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Beet Falafel Burgers with Dilly Tahini Sauce

Serves 4

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Beet Falafel Burgers with Dilly Tahini Sauce

If a falafel and burger had a love child, this would be it. The result of this hybrid is a vibrantly coloured, complex-flavoured veggie burger you’ll flip over. You can also serve them between toasted hamburger buns with toppings such as sliced cucumber, sliced tomato, and arugula. 

Ingredients

Burgers
  • 1/3 cup (80 mL) shelled pistachios
  • 1 cup (250 mL) loosely packed flat-leaf parsley
  • 1 1/2 cups (350 mL) shredded raw beets
  • 1 1/2 cups (350 mL) cooked or canned (drained and rinsed) chickpeas
  • 1/4 cup (60 mL) chickpea flour or brown rice flour
  • 1/2 cup (125 mL) chopped red onion
  • 3 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 Tbsp (15 mL) tahini
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1 tsp (5 mL) ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt
  • 1/4 tsp (1 mL) black pepper
Sauce
  • 1/3 cup (80 mL) tahini
  • 1/4 cup (60 mL) chopped dill
  • 1/2 tsp (2 mL) garlic powder
  • 1/8 tsp (0.5 mL) salt
  • Zest of 1 lemon

Nutrition

Per serving:

  • calories 376
  • protein 15 g
  • total fat 21 g
    • sat. fat 2 g
  • total carbohydrates 37 g
    • sugars 9 g
    • fibre 11 g
  • sodium 471 mg

Directions

01
In food processor container, place pistachios and parsley and blend until pulverized. Add beets, chickpeas, chickpea or brown rice flour, onion, garlic, tahini, lemon juice, cumin, salt, and black pepper; blend until mixture is tacky and sticks together when squeezed between your fingers. Don’t purée the mixture. If mixture is too dry, blend in additional tahini. And if too wet, blend in additional flour. Form into 4 patties, place on parchment-lined baking sheet, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
02
Heat grill to medium and grease grates well. Cook burgers for 3 minutes per side, or until a crispy crust has formed and patties are heated through.
03
To make sauce, whisk together tahini, dill, garlic powder, salt, lemon zest, and 2 Tbsp (30 mL) warm water until you have a slightly thick spreadable consistency. If needed, add more water, 1 Tbsp (15mL) at a time, to thin.
04
Serve burgers topped with tahini sauce.

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