Vegetarian Christmas roast

Vegetarian Christmas roast

Always fancied making a nut roast for Christmas? Your time and recipe has come. This vegetarian nut roast is easy to make, and you can freeze it, too.

Vegetarian Christmas roast

  • Serves icon Serves 6
  • Time icon Takes 1½ hours to make, 50 minutes to 1 hour in the oven

Always fancied making a nut roast for Christmas? Your time and recipe has come. This vegetarian nut roast is easy to make, and you can freeze it, too.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
300kcals
Fat
18.5g (8.5g saturated)
Protein
13.8g
Carbohydrates
19.2g (4.7g sugar)
Salt
1g

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 green pepper, very finely chopped
  • 1 leek, very finely chopped
  • 1 carrot, very finely chopped
  • 1 onion, very finely chopped
  • 1 celery stick, very finely chopped
  • 300g field mushrooms, very finely diced
  • 1 large egg, lightly beaten
  • 200g vegetarian Cheddar, grated
  • 110g dried breadcrumbs
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Method

  1. If you are making veggie gravy, keep all the trimmings from the vegetables. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas 4. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the pepper, leek, carrot, onion and celery and cook, stirring, for 8-10 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes; if they produce lots of juices, cook them out. Transfer to a large bowl.
  2. Fold in the egg, 150g of the cheese and 100g of the breadcrumbs. Mix well and season. Transfer to a greased, base lined 28.5cm x 13cm x 6cm deep loaