Recipe

Flaxseed burger buns.

Ground flaxseed, eggs and a spoon of psyllium. No flour, thirty minutes start to finish, and they hold a burger without falling apart.

Category
Lunch & dinner
Total time
35 min
Makes
8 buns
Food-first family plate meal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup ground flaxseed
  • 1 tbsp psyllium husk flakes (or 1½ tsp if you use psyllium powder)
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • ½ tbsp maple syrup
  • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 3 tbsp olive oil (or melted coconut oil plus 3 tbsp water)
  • Hemp or sesame seeds, for sprinkling

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180°C fan and line a baking tray.
  2. Mix everything except the seeds and rest the batter 5–7 minutes to thicken. It should be a thick scoopable paste — add 1–2 tsp water if it is too stiff.
  3. Spoon into bun shapes (wet your hands to pevent dough from sticking), sprinkle with seeds, and bake about 20 minutes.
  4. Cool on a wire rack.

per bun

160 kcal · 5 g protein · 14 g fat · 6 g carbohydrate · 4.4 g fibre


Good source of

omega-3 (ALA) · magnesium · fibre · manganese

From Katia

The psyllium is the small addition that changes everything. Flaxseed alone gives you a bun that crumbles when you hold it; a spoon of psyllium gives it the elasticity gluten would have, and it stops breaking.

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