying Mac &amp; Cheeseburger perfect for that feel good food. It utilizes Santa Marias Cheddar cheese sauce, however the Santa Maria Cheddar Cheese sauce is so versatile it can be used as an ingredient or for a topping or dipping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serves: 1<br>Cooking time: 15\u201325 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 Seeded brioche bun<br>1 Beef burger smashed<br>2g Santa Maria Steakhouse Rub<br>70g Beef barbacoa<br>70g Mac &amp; Cheese<br>25g Santa Maria Bourbon BBQ Sauce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. In advance make the beef barbacoa and mac &amp; cheese.<br>2. Smash the cooked burger and season with Santa Maria Steakhouse Rub<br>3. Toast bun, and build as follows \u2013 burger, mac &amp; cheese, beef barbacoa and top with Santa Maria Bourbon BBQ sauce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mac &amp; cheese is the perfect comfort food; in this recipe we have combined it with Beef Barbacoa and Bourbon BBQ sauce to make this a decadent and satisfying Mac &amp; Cheeseburger perfect for that feel good food. It utilizes Santa Marias Cheddar cheese sauce, however the Santa Maria Cheddar Cheese sauce is so versatile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":721,"featured_media":28370,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[377,375,596,594],"tags":[],"keydate":[],"supplier_sponsor":[887],"class_list":["post-28368","recipe","type-recipe","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes-mains","category-recipes","category-sectors-restaurantspubs","category-sectors-takeaway","supplier_sponsor-sponsored-santa-maria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mac Daddy Smash Burger - The Wholesale Group - Chefs&#039; Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A loaded smash burger recipe for chefs, stacked with mac and cheese, beef barbacoa and Santa Maria Bourbon BBQ Sauce in a toasted brioche bun.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/insider.thewholesalegroup.co.uk\/recipe\/mac-daddy-smash-burger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mac Daddy Smash Burger - The Wholesale Group - Chefs&#039; 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