Our vegetarian LCHF week is approaching its finale. This Saturday we had halloumi-cheese burgers with rutabaga fries and cheese bread.
It was so good you wouldn't believe it was vegetarian.
Here's a recipe and nutritional value, 75 energy percent fat and 5 energy percent carbohydrates... and the week's previous vegetarian LCHF meals:
Recipe
Halloumi burgers with rutabaga fries, 4 servings- 1 pound (400 g) halloumi cheese
- butter or coconut oil for frying
- 4 leaves of iceberg lettuce
- 1 tomato
- 1 avocado
- ½ cup (1 dl) sour cream
- ½ cup (1 dl) mayonnaise
- ½ cup (1 dl) ajvar relish
- ½ rutabaga
- ½ cup (1 dl) coconut oil
- cheese bread, recipe below
- 4 eggs
- 4 ounces (100 gram) cream cheese
- 1.5 tablespoon ground psyllium husk
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 2 cups (5 dl) grated cheese
- topping: black poppy seeds + sea salt
- Preheat oven to 400°F(200°C)
- Beat eggs fluffy, about 5 minutes
- Mix dry ingredients, and then blend cream cheese with dry ingredients and the beaten eggs
- Let swell for about 10 minutes
- Put 8 piles of batter on a baking sheet and bake in the middle of the oven for 10-15 minutes until they turn nicely golden. Let cool a little before serving
Preheat oven to 450°(225°C). Peel and cut the rutabaga into strips. Boil for a couple of minutes in salted water. Let drain in a strainer. Melt coconut oil and mix with the rutabaga in a bowl so that all strips are covered. Sprinkle salt. Place the strips on a rack on a baking sheet. Bake in oven until golden brown on the outside and soft inside, turn once while baking. You can use a deep fryer if you have one. Rutabaga fries won't be as crispy as the potato fries as they don't contain as much starch but they taste great anyway.
Mix sour cream, mayonnaise and ajvar relish to make up the dressing. Let cool in refrigerator. Bake the cheese breads. Put aside to cool. Rinse the lettuce and slice tomato and avocado. Fry the halloumi cheese until it turns a nice color and is soft. Build the burger and serve.
Nutritional Value
Without rutabaga fries:
18 energy percent protein
78 E% fat
3 E% carbohydrates (ca 8 gram carbohydrates per serving)
With rutabaga fries:
18 energy percent protein
75 E% fat
5 E% carbohydrates (ca 15 gram carbohydrates per serving)