A crowd-pleasing dish that occurs to be variety to the setting.
“ These burgers go down the half-beef, half-lentil route, and they’re each bit as satisfying as a pure beef burger,” says Annie Bell, creator of More healthy Planet, More healthy You.
“Extras of fried onions, grated cheese, sliced lettuce, or salsa and guacamole for a ‘fiesta’, are additionally good. Personally I prefer to eat these sandwiched between crisp lettuce leaves slightly than a bun, however over to you.”
More healthy planet burgers
Components:
(Serves 4)
For the burgers:
300g lean minced beef
300g cooked inexperienced lentils
2 heaped tbsp finely chopped shallots
Sea salt and freshly floor black pepper
Further virgin olive oil for frying
To serve:
½ purple onion, peeled, halved and thinly sliced
8 cocktail gherkins, sliced
4 wholemeal burger buns, halved
English mustard
Tomato ketchup
1 beefsteak tomato, sliced
For the mustard mayo:
40g mayonnaise
40g soured cream
1tsp Dijon mustard
Methodology:
1. Place the meat, lentils, shallots and a few seasoning in a meals processor and whizz to a sticky combination, so among the lentils stay entire. Form the combination into eight burgers utilizing a nine-centimetre plain spherical cutter. If you need you can also make them upfront, then cowl and chill them.
2. Warmth two teaspoons of oil in a big non-stick frying pan over a medium-low warmth and fry the burgers, in batches, for 2 minutes on either side till a good gold, replenishing the oil as needed. They burn extra simply than a pure meat burger, so hold a watch.
3. Mix the sliced onion and gherkins.
4. If serving the burgers with buns, toast the minimize facet of the buns beneath a grill, preheated to excessive. Place a burger on every bun half, smear some mustard over after which loads of tomato ketchup, or the Mustard mayo (beneath). Subsequent lay over a slice of tomato and season, then scatter over some sliced onion and gherkin.
5. For the mustard mayo: Mix all of the substances in a small bowl, cowl and chill till required. This can hold nicely for a number of days.
