Carrot-Pecan Burgers
A yummy little patty that I make regularly. It was one of my first dehydrator items; I usually put it together in the morning and then they are ready for dinner! Recipe by Alissa Cohen.
Ingredients
- 4 medium carrots
- 1 cup pecans
- 1 cup mushrooms (recipe states "button", but I love using portabellos too)
- 1 cup onion
- 3 tablespoons cilantro
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
Preparation
Remember to add some herbs to taste! The original recipe calls for .5 teaspoon each of dried fennel, coriander, and curry…however feel free to play with this and experiment.
In a food processor, blend carrots until diced. Add the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. Remove from processor and form into burgers. Place burger on a mesh dehydrator screen and dehydrate at 105 for 7-8 hours.
They darken up in the dehydrator and even resemble a real meat patty, but they taste better than any meat patty!
Comments
kandace writes: (January 17, 2007)
Thanks for sharing this. I love a one-day dehydrating recipe!
joesc writes: (March 20, 2007)
I have the book by Alissa Cohen and I tried this recipe. I didn’t have any mushrooms but it still tasted great! the curry sauce she recommends for the recipes gives it an extra notch.
Patty708 writes: (March 25, 2007)
These are awesome. They have a similar texture to the veggie burgers I used to eat. You can play with the seasoning, I didnât have three of the spices the recipe asked for so I put in what I had and they still taste great. You can also customize this to meatloaf and taco meat.
kristina writes: (June 25, 2007)
These are delicious. Don’t leave out the fennel – it really makes it special (at least for an anise/fennel/licorice addict!). My non-raw friend loved these – I tucked a few in an Ezekiel tortilla with nut butter dressing (see recipe), lettuce & tomatoes.
wanna_B_raw writes: (July 09, 2007)
I have not been on the forum recently, as I received my Excalibur! Yeah! I tried this recipe and I made it for the SECOND TIME today! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! I put 1tbsp dried cilantro and 1tbsp sage, b/c I don’t like cilantro much. I used baby portabella mushrooms! My kids love it too! :-)
HerbGirl writes: (July 26, 2007)
We LOVE it! I just had them with a salad. Next time, I will do an open face with marinated mushrooms, onion, tomatoes, and avacado. Thanks & Smiles,
fngrpaint writes: (August 20, 2007)
Hey! It’s Katrina, Scott’s wife. I didn’t see a way to add ‘friends’ or anything… Anyhoo, I have these in the dehydrator right now, and they do smell amazingly ‘meaty’ only much better annd earthy.
fngrpaint writes: (August 20, 2007)
Hey! It’s Katrina, Scott’s wife. I didn’t see a way to add ‘friends’ or anything… Anyhoo, I have these in the dehydrator right now, and they do smell amazingly ‘meaty’ only much better annd earthy.
myrawlife writes: (September 13, 2007)
This was an easy, quick, and delicious burger to make. I made some last night, and they were ready this morning to take to work. I shared some with coworkers, and they thought it taste great! Tomorrow I’m going to try a little cashew mayo ontop – but you actually don’t need anything with these burgers. They are fabulous on their own. Thanks for sharing!
myrawlife writes: (September 23, 2007)
I love this receipt soooo much….I’ve already made 3 batches since I wrote my last comment. They are so easy and delicious! For lunches I place a carrot pecan burger on top of spinach leaves that are on top of a raw corn tortilla, with a little raw avocado mayo….mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…mmmmmmmmmmm is it ever great! Thanks again for sharing this recipe!!!
myrawlife writes: (September 23, 2007)
I love this receipt soooo much….I’ve already made 3 batches since I wrote my last comment. They are so easy and delicious! For lunches I place a carrot pecan burger on top of spinach leaves that are on top of a raw corn tortilla, with a little raw avocado mayo….mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…mmmmmmmmmmm is it ever great! Thanks again for sharing this recipe!!!
myrawlife writes: (September 23, 2007)
I love this receipt soooo much….I’ve already made 3 batches since I wrote my last comment. They are so easy and delicious! For lunches I place a carrot pecan burger on top of spinach leaves that are on top of a raw corn tortilla, with a little raw avocado mayo….mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…mmmmmmmmmmm is it ever great! Thanks again for sharing this recipe!!!
myrawlife writes: (September 23, 2007)
I love this receipt soooo much….I’ve already made 3 batches since I wrote my last comment. They are so easy and delicious! For lunches I place a carrot pecan burger on top of spinach leaves that are on top of a raw corn tortilla, with a little raw avocado mayo….mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…mmmmmmmmmmm is it ever great! Thanks again for sharing this recipe!!!
Mothergoose9 writes: (November 22, 2007)
Could you use the carrot pulp from juicing instead of grating raw carrots….we have an abundance of pulp since my husband is prolifically juicing carrots in his battle against cancer…...I hate to waste all that pulp.
joesc writes: (November 24, 2007)
Mothergoose9 that is what I did and it worked. The pulp will be drier. I put a little carrot juice a side to add to it and drank the rest of it. The reason being is when my juicer gets a hold of the carrots it doesn’t have much taste left so I drank my juice and made my carrot-pecan burger.
Rawmichelle writes: (December 04, 2007)
Hello, i was wondering if this recipe can be made without a dehydrator? I have been looking for raw burger recipes and this one sounds really nice!! Thanks!
