Vegan Burgers Recipe

Makes

4 burgers

Ingredients

300g sweet potato, peeled and chopped into bite-size chunks
400g tin of borlotti beans, drained
2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
1tsp yeast spread
1tsp cumin
½tsp ground coriander
2tbsp Meridian Crunchy Almond butter
1tbsp oil
flour to dust
buns, lettuce, roast peppers, onion rings, hot sauce and extra almond butter to serve

Method

1. Boil a kettle, pour the water into a saucepan and carefully add the sweet potato. Cook for 8 minutes until tender. Drain well.

2. Heat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan. Put all of the ingredients except the oil into a food processor and season well. Blend, stopping when the mixture still has some texture.

3. Tip the mixture out, divide into four, flour your hands to shape into ‘burgers’ and lay on a four dusted plate.

4. Pour the oil into a large frying pan, heat and cook the burgers for eight minutes on each side until well browned. Serve in buns with lettuce, roast peppers, onion rings, hot sauce and extra almond butter.

Recipe courtesy of Meridian

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