Savory Burger with Sweet Chili Sauce and Glazed Onions - Sutter Home Family Vineyards

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup sweet chili sauce
• 1/3 cup ketchup
• 2 T hamburger dill pickles, chopped
• Dash Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 cup Sutter Home Zinfandel
• 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
• 1 T Dijon mustard
• 2 T Lyle’s Golden Syrup
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 3 large Vidalia onions, cut horizontally into 1/2 inch slices
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 4 oz. applewood smoked bacon cut in a small dice
• 2 medium shallots, finely chopped
• 1 large garlic clove, minced
• 1 T butter
• 2 1/2 lbs. ground chuck, 85% lean
• 1 egg
• 1 t finely minced fresh thyme
• 1/2 t Worcestershire sauce
• 2 t kosher salt
• 1/4 t freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 lb. Italian fontina cheese, chilled and then cut into six 1/4 inch slices
• small head of butterhead or bib lettuce
• 6 ciabatta buns, halved