Name: Couscous and butter bean burgers
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Cooking Method
Ingredients: 400 g butter beans tinned; 1 cup couscous cooked; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 10 g fresh parsley chopped; 2 Tbs flour; pinch Bicarbonate of soda; 3 Tbs fresh chillies 573; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1/2 red onion finely sliced; lemon juice only; 1 tsp sugar; 10 jalapeños pickled; 100 g cream cheese; 1/2 cup ricotta cheese crumbled; 1 eggs beaten; 100 g flour seasoned; 1 cup breadcrumbs; oil for deep frying; 6 lettuce; 1 cup tzatziki; 4 bread rye rolls, halved, toasted

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Ingredients (21)

400 g	butter beans — tinned
1 cup	couscous — cooked
2	garlic — cloves, crushed
10 g	fresh parsley — chopped
2 Tbs	flour
pinch	Bicarbonate of soda
3 Tbs	fresh chillies — 573
	sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

PICKLED ONION:

1/2	red onion — finely sliced
	lemon — juice only
1 tsp	sugar

Chilli poppers:

10	jalapeños — pickled
100 g	cream cheese
1/2 cup	ricotta cheese — crumbled
1	eggs — beaten
100 g	flour — seasoned
1 cup	breadcrumbs
	oil — for deep frying

TO SERVE:

6	lettuce
1 cup	tzatziki
4	bread — rye rolls, halved, toasted

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Method:

Blitz butter beans in a food processor until smooth. Add couscous, garlic, parsley, flour, bicarb and olive oil. Blitz once to just combine. Remove mixture from processor, shape into 4 patties. Place on a lined baking tray and refrigerate until firm.

Heat a frying pan with a little oil, fry patties on both sides until golden and cooked through. Season to taste.

For the pickled onion:

Place red onions in a bowl, add the lemon juice and sugar, stir to combine; allow to stand for 5 minutes.

For chilli poppers:
Cut a slit down the side of the chillies, remove seeds and membrane. In a bowl, mix together cream cheese and ricotta and season well. Spoon small amounts into each chilli. Toss chilli in flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs; fry in hot oil until golden.

To serve:
Fill buns with lettuce, top with red onions, patties, tzatziki, and more red chilli. Serve with chilli poppers.

Words and image:Fairlady magazine

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