123 writes: (December 08, 2007)
I use the almond pulp from making almond milk to make basically the same patty. I use different spices too. This is a very versatile recipe.
zhanna8 writes: (December 11, 2007)
i am not into dehydrated food, though this sounds great… i would love to try it. ~thank you for wonderful creation!
ilovesnowie writes: (December 11, 2007)
Oh boy, I love this! I used carrot pulp and little of carrot juice. And I added a handful of spinach and it’s SO delish! YUM!
ilovesnowie writes: (December 11, 2007)
By the way, I forgot to add, instead of a whole cup of onion, I halved it and added 1/2 cup chopped celery.
Odonsoterias writes: (December 14, 2007)
I use the carrot pulp and add a little extra water when processing in the food processor. It’s good without the mushroom, too.
Sioen writes: (December 26, 2007)
Thanks for this recipe… I’m still waiting to make dried patties out of it, because the batter is so good, I ated it all up! :-)
An accident with this made a wonderful new dip recipe, check it out:
http://goneraw.com/recipes/2249-Fresh-Garden-Dip
auntsissy writes: (December 28, 2007)
This sounds wonderful. I still need to buy a dehydrator, but will save this recipe. Thanks for sharing it.
ambiguous writes: (December 30, 2007)
This is so, so great—thanks for sharing the recipe!
Shawnette writes: (December 30, 2007)
Hi Rawmichelle, i find that putting them in an oven that has a pilot light seems to work in place of a dehydrator. I’ve done that to dry out my soaked nuts, so far so good. :o)
Hippie Chick writes: (January 06, 2008)
Awesome. I gobbled them right up. It was great to walk in after work and have them ready to eat. I actually forgot them I made them. It was sooo quick to do, especially after I just made carrot juice. walking in to that yummy smell rocked! Thanks sooo much!! HC
lstorz writes: (January 06, 2008)
Great recipe! I had my doubts, I admit, but I have just eaten 3 patties out of the dehydrator—yum!!! I’m going to treat these like falafel and wrap them in collard greens with tahini sauce. Thanks for a great (and fantastically portable) recipe! Oh yeah, and my apartment smelled glorious from the curry powder….
agamur writes: (January 11, 2008)
I’m fairly new to this raw thing and this is one of the first recipes I’ve tried…I LOVE IT! I’ve had a few of my non-raw friends asking me for the recipe! I make them every week. Thank you for posting.
Techelet writes: (January 23, 2008)
Made it yesterday. Love it, Love it, Love it. I dared my husband to a month of raw (all January), he has been “crying” all month long, until yesterday. These were so great he actually asked for seconds. Should I buy Alissa’s book?
DivineMissEm writes: (February 08, 2008)
I made these but changed two things-one I didnīt have mushrooms and two- dehydrated for WAY too long because I put them in with my onion bread. So, I didnīt love them, but thatīs my fault. My hubby actually liked them though, and heīs not raw. I do plan on making them again the RIGHT way because the ingredients are soo easy and nice.
gwenz3 writes: (February 26, 2008)
These are great! I used 1/2 tsp. fennel, 1/2 tsp. celery seed and sprinkled in some pepper flakes! YUMMY! I did let them dehydrate for almost 24 hours though because I wanted them dryer.
ambiguous writes: (February 29, 2008)
PS – This is the recipe that finally convinced me to buy Alissa Cohen’s book, and I’m so glad I did! Even after two years raw, I found lots of useful info. And, of course, mouthwatering recipes. Thanks for sharing, divineprana!
jah rawstafari writes: (April 27, 2008)
I know this recipe was posted forever ago -but I am just finding it and I LOVE it. I happened to be lucky enough to have a giant bag a pecans harvested from my gramdmother’s trees in South Carolina – just waiting to be used justly! I made these with 3/4c SHITAKE and 1/4c baby bella. Didn’t have cilantro so I grabbed some parsely, 3 types of basil and thyme from the garden. Threw them in the dehydrator overnight and couldn’t resist having one for breakfast. WOW. I highly recommend the shitake for anyone wanting to switch it up – they have such a lovely deep, smokey (meaty) flavor.
lalala writes: (May 07, 2008)
how many burgers did this make for you? i made 10 and they were way too thin (i ended up with crumbles). i added some water and stuck them together into 5 double burgers. any experiences?
lalala writes: (May 07, 2008)
how many burgers did this make for you? i made 10 and they were way too thin (i ended up with crumbles). i added some water and stuck them together into 5 double burgers. any experiences?
ambergirl writes: (June 13, 2008)
I made these, and they were so good! I didn’t follow the recipe extactly, but that’s what makes Raw so fun, right? Loved them! Thanks for sharing!
RisnwthHim writes: (June 25, 2008)
Oh boy – I’ve got these in the dehydrator right now and just noticed that the recipe says ”.”5 teaspoons (as in 1/2 tsp) and NOT 5 teaspoons! Fortunately, it did occur to me that 5 teaspoons of coriander sounded like an awful lot, so I only added 2 tsp, but as it turns out
- that’s still 4 times what the original recipe called for -lol. Well, it will be interesting to see how they turn out—I’m leaving for a trip in the morning and I’ll try to remember to come back and let you know. It’s a good thing I like coriander! And it’s a good thing I didn’t add the curry or fennel. :-PLog in to discuss this recipe. No account yet? Sign up here.