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Mushroom and Ricotta Burgers

Cheesy ricotta mushroom burgers, ready to eat in 30 minutes

30 mins
12 ingredients
$3.65 / person
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Mushroom and Ricotta Burgers

Ingredients

Serves = 4

  • 1 tbsn dried oregano
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 cup, lemon juice
  • 1 red or yellow capsicum
  • 4 large flat mushrooms
  • 200g low-fat ricotta cheese
  • 1 tbsn parmesan cheese
  • 4 whole- grain buns
  • 1 cucumber
  • 1 baby cos lettuce
  • ½ red onion

It’s this easy

  • Preheat your oven to 180C fan forced
  • In a medium sized bowl, mix together the dried oregano, minced garlic and olive oil
  • Add mushrooms and toss to coat in the marinade
  • Line a baking tray with baking paper, and lay mushrooms out evenly on one side
  • Spoon 2 tbsp of ricotta into each mushroom
  • Sprinkle 1tsp of parmesan on top of the ricotta cheese
  • Slice the capsicum in half, take out the seeds and lay the two pieces next to the mushrooms on the same tray. Drizzle capsicum with a little more oil
  • Bake mushrooms and capsicum in preheated oven for 20-30 mins, until cheese is slightly bubbling. (This step could be done using a toaster oven, a microwave or a fry pan (with lid)).
  • Meanwhile, cut the buns in half and warm these on the oven rack for the last 3 mins of cooking your mushrooms. Slice cucumber and onion into thin slices
  • Assemble burgers with the mushrooms, sliced up capsicum, cucumber, lettuce and onion

Tweaks

  • Use cheddar, or any other hard cheese you have on hand instead of the parmesan
  • You could use a microwave, BBQ or fry pan instead of an oven to cook the mushrooms and capsicum

Notes

Nutrition information (per serve):

  • Energy (1770kJ)
  • Protein (17.8g)
  • Total fat (20.6g)
  • Saturated fat (5.1g)
  • Carbohydrates (35.3g);
  • Starch (27.0g), Sugars (8.3g), Added sugars (0g), Free sugars (0.3g)
  • Dietary fibre (9.2g)
  • Sodium (606mg)
  • Calcium (311mg)
  • Iron (4.9mg)

Allergies

Contains: Gluten, Dairy, Sesame, Soy, Wheat, FODMAPs.
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