Sweet and Smoky Spanish Beef Burgers With Pickled Saffron Pears - Sutter Home Family Vineyards

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sherry vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon saffron threads
• 1 Bosc pear, peeled, cored and small diced
• 1 large shallot, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon black sesame seeds
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup jarred piquillo peppers or roasted red peppers, drained and patted dry
• 1 teaspoon hot, smoked Spanish paprika
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 6 thin slices prosciutto
• 2 pounds ground chuck
• 1/2 cup peeled, shredded Bosc pear
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• Vegetable oil, for brushing the grill rack
• 6 1-ounce slices Manchego cheese
• 6 soft, sesame-seed buns, split
• 1 1/2 cups baby arugula