Pure Mountain Faba Bean Cheeseburger with Hand Cut Fries

To garnish

Burger buns

Handful iceberg lettuce

Sliced cheese

Hand cut fries

Mayonnaise

Ketchup

Tomato Salsa (optional)

Method

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line a baking tray with parchment paper.

In a large pan, heat the canola oil and sauté the onion until soft and translucent. Add the garlic, green pepper and continue sautéing until soft. Set aside to cool completely.

In a large bowl, mash the prepared faba beans with a fork. Add all remaining ingredients including the onion, garlic & green pepper mixture, and mix well. Oil your hands and form burger patties. Place burger patties onto the prepared tray and bake on each side for 10 – 12 minutes.

To assemble, spread mayo on each side of the burger bun and place a few slices of iceberg lettuce on the bottom one. Place a slice of cheese and a burger patty. Add a few slices of tomato and top with the second bun. Serve with hand-cut fries, ketchup, and sour cream!

Notes

· To prepare the faba beans, soak overnight in salted water. Drain and pressure cook for about 45 minutes – this is a great consistency for a burger or if mashing. For a harder consistency where you’d use the beans for a soup, stew, etc. pressure cook for 30 minutes as they’ll boil further whilst cooking the recipe.

· You can also breadcrumb the burgers from the outside and shallow fry them. Simply coat in breadcrumbs and pan fry until golden brown on both sides for about 3 – 4 minutes on each side.