Can tasty burgers of only raw ingredients be prepared? We can try with vegetables and seeds (and not only)
Today it is all the rage raw food cuisine, the one that provides that the dishes are not cooked, if not a very low temperatures.
Some recipes are very practical and fast and many children can also like them Raw burger.
100% raw food burger
These are the ones we present to you now totally raw burger. No ingredient in the dough is previously cooked.
The secret of these burgers is the use of Chia seeds or flax seed that once crushed to the mortar they become a kind of flour with a thickening power, releasing a particular gel in contact with water.
To prepare a completely raw food burger then you have to pound or even chop two or three tablespoons of flaxseed or chia and then mix them with a cup of water and with the vegetable pulp of your choice like carrots, leeks, celery and whatever you prefer and that can be eaten raw.
These burgers are made by blending all the ingredients together and once they are made they are cooked in a dryer or in an oven, but at a very low temperature, at less than 50 °!
50% raw food burger
In this case we always talk about raw burger even if we actually use the legumes in glass to prepare the base compound.
For a compact mix, in fact, it is necessary to use something that keeps all the ingredients together as precisely chickpeas, or lentils or beans, which however have been previously cooked.
We suggest you always choose the legumes stored in glass that should be rinsed very well and then shakes.
Burgers prepared with a legume base go stored in the refrigerator in order not to lose compactness.
Other uncooked ingredients
You can add other raw, uncooked ingredients to your raw or partially raw burger.
Among the vegetables you can opt for zucchini (but only the green outer part), cauliflower, carrots and celery.
For a bit of flavor, aim at capers, dried tomatoes and olives.
In spring and early summer peas and broad beans they will be magical ingredients!
Finally, if you like strong and somewhat strong tastes, don't give up onion and garlic.
Spices and herbs to play with flavors
The most creative part of this really basic recipe is the addition of colors, flavors and aromas.
With the spices and the herbs you can do a lot of things and above all you can avoid adding too much salt.
Some idea? Chickpeas are great with curry and paprika, the beans with the parsley and the lentils with the mint.
How to compose raw burgers if not with bread?
Not being able to use the bread that is cooked, you must necessarily opt for fresh or cooked ingredients in a dryer. Try to put the burgers inside a tomato or avocado cut in half, for example. Two original and very funny ideas that will leave your guests speechless.
If you want something crunchy, then use a portobello mushroom, always divided into two parts like a sandwich, dried at 40 ° for about 10 minutes.
Raw sauces
As in any self-respecting burger, even in raw burgers can not miss sauces.
Prepare them with lo yogurt or even with the avocado pulp or with soy milk, lemon juice and seed oil to make one Vegan mayonnaise, even if the classic mayonnaise is equally raw, therefore absolutely granted.
Some possible combinations.
Some idea to prepare raw burger compounds?
Try, for example, by blending the chickpeas with dried tomatoes, fresh oregano, a little oil and a little feta.
Good also the one based on Spanish beans smoothies with leek, pre-cooked red turnip, oat flakes softened in water and dried thyme.
With the lentils instead we suggest you blend Tropea onion, a little oil, mint, avocado pulp and black olives.
All three compounds are left in the refrigerator for at least an hour before being shaped to become burgers.
With the crushed and softened flax seeds in water you can blend carrots, a piece of onion, celery and courgette peel, also adding oats softened in water to give a little more compactness.
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