Nut Roast

Ingredients for  6  Servings

• 300g

  Mixed nuts, such as almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, pecans or Brazil nuts
• 1

  Vegan 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 prepared weight)
• 2

  Carrots, coarsely grated (around 150g prepared weight)
• 2

  Garlic cloves, crushed
• 4 tbsp

  Cashew butter
• 180g

  Cooked chestnuts, broken into small pieces
• 75g

  Dried cranberries
• 20g

  Fresh parsley, finely chopped
• 1

  Lemon, finely grated zest only
• 4 tbsp

  Milk alternative, such as soya or almond
• 1 tsp

  Salt
• -

  Freshly ground black pepper

Approximate Times

• Preparation :

  Less than 30 minutes
• Cooking :

  30 minutes to 1 hour

Method

1. 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.
2. Preheat the oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Lightly oil then line the base of a 900g loaf tin with baking paper.
3. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and gently fry the onion, celery, leek and carrots for 5 minutes, or until softened, stirring regularly. Add the garlic and cook for a few seconds more.
4. Tip into a mixing bowl and stir in the cashew nut butter. Add the chopped nuts, chestnuts, cranberries, parsley, lemon zest, soya or almond milk and salt. Season with lots of ground black pepper and stir until thoroughly mixed.
5. 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.
6. 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.