Freezable family recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has olive oil, onion, spinach, white bread, nutmeg, mature cheddar, parmesan, large egg, plain flour, bread, tomatoes, ketchup and fries.
Green burgers
Course: Freezable family
Servings
4 - 8
servings
Prep time
30 mins
Ingredients
- Parmesan: 40g parmesan, finely grated
- Olive Oil: 2 tbsp olive oil
- Onion: 2 onions, finely chopped
- White Bread: 5 slices white bread, blitzed into breadcrumbs (or 150g dried breadcrumbs)
- Bread: 6 crusty bread rolls
- Nutmeg: good grating of fresh nutmeg
- Plain Flour: 3 tbsp plain flour
- Spinach: 250g bag spinach
- Large Egg: 1-2 large eggs, beaten
- Ketchup: good-quality ketchup or other relish
- Tomatoes: 4 ripe, juicy tomatoes, thickly sliced
- Mature Cheddar: 100g mature cheddar, grated
- Fries: sweet potato fries (optional)
Directions
- Heat half the oil in a frying pan and gently fry the onions for about 10 mins until pale and soft, then leave to cool a little.
- Finely chop the spinach in a food processor and tip into a bowl. Add the cooled onion, breadcrumbs, nutmeg, cheddar and Parmesan, and mash together. Add the beaten egg, a little at a time (you may not need all of it), until the mixture holds together. Divide into eight (see tip below) and shape into fat burgers.
- Put the flour in a shallow bowl, season well and dip the burgers into the flour to coat. Store in a plastic container between layers of baking parchment. Either chill until ready to cook, or freeze.
- Heat the remaining oil in the frying pan and fry for about 5 mins each side until browned all over. Serve in the crusty rolls, with a couple of slices of tomato, ketchup and sweet potato fries on the side, if you like.
