Lye burgers are a tasty change from classic burgers. We’ll show you how to make the vegan burger buns and vegan patties at home.
Pretzel rolls are ideal as burger buns. You only need a few ingredients for the soft rolls and you can easily prepare them vegan. It is up to you which patty you use for the pretzel burger. Below you will find recipe suggestions for matching burger patties.
Tip: If you are in a hurry, you can also use ready-made burger patties made from seitan or tofu for the pretzel burger. It is best to pay attention to an organic seal, because this way you support ecological agriculture and protect yourself and the environment from chemical-synthetic pesticides. You can find out more about this here: Beyond Meat, EnerBio and The Vegetarian Butcher: Veggie Burgers in Test.
Lye Burger: Recipe for vegan lye rolls
The following recipe makes eight small burger buns.
Ingredients:
0.5 cubes of yeast
1 tsp sugar
220 ml water (lukewarm)
400 g flour (e.g. spelled flour type 630)
1 tsp salt
30 vegan butter / vegan margarine
3 tablespoons baking soda
sesame for sprinkling
Directions:
Dissolve the yeast along with the sugar in a few tablespoons of the lukewarm water. Add the yeast mixture to the flour and add the remaining water, salt and the softened vegan butter or vegan margarine.
Knead for a few minutes until you have a smooth and no longer sticky dough – the longer you knead, the better. This can be done with the dough hook of a food processor or a hand mixer, but you can also do it with your hands.
Form the dough into a ball and let it rise, covered, in a warm place for about 45 minutes until it has doubled in size. Then portion the dough into eight equal parts (for small pretzel burgers) and form them into balls. Let the dough pieces rise again for about 20 minutes.
In the meantime, preheat the oven to 190°C top/bottom heat and bring one to two liters of water to the boil in a large saucepan. Stir in 3 tablespoons of baking soda and drop each ball of dough into the boiling water for 30 seconds.
Allow the dough pieces to drain briefly and place them on a baking sheet lined with baking paper or a well-greased baking sheet. Cut into the pretzel buns with a sharp knife and immediately sprinkle with sesame seeds or coarse sea salt. If the buns are already too dry, you can brush the dough pieces with some plant-based milk as a milk substitute.
Bake the buns for the pretzel burger for about 20 minutes or until golden brown and then let them cool on a wire rack. Tip: You can easily freeze leftover pretzel buns.
Vegan burger patties recipe
In the pretzel burger in the photos, we used our patty recipe for vegan burgers with kidney beans. The recipe makes about eight small patties.
This is how you put the lye burger together
The pretzel burger tastes particularly delicious with pickles, a slice of vegan cheese and fresh or homemade caramelized onions. Depending on the season, you can garnish the burger with fresh lettuce and tomato slices. A vegan dip as a sauce or simply ketchup and/or vegan mayo should not be missing.
Tip: A homemade tartar sauce, which you can easily prepare vegan, also goes very well with it. If you prepare the patties from tofu or seitan, sweet mustard also tastes very good.
