As the #christmas season is nearly upon us, everyone needs a scrumptious #nutroast recipe for all our #vegan friends. Not only is this loaf vegan but #glutenfree too. You dont have to overindulge on heavy meats all christmas long, vegan or not why not add in some #plantbased goodness with this nutty loaf.Perfect served hot for Christmas dinner, or cold for your festive buffet table.
Each serving provides 525 kcal, 18g protein, 32g carbohydrate (of which 18g sugars), 35g fat (of which 6g saturates), 6g fibre and 0.9g salt.
Prep time: less than 30 mins Cook time: 30- 60 mins
Serves: 6
Ingredients
300g/10½oz mixed nuts, such as almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, pecans or Brazil nuts
1 vegan-friendly vegetable stock cube
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for greasing
1 onion, finely chopped
2 celery sticks, finely chopped
1 leek, trimmed and thinly sliced (about 100g/3½oz prepared weight)
2 carrots, coarsely grated (around 150g/5½oz prepared weight)
2 garlic cloves, crushed
4 tbsp cashew butter
2 tbsp ground flax
100g chestnut mushrooms, finely chopped
180g/6oz cooked chestnuts, broken into small pieces
75g/2½oz dried cranberries
20g/¾oz bunch fresh parsley, finely chopped
1 lemon, finely grated zest only
4 tbsp almond milk
1 tsp sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
INSTRUCTIONS
Put the nuts and stock cube into a food processor and blitz on the pulse setting until chopped into small pieces, but not fully ground. If you don’t have a food processor, chop all the nuts as finely as you can.
Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan. Lightly oil then line the base of a 900g/2lb loaf tin with baking paper.
Heat the oil in a large frying pan and gently fry the onion, celery, leek, mushrooms and carrots for 5 minutes, or until softened, stirring regularly. Add the garlic and cook for a few seconds more.
Tip into a mixing bowl and stir in the cashew nut butter & ground flax. Add the chopped nuts, chestnuts, cranberries, parsley, lemon zest, almond milk and salt. Season with lots of ground black pepper and stir until thoroughly mixed.
Spoon the mixture into the prepared loaf tin. Press down with a spoon firmly to compact the mixture. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for a further 20 minutes, or until the loaf is hot throughout and lightly browned.
Remove the tin carefully from the oven and cool for 5 minutes before loosening the edges of the loaf with a table knife and turning out onto a board or platter. Cut into thick slices and serve hot with vegan gravy.
NOTE
*This nut roast recipe can be made ahead and kept in the fridge for up to 3 days. Cover with parchment paper to reheat in a medium oven for 20-30 minutes.
