Gourmet Goat’s White Bean and Mushroom Goat Cheese Burgers

Not only does goat milk make our goat milk soaps super rich and nourishing, but it can also be a nutritious ingredient in your kitchen. Gourmet Goat loves to share her favorite recipes made with goat milk and goat cheese, and here is her latest: White Bean and Mushroom Goat Cheese Burgers. Not a fan of mushrooms? Don’t worry, you will barely taste them!

White Bean and Mushroom Goat Cheese Burgers:

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups White Mushrooms
• 1 Cup Yellow Onions
• 15 Ounce Can of Lightly-Salted White Beans
• 3 Cloves Garlic
• 1 Egg
• 2 teaspoons Dried Rosemary Leaves
• 1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt
• 1/8 teaspoon White Pepper
• 3/4 Cup Old Fashioned Oats
• 1 Cup Butter Lettuce
• 1/4 Cup Pine Nuts
• 2 Tablespoons Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
• 6 Whole Wheat English Muffins
• 1 Tablespoon Butter
• 4 Ounces Goat Cheese

Directions:

1. Wash and dab dry the mushrooms with a paper towel. Remove the stems and chop the caps.
2. Rinse and drain the white beans.
3. Chop the onion, 2 cloves of garlic, and lightly beat the egg.
4. Put the mushrooms, beans, onions, 2 cloves of garlic, egg, rosemary leaves, sea salt, and white pepper in a food processor. Mix until all the ingredients are combined. (Don’t over mix. The mixture should still be wet but not fully processed).
5. Put the mixture into a medium sized bowl and mix in the old fashioned oats.
6. Form the mixture into 6 individual patties. Brush each side of the patty with olive oil. Set aside.
7. To make the pesto, chop the last garlic clove, tear the butter lettuce into smaller pieces and put both ingredients into the food processor. Add the pine nuts and 2 Tablespoons of olive oil. Mix until a chunky paste is formed. Set aside.
8. Heat a grill pan or saute pan over medium-high heat. Cook the patties for 5 minutes on each side.
9. Toast the english muffins then lightly butter.
10. Spread the pesto on one side of the english muffin. Place pieces of goat cheese on top of the pesto. Add the grilled patty and the other side of the english.
11. Eat immediately!

Want more goat cheese recipes? Check out Maggie Foard’s cookbook, “Goat Cheese.”

Recipe Created by our social media and marketing intern, Taylor.

Photo credit: Taylor Harkins