Almond Burgers Food

ALMOND BURGERS

Steps:

• Mix together the almonds, tahini, onion and carrot in a bowl.
• Stir in half the tamari and half of the lemon juice.
• If mixture seems dry, add up to the remaining half of each ingredient until the mixture holds together in patty form, but is not sloppy.
• (NOTE: you can add additional ground almond if the mixture gets too wet... but it's easier to control things with the liquid.) Form 6 patties and fry in a little oil or broil until golden brown and a bit crispy.
• Serve on a roll or in a pita pocket with your favorite condiments.

LENTIL AND ALMOND BURGERS

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil, stir in lentils and simmer until very tender, about 25 minutes, or 30 minutes for green lentils. Drain.
• Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet. Add carrots, shallots and celery and cook until soft, about 3 minutes.
• Add almonds, thyme, salt and pepper. Cook a couple more minutes.
• Transfer to a food processor and add 1 cup of the cooked lentils. Pulse several times until coarsely ground.
• Transfer to large bowl and add rest of the lentils. Cool 10 minutes. Stir in yolk and lemon juice.
• Cover and chill one hour.
• Form into 5 patties. Heat remaining tablespoon oil in large skillet medium high. Cook patties about 4 minutes, flip and cook until lightly brown and heated through.
• Serve immediately.

TOASTED ALMOND TOFU BURGERS

Steps:

• Press as much liquid as possible out of the tofu in this way: Wrap the tofu in a clean kitchen towel, place on a plate, top with another plate and weight down with heavy canned goods.
• Leave for 1 hour.
• Unwrap the tofu, place in a bowl, and mash with a potato masher.
• Heat the oil in a medium-size skillet over medium heat and saute the onion or green onion, the garlic and ginger until very tender and golden.
• Add to the tofu.
• Add the toasted almond meal and egg to the tofu.
• Stir in soy sauce and sesame oil, plus salt to taste.
• (At this point, you may chill the mixture for up to a day.) Shape the almond-tofu mixture into patties and either grill or pan-fry in a tiny amount of oil until hot, about 3 minutes per side.
• Serve by themselves, on buns or bagels, or top with cheese.