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I liked these. Although the yield was a lot more than expected! I made some quick-pickled sweet red onions to go on top and it was good.

I oven-roasted the beets to get a sweeter, earthier, smokier flavour out of them, then peeled and diced small and added to the fried onions and garlic.

Looking at the recipe I didn't see how they would possibly bind, so I used half a cup of ground rolled oats (instead of the flour) and one egg to help stick them together. That said, they still kind of fell apart a little bit, but nothing that being squished in a bun couldn't solve.

One last point: heating olive oil in a cast iron pan on high just gets it too hot and smokey. I think you'd do better to stick to medium the whole way through when cooking the patties.