A really great meal, followed the recipe to the letter! I made these in the morning and just left them in the fridge until dinner time. Served with a simple green salad, basil tzatziki (used recipe posted below by annie0176) and in homemade chickpea and cumin baps… A true vegetarian feast!

Nice dish, but I agree it is slightly bland & a little heavy. Couldn't find the separate basil tzatziki recipe, but I have just noticied that someone has thoughfully posted it below.

This recipe was good but needed a little more flavour. If I made it again would add more herbs/spices than recommended in the ingredients to give it some extra depth.

I made this last night for dinner and it came out really nicely! I added the whole bunch of breadcrumbs, and didn't leave them in the fridge actually, and yet it still had a happy ending! I served them with a side of soinach, sweet potato wedges and wholemeal mini subs toasted in the oven, with a bit of barbeque sauce for good measure, delicious!

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Basil tzatziki gives a huge boost to this dish. I found my own recipe, which is delicious and can be used with other things:
Pound a peeled clove of garlic into a paste with half a teaspoon of salt - a small pestle and mortar is helpful to do this. Add this paste to natural yogurt (about half a large tub). Cut a length of cucumber (about 5 inches) legthways and scoop out the central section containing the seeds and discard the seeds. Grate the rest of the cucumber, with skin on, into the yogurt. Add salt and pepper, a squeeze of lemon juice and shredded basil. Use generously with the burgers.

Even as a dedicated meat eater I found these very tasty - made a nice alternative to vegetarian sausages for veggie friends during the summer BBQ season too.

These are really tasty, I thought my boyfriend would miss meat but he loved these, and they are reslly easy to make, I added cucumber to the tzatziki (like the traditional way) we found it more refreshing with the burgers.

Very nice! Had to improvise a bit as I couldn't get all the ingredients but it came out great. Used kidney beans instead of borlotti, polenta express instead of bread crumbs, a mix of chopped sundried tomatoes, harrisa paste and tomato paste instead of the sundried tomato paste, and doubled the dried thyme. Served with pittas, lettuce, tomato, gherkins and the basil tzatziki (thanks MarKettle for the recipe!)

Sounds good but like other readers I can't find the "separate" recipe for basil tzatziki

Lovely, I used cannellini beans instead as couldn't find them.

Basil tzatziki: Mix together 200g pot reduced-fat Greek yoghurt, 1 crushed garlic clove, zest 1 lemon and a handful of shredded basil leaves. Season to taste and serve.

I made the burgers using sundried tomato tapenade rather than sundried tomato paste as that's all I had in the cupboard at the time. Turned out really well, a very filling vegetarian meal.

These were really nice. The addition of the paste made it more interesting than the usual veggie/bean burgers.

these were great at a family BBQ a great change from ur usual shop bought burgers!!
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I also can't find the recipe for the basil tzatziki... Help?

We really enjoyed these burgers but I felt they needed lots of the tatziki to keep them moist. I also friedmy burgers with sunflower spray as I didn't fancy them being sat about in lots of oil.

does anyone know where i can find the recipe for basil tzatziki please?

Added a teaspoon of dried chilli flakes and turned out great. Will definitely make again.

I added a few more flavourings to the burger mixture such as chilli powder and some different herbs as I'm not a thyme fan. They turned out really well and after adding a few more breadcrumbs before frying, held together perfectly.
I served them in tortillas with an avocado and orange salad. Brilliant meal.

These are lovely, and a great freezer standby when you have vegetarian guests at your BBQs. Easy to make and you can substitute your favourite condiment.