Nut roast with onion gravy
This hearty vegan nut roast is packed with good stuff, and the onion gravy is brimming over with flavour. A must-try recipe this Christmas!
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Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 4
Rating:
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Method
Ingredients
(Servings: 4)
- For the vegan nut roast:
- 0.375 0.375 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 0.5 0.5 small onions, minced
- 1.5 1.5 cloves of garlic, minced
- 75 75 g chestnuts, finely chopped
- 55 55 g granola
- 0.5 0.5 carrots, grated
- 67.5 67.5 g kidney beans, rinsed
- 37.5 37.5 g frozen cranberries, chopped
- 67.5 67.5 g puy lentils, rinsed
- 0.375 0.375 Tbsp tamari soy sauce
- 0.75 0.75 Tbsp mixed dried herbs and chopped fresh herbs mixed
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- For the onion gravy:
- Half a medium red onion (finely sliced)
- 0.25 0.25 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 0.125 0.125 Tbsp coconut sugar or brown sugar
- 25 25 ml red wine
- 0.375 0.375 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 0.375 0.375 Tbsp tamari soy sauce
- 62.5 62.5 ml vegetable stock
- 0.25 0.25 Tbsp Rosemary
- 0.25 0.25 Tbsp Thyme
- 0.25 0.25 clove of garlic
Method
To make the vegan loaf:
- Preheat oven to 170°C and line a loaf tin with greaseproof paper.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and sauté the onion and garlic until soft. Add the chestnuts and carrot and cook for another 5 minutes until softened.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and use a masher to combine. Don’t over mash, just enough so that the mixture comes together. Add a drop of water if the mixture is too dry, if it’s too wet add more granola.
- Transfer the mixture into the loaf tin and cook for 40-45 minutes until the outside develops a crust and the inside is firm.
To make the onion gravy:
- Prepare half a litre of vegetable stock and set aside.
- Add the oil to the frying pan and sauté the onion with the coconut or brown sugar, garlic and herbs for 10 minutes.
- Once it’s caramelised and sticky in texture, pour in the wine, balsamic vinegar and tamari sauce and simmer until the stock is reduced by half.
- Add the vegetable stock and simmer again for 10 minutes until you are left with a thick, dark gravy.
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