Nut Loaf (Burgers) with Faux Fried Egg

Nut Loaf (Burgers)

• dash of olive oil
• 100g red lentils
• 2 tablespoon tomato purée
• 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika
• 300ml vegetable stock
• 100g fresh breadcrumbs
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 large carrot, grated
• 2 sticks celery, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 200g Shiitake mushrooms, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon mustard powder
• 150g mixed nuts such as walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts, and Brazil nuts, roughly chopped
• 100g mature hard cheese, grated (optional)
• handful flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped

Cashew Cream

• 150g cashew nuts, soaked for 24 hrs.
• 1 teaspoon horseradish
• salt
• juice of ½ lemon

Yellow Pepper Coulis

• olive oil
• 3 yellow peppers, deseeded
• 1 clove of garlic, smashed
• 1 shallot, finely sliced
• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• fresh watercress to garnish

1. Wash the lentils in cold water, add them to a pan, cover with vegetable stock and season with salt and tomato puree. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, around 10 minutes.
2. While the lentils are cooking, sweat the onions, celery, carrot, garlic and mushrooms in olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and cook until tender.
   In a food processor, blend cooked lentils, cooked vegetables along with the nuts, paprika, mustard powder,breadcrumbs, cheese and parsley until smooth. 
3. Mould the mixture into burger shapes (around 80g each) and pan-fry the burgers. 
4. To make the faux fried egg, make the cashew cream (the “egg” white). Drain soaked cashews and blend with horseradish and lemon juice until smooth.
5. For the yellow pepper coulis (the "egg” yolk), roast yellow peppers in olive oil until soft, add garlic and shallot, and cook for 5 minutes. Add vinegar, then blend the mixture.
6. To serve, spoon a dollop of cashew cream on each burger to resemble fried egg whites. Add a smaller round dollop of yellow pepper coulis on top for the egg yolk. Serve with watercress salad.

Enjoy!

At KYN Care Homes, we hope you’ll enjoy this beautiful recipe! At our luxury care homes in London, all our residents are able to enjoy high-quality food, prepared by some of the most talented chefs in the city.

If you’re looking for more recipes to really make your feast stand-out, some of our residents’ favourites include:

• Homemade Tomato, Apple & Celery Soup
• Mincemeat Christmas Cracker
• Three Nut Lemon Cheese-Less Cheesecake