Vegan Cheeseburger Recipe By Tasty

Steps:

• Add walnuts to the bowl of a food processor and pulse until crumbly.
• Add mushrooms and blend until finely chopped.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon olive oil and add the mushroom walnut mixture, cooking for 5-8 minutes or until all moisture has evaporated.
• Add soy sauce and cumin and cook, stirring occasionally, until dry. Transfer mixture to a bowl.
• Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to skillet. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until semi-translucent, about 3 minutes.
• Add garlic, salt, pepper, and tomato paste, and cook for for another 3-5 minutes until fragrant. Set aside.
• Add black beans and onion mixture to food processor, and blend until mostly smooth.
• Transfer mixture to bowl and add beets, rice, vegan mayo, worcestershire sauce, and liquid smoke, and stir until combined.
• Add in vital wheat gluten and use hands to knead burger mixture together until all wheat gluten is fully incorporated.
• Form burgers into 4 patties about 3-inches (7 cm) in diameter and 1-inch (2 cm) thick.
• In large cast-iron pan, over medium-high heat cook patties about 5 minutes on each side.
• Add on vegan cheese slices and melt.
• Assemble burger with vegan mayo, lettuce, tomato, and red onion.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Divide vegan ground meat into 4 equal pieces. Pick up one piece, transfer to a cutting board, and use your hands to press and shape it into a patty about 1/4-inch wider than your bun. Repeat to form remaining patties. Put three fingers of one hand together, and press a shallow indentation into the center of each patty. Season with salt and pepper.
• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high until shimmering. Add patties and cook, flipping frequently, until well browned and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the coolest part of the center of the patty registers 120 to 125 degrees for medium-rare, or 130 to 135 degrees for medium. Immediately add cheese slices to the top of the patties, and transfer them to a large plate.
• Dress bottom buns as desired. Place a patty on top, and dress top bun as desired. Close cheeseburgers and serve.

Steps:

• Add the porcini mushrooms to a bowl and cover with 150ml of hot water. Leave to sit for 30 minutes. (As you do this your kitchen will smell of so much goodness!)
• Blitz the mushrooms & onions in the food processor until finely chopped. (you will need to do this in a few stages as there's so many mushrooms!) Place into a large bowl.
• Once you have soaked the porcini mushroom, drain and reserve the water. Roughly chop the mushrooms and add to your blitzed mushrooms.
• Add the reserved porcini mushroom water and beetroot juice to the bowl. Stir to combine and leave to soak for 15 minutes.
• Next, drain the mushroom mix through and sieve and discard the juices.
• Place a large frying pan over a medium heat and add 2 tbsp of oil. Add the mushroom mix, walnuts, salt, black pepper, garlic powder and smoked paprika. Cook for 20-30 minutes continuously stirring. (Your aim here is to cook out the water from the mushrooms and dry everything out, be patient I promise it's worth it!)
• Reduce the heat and add the breadcrumbs. Stir and cook for a further 2 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and pour out into a bowl. Leave to cool for 10 minutes or until it's cool enough to handle.
• Divide into 4 and form into patties.
• Place a large frying pan over a medium heat and add 1 tbsp oil. Add your patties and cook for 3-4 minutes aside or until brown.
• In the remaining 1 minutes add a slice of cheese to each burger pattie and cover the pan with a lid to melt the cheese.
• Build your burgers with all your favourite toppings.
• Enjoy!