Recipe#5608

Title: Peanut Burgers

From: eboyd@shentel.net 
Date: Sun, 19 May 96 06:26:36 PDT 

      Yield: 6 servings
 
      6 tb Butter or vegan margarine
      1    Onion -- peeled and chopped
      1    Celery stalk -- finely
           -chopped
      1 ts Dried herbes de Provence
      1 tb Whole-wheat flour
    1/2 c  Light Vegetable Stock
           -(generous measure)
      1 tb Soy sauce
      1 ts Yeast extract
      1 c  Roasted -- unsalted peanuts
           -measure) -fairly finely
           -ground
    1/2 c  Cashew nuts (scant) --
           -fairly finely ground
    2/3 c  Fresh breadcrumbs --
           -(Whole-wheat)
           Salt
           Freshly ground black pepper
           Dried breadcrumbs-for
           -coating
           Oil -- for shallow frying
------------------------TO GARNISH------------------------
           Lettuce leaves
           Tomato slices
           Cucumber slices
 
  Melt the butter or vegan margarine in a large saucepan
  and saute the onion and celery for 10 minutes.  Stir
  in the herbs and flour and cook for a further 1-2
  minutes. Add the stock and stir until thickened, then
  add the soy sauce, yeast extract, nuts, breadcrumbs
  and salt and pepper. Leave the mixture to cool, then
  form into 6 flat burgers about 1/2" thick, and coat
  with dried breadcrumbs. Saute the burgers in a very
  little oil - the frying pan should be "greased" rather
  than oily - for about 3 minutes on each side, until
  browned and crisp. Drain on paper towels. Garnish and
  serve.