Savory Vegan Nut Roast Food

SAVORY VEGAN NUT ROAST

Steps:

• Coat the bottom of a large skillet with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and place it over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the mushrooms in an even layer.
• Let the mushrooms cook for about 5 minutes, until browned on the bottoms, then flip and cook them for 5 minutes more. Remove the mushrooms from the skillet and transfer them to a plate.
• Add the remaining tablespoon of oil to the skillet. Give it a minute to heat up, then add the onion, carrots and celery.
• Cook the veggies for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until softened up a bit.
• Add the garlic to the skillet. Cook it for about 1 minute, until very fragrant.
• Return the mushrooms to the skillet and add the thyme, sage, rosemary, and sherry. Bring the liquid to a boil.
• Lower the heat and allow the sherry to simmer for about 4 minutes, until most of it has evaporated. Remove the skillet from the heat and let the mixture cool a bit while you gather the remaining ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly oil a 9-inch loaf pan.
• Transfer the mushroom mixture to the bowl of a food processor fitted with an s-blade. Add the breadcrumbs, walnuts, pecans, sunflower seeds, flaxseed, black pepper, and balsamic vinegar.
• Pulse the food processor until the ingredients are finely chopped and well mixed, stopping to scrape down the inside of the bowl as needed.
• Taste-test the mixture and season it with salt to taste.
• Transfer the mixture to the prepared loaf pan. Smooth out the top with a spoon.
• Place the pan into the oven and bake the roast for about 55 minutes. It should have darkened and firmed up when it's done. You can test it by inserting a toothpick into the center. It will come out hot when the roast is done.
• Transfer the roast to a cooling rack and let it cool in the pan for at least 15 minutes before carefully removing and slicing it.
• Transfer slices to plates. Serve alone, or topped with vegan gravy.

VEGAN NUT ROAST (GLUTEN-FREE OPTION)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a food processor, grind nuts and seeds until ground up into crumbles. Feel free to use the food processor to dice and grate other ingredients as well.
• Heat oil on non-stick pan on medium high heat and cook onion and garlic for a couple of minutes.
• Add in carrots and mushrooms and cook for another couple of minutes.
• Mix in miso paste into the vegetables. Turn heat off.
• Add all ingredients into a large mixing bowl and mix well.
• Grease a loaf pan and add the mixture into the loaf pan. If you don't have a loaf pan, simply line a baking sheet and shape your mixture into a loaf.
• Cover pan with aluminum foil and roast at 375 degrees for 40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make a glaze or gravy (your choice). If making the glaze, add glaze ingredients into a small bowl and mix well. IF making a gravy, feel free to follow this recipe here.
• After 40 minutes, take the nut roast out, remove the foil and spread half the glaze on top.
• Add back into the oven and roast for another 5 minutes, uncovered.
• Take out of the oven and spread the rest of the glaze on top. Let it cool for at least 10-15 minutes before cutting and serving.
• If serving with gravy, top each slice with some gravy when ready to serve. Enjoy!

VEGAN NUT ROAST

Steps:

• Cook the pearl barley with the stock cube according to pack instructions. Reserve 4 tbsp of the cooking stock, then drain the grains well.
• Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil, then add the parsnips, and cook until really soft. Drain well, tip back into the pan to steam dry for a few minutes, then roughly mash. Mix the ground linseeds with the reserved stock water, and leave to go gluey.
• Put 2 tbsp of the oil in your largest frying pan with the onions and garlic. Fry gently until soft and golden, then stir in the mushrooms, rosemary and sage. Fry the mushrooms until they're golden too, and any liquid that comes out has evaporated. Scrape into a big mixing bowl and set aside to cool.
• Grease a 22-24cm savarin or ring tin generously with oil. If it's not a non-stick tin, line it with thin strips of overlapping baking parchment.
• Add the mashed parsnip, cooked pearl barley, gluey seed mix, grated vegan hard cheese (if using), chopped parsley and whole hazelnuts to the fried mushroom mixture. Season generously with salt, then mix everything together really well.
• Spoon the filling into the tin, and press down firmly to fill the tin and flatten the top. Bake straight away or keep in the fridge for up to 24 hrs before baking.
• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and cover the tin with foil. Bake for 45 mins, until a skewer poked into the centre of the mixture comes out piping hot.
• Use a small palette knife or cutlery knife to release the filling all the way around, then sit a serving plate on top and flip over. Carefully lift off the tin, and top the wreath with some parsnip crisps if using and whole pumpkin seeds to serve - plus some extra rosemary sprigs if you like. Slice into wedges and enjoy.

SAVORY ROASTED NUTS

Steps:

• Toss ingredients together. Can use any kind of nuts but pecans hold flavor the best. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 300 degrees for 15 minutes.