Tara's Xmas Vegan Nut Roast
 
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Discover a gorgeous vegan nut roast recipe to serve as a Christmas dinner alternative to meat. Ready in 60 minutes!
Recipe type: Vegan
Cuisine: European
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
  • 3 Tbsp olive oil
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 1 tsp dried sage
  • 2 Tbsp plain flour
  • ½ cup soy milk or unsweetened almond milk (can substitute for water)
  • 2 cups unsalted/uncooked cashew nuts (can substitute 1 cup of cashews with unsalted/uncooked peanuts)
  • 1⅓ cups fresh breadcrumbs (you can make these in your food processor from bread)
  • juice of ½ lemon
  • salt, for seasoning
  • pepper, for seasoning
  • For the stuffing:
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 tsp dried sage
  • 1 tsp thyme
  • 1 tsp fresh parsley (optional)
  • ½ tsp rosemary
  • 1½ cups fresh breadcrumbs (you can make these in your food processor from bread)
  • 3 heaped Tbsp cranberry sauce
Instructions
  1. Sauté onions and garlic in a little oil.
  2. Add the sage, thyme and flour and stir for 1-2 minutes.
  3. Add soy milk or unsweetened almond milk and stir until it has thickened.
  4. Remove from the heat and add the crushed nuts, breadcrumbs, lemon, salt and pepper. Season well!
  5. Layout on baking paper approx. 2 cm thick in a rectangular shape.
  6. Now make the stuffing by Sautéing the onion in olive oil until soft.
  7. Add the herbs, breadcrumbs and enough cranberry sauce to bind. Don't scrimp on the cranberry sauce!
  8. Lay the stuffing on top of the nut mix and roll the nut layer around the stuffing to form a roll with stuffing inside.
  9. Season well with salt and pepper.
  10. Wrap tightly into a log shape with baking paper and twist the baking paper at each end.
  11. Bake at 180-200°C for 35-40 minutes.
  12. Stand for 10 minutes before cutting to avoid it falling apart.
  13. Slice and serve.
Recipe by Pineapple Pineapple at http://pineapplepineapple.co.nz/taras-vegan-nut-roast/