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Bean Burger Mix (from "Alison Holst's Meals Without Meat")

Most recipes using dried beans require long cooking.  This is an exception
to that rule.  It seems unbelievable that dried beans can be soaked and
cooked so quickly, but it works!  What's more, the burgers have a very good
flavour, much better than that of any other commercial counterparts that we
have tried.
Keep a jar of this mixture on hand, since you can use it to produce very
fast food when you are caught out.

Burger Mix
1/2 cup chick peas
1/2 cup soybeans
1/2 cup peanuts (raw) or sunflower kernels
1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup pea flour
1 tbl parsley [I suggest dried, or add it just before use]
1 tsp salt
Optional: [nonsense!!!] 1/4 cup wheatgerm
1 tbl nutritional yeast

Measure the first four ingredients into a bowl and mix together.  Using a
blender or food processor (we found the coffee-grinder attachment of our
food processor to be the most effective) grind half a cup of this mixture at
a time until it is the consistency of dry breadcrumbs.  This process make a
terrible noise, but the convenience of the completed product makes it all
worthwhile!
Combine the freshly ground bean mixture with the remaining ingredients.
Store in an air-tight jar until desired.

Making Burgers
for 2 10cm burgers
1 cup burger mix
1/2 cup water
2 tsp dark soya sauce
1-2 tbl oil to cook

Mix everything except the cooking oil together and allow to stand for at
least 15 minutes.  For extra flavour add a clove of chopped garlic, or a few
garlic granules, if desired.
Cook over a moderate heat for at least 5 minutes on each side, covering with
a suitable lid to collect steam and speed up the cooking.
Note:
Other bean varieties may be used in place of chick peas and soy beans, but
kidney beans should be avoided.

[I have - unusually for me - not made any notes by this recipe, but if
memory serves me, it really benefits from the addition of lots of herbs and
spices, curry paste, et cetera (added at the time of cooking because that
allows one to change the flavour of one meal at a time).  Also, unless it is
being prepared for vegans, an egg or two are useful for binding.]
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Clemenger" <mooncat at in-tch.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 12:36 PM
Subject: SC - Recipe for Bean Burgers


> Sounds yummy....recipe please?
> --Maire
>
> Lee-Gwen Booth wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From:  Allison
> >
> > > but just grinding whole or pieces of almonds into the chunks or
> > > meal may burn your motor.  Been there, done that.
> >
> > Tell me about it!!!  I have a favourite bean burger recipe which is
great
> > because it is actually a pre-mix which can be stored in the cupboard
until
> > it is needed.  To make it one has to grind (or otherwise turn into to
coarse
> > powder) raw dried soybeans, chick peas, peanuts, and I forget what else.
> > This recipe has destroyed 2 blenders (one was mine, the other was a
friend's
> > after I gave her the recipe).  I really need to get a food grinder or
> > whatever just so that I can make this again.  The burgers were _good_!
> >
> > Gwynydd
> >
> >
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