Nuts

As you know, nuts are packed with nutrition. They have protein, fibre, vitamins, minerals, and healthy fats; that ma help to sustain your hunger. Therefore giving nuts a "superfood" status. Nuts can be ground into flours, puréed into butters, tossed with salads, added to cookie dough, baked in cakes, muffins, and loaves... sprinkled over ice cream, yoghurt and oatmeal.  

This cookbook shares the many ways we can incorporate nuts into our day as well as our cooking and baking. It covers Spreads and Snacks, Breakfast and Brunch, Lunch and Dinner and Baking and Desserts. There are plenty of recipes to inspire and tips to ponder. I am really becoming fond of these cookbooks that accommodate one ingredient.  

With summer upon us, I thought sharing the recipe for the Chickpea Walnut Patties would be a tasty alternative to meat patties. 

Chickpea Walnut Patties

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Serves: 4  Prep Time: 15 mins, plus chilling  Cook Time: 10 mins

2 cloves of garlic

1 shallot

1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed

15 sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley

1 teaspoon ground coriander

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup roasted, unsalted walnuts, coarsely chopped

2 tablespoons sunflower oil, for frying

1. Put the garlic and shallot into a food processor and pulse to chop. Add the chickpeas, parsley, coriander, cumin, salt, cayenne pepper, olive oil, and flour and pulse to a chunky puree. Add the baking powder and pulse once to incorporate. Add the walnuts and pulse once to incorporate. 

2. Shape the chickpea mixture into four equal patties, about 4 inches in diameter. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes or overnight.

3. Heat the sunflower oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the patties and cook for 4-5 minutes on each side until golden brown. Serve hot. 

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend. We sure did! - JD