Nut burgers with basil sauce
These nut patties were very tasty a well as being nutritious, and the basil sauce was really great. We’ll e enjoying the rest sauce as a salad dressing tomorrow night.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
For the basil sauce
- 1 Tbs. olive oil
- 1 shallot, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tsp. mustard
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 1/4 cup soy cream or plain soy yogurt
- 6 Tbs. fresh basil, minced
- salt and pepper to taste
for the nut burgers:
- 1 Tbs. olive oil
- 1 red onion, minced
- 250 grams mixed nuts (unsalted would be est)
- 150 grams bread crumbs
- 2 Tbs. parsley
- 2 Tbs. tomato puree
- 1 Tbs. miso (if using unsalted nuts)
- 2 egg replacement equivalents
- 4-6 Tbs. water
Directions:
to make the sauce:
- Heat the oil in a small frying pan.
- Add the shallot, and sauté until glassy.
- Place all the ingredients in a blender and wiz to a smooth consistency.
to make the nut burgers:
- Using a food processor, chop the nuts to a coarse consistency.
- Put the nuts in a bowl.
- Using the food processor, make the bread crumbs add the parsley and chop to a fine consistency.
- Add the bread crumbs and parsley to the nuts.
- Heat the oil in a small pan and sauté the red onion.
- Add the onion to the nut mixture.
- Add the tomato puree, the egg substitute and the miso if the nuts are not salted.
- Using a fork, mix the ingredients well, adding a bit of water at a time to form a sold mass.
- Let the mixture sit for 10 minutes - 1/2 hour.
- Form small patties.
- Either fry the patties in a frying pan with a bit of oil, or bake in the oven until lightly brown and crispy.
Notes:
The miso is not necessary, but nice and also healthy. One can use salt, or if the nuts are salted, then not necessary at all.
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Posted by By: chris | 
2007/11/28 | Basil - Main Dishes - Nuts | Trackback | Comments [RSS 2.0]
