When I created this vegetarian/vegan burger, I focused on two important aspects: texture and umami flavor. Vegetarian burgers often lack both. I like to think I succeeded in resolving these issues. Lack of great texture is often caused because the water content of vegetarian ingredients (like vegetables) is too high, which will make your burger mushy, so I decided to roast all of the main ingredients to dry them out a bit. The result is a vegetarian burger which has a lot of bite. <br />Secondly, I wanted my eggplant burger to be able to compete with beef burgers in terms of umami flavor, so I added both soy sauce (or tamari, if you're gluten free) and chopped kalamata olives to the mix to make them extra-savory. <br />The result: the best vegetarian or vegan burger I've ever tasted!

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