Lentil And Almond Burgers

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 6 cups water
• 1 cup brown lentils
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3/4 cup finely chopped carrot
• 1/3 cup finely chopped shallot
• 1/3 cup finely chopped celery
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 bring water to a boil, stir in lentils and simmer until very tender, about 25 minutes, or 30 minutes for green lentils. drain.
• 2 meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet. add carrots, shallots and celery and cook until soft, about 3 minutes.
• 3 add almonds, thyme, salt and pepper. cook a couple more minutes.
• 4 transfer to a food processor and add 1 cup of the cooked lentils. pulse several times until coarsely ground.
• 5 transfer to large bowl and add rest of the lentils. cool 10 minutes. stir in yolk and lemon juice.
• 6 cover and chill one hour.
• 7 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.
• 8 serve immediately.