Salmon and Avocado Burger

YA-HAM i have to say! :D
I love what the wonders of the internet can do and how they manage to pleasantly surprise you once in a while :) A Saturday night at home with my flatmate Julia, having a piece of Salmon and avocado ready to use for a recipe i wanted to try out, we didn't have all needed ingredients and actually wanting something faster to cook, i had a look on the internet to see what i could do with salmon and avocado and i found this recipe. Perfect for a quick dinner in front of a movie :D

Serves: 4 people ~ Preparation 15 minutes ~ Cook Time 6-10 minutes

What you need:

Salmon Burger Ingredients:

- 200g tinned salmon, drained and flaked
- 2 medium eggs, beaten
- 1 cups wholemeal bread crumbs
- 1 tsp of paprika
- 1 tsp of cumin
- ¼ of a cup onion, chopped
- 2 tbsp of lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1-2 tbsp olive oil

4 spelt or wholegrain bread rolls Rocket or lettuce to serve

Avocado and Yoghurt dip:
- 1 avocado, pip removed and mashed
- 100 grams of Greek yoghurt
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- ½ a lemon squeezed
- 1 tbsp of coriander, chopped finely

What to do:

• In a mixing bowl, combine all of the salmon ingredients apart from ¼ of the cup of bread crumbs. Keep the other 3/4 to cover the patties later before frying them.
  (i added some extra wholemeal flour to make the mixture stick more together and be able to make patties out of it... also I precooked the salmon a bit to flake it more easily and for it to stick better in the patty mixture)
  
• Make four patties out of the salmon ingredients and cover them with the remaining bread crumbs.
  (i made 6 patties out of it and they were big enough)
  
• In a hot frying pan, add olive oil and cook the patties for 3 minutes each side over a medium heat.
• Combine all the avocado and yoghurt ingredients in a mixing bowl. It's ok if this is a little chunky.
  (i would add the lemon juice little by little and taste in between. As i added it all at once and found the lemon taste to be overpowering and so ended up adding extra avocado on my bread ;) )
• Cut the bread rolls in half and toast to golden brown. Place the rolls on a plate. On one side of the roll, generously smear with avocados and yoghurt dip. Add a little lettuce or rocket and then place the patties in the roll. Serve and enjoy.
  (i added some sliced cherry tomatoes in it, combines very well with it :) )

There you go, you have a perfect burger for a movie night at home, delicious lunch or even a picnic in the park. Great change from the meat burgers! :)
Or if you made this for yourself and are bored of the salmon avocado burger option, I made a wrap with one of my salmon patty leftovers and added cream cheese and sweet chilli sauce instead of the avocado/yoghurt dip --> DE-LI-CIOUS! :d

And if you're an as big avocado fan as I am, you might want to check out this website, seems very interesting :)
http://www.avocado.org.au/

Bon Appétit mes amis!
see you at the next recipe :D
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