Spiced Red Bean Burgers

My partner bought me some Vital Wheat Gluten on Ebay, so I decided to get experimenting with it. Vital wheat gluten can also be purchased from http://www.lowcarbmegastore.com/, http://www.flourbin.com/ and http://www.honest-to-goodness.org.uk/ .
These are influenced by the chickpea cutlets recipe from Veganomicon, the flavour is very different though. We ate them in homemade wholemeal buns with lots of Reggae Reggae sauce. Also on our plates were potato and sweet potato wedges and a spinach and grated carrot salad.

Ingredients:

1 tin kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp white pepper
1tsp paprika
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 large sprig of basil, chopped
1/2 cup vital wheat gluten
1tbsp liquid smoke (optional)
1/4 cup tomato puree
1/4 cup water

Directions:

Preheat oven to 200 degrees Centigrade or Gas Mark 6.
Lightly oil a baking sheet.
Mash the kidney beans until no whole beans remain. Add the remaining ingredients and knead together for about three minutes.
Form into four flat, round patties. Place the patties on the baking tray and bake for 20 minutes, then flip the patties over and bake for a further five minutes.