Toasted Almond Tofu Burgers Food

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.

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.

TOASTED ALMOND TOFU BURGERS

Steps:

• Wrap tofu in doubled dish towel. Place on work surface. Weigh down with a board topped with food cans or weights for 1 hour. Squeeze towel-wrapped tofu to extract as much liquid as possible from tofu. Transfer tofu to medium bowl. Using fork, mash into small pieces.
• Spray medium nonstick skillet with nonstick spray; place over medium heat. Add carrot, green onions, ginger and garlic; sauté until slightly softened, about 3 minutes. Cool. Mix carrot mixture, almonds, egg white, soy sauce, sesame oil and sesame seeds into tofu. Season with salt and pepper. Shape mixture into four 1/2-inch-thick patties. (Can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover and chill.)
• If grilling, spray grill rack with nonstick spray, then prepare barbecue (medium heat). If sautéing, spray large nonstick skillet with nonstick spray and heat over medium heat. Lightly spray patties on both sides with nonstick spray. Place patties on grill or in skillet and cook until golden brown and heated through, about three minutes per side.
• Place 1 burger on each bun bottom. Top each with 1 tomato slice, some sprouts and bun top and serve.