Feta Black Bean Burgers
From ‘The Art of Eating Well’ by Jasmine and Melissa Helmsley
Courses
Lunch, Mains
Servings
Prep Time
4
20
minutes
Cook Time
55
minutes
Servings
Prep Time
4
20
minutes
Cook Time
55
minutes
Ingredients
2
tbsp
ghee
1
medium onion
finely chopped
2
Garlic cloves
grated
2
tins black beans or 500g homecooked beads (dried weight 200g
soaked overnight), drained weight 500g
100
g
chestnut flour
or buckwheat flour
1
tsp
dried oregano or thyme
about 175g sun-dried tomatoes
chopped
1
tbsp
chopped jalepeno peppers
100
g
feta
chopped
sea salt
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180oC and grease or line a baking tray.
Heat the ghee in a pan over a medium heat and fry the onion until soft, but not coloured.
Add in the garlic for a few minutes, and then the drained cooked beans.
Mash the beans roughly with the back of a wooden spoon so that the excess moisture evaporates.
Transfer this mix to a bowl, stir in the flour and mix well to combine.
Fold in the rest of the ingredients and season.
When cool enough, shape the mixture into burgers and flatten them to about 2cm thick on the baking tray.
For extra juicy burgers, brush them with some melted ghee before baking.
Bake the burgers in the oven for about 50 minutes, until crisp on the outside, turning them over halfway through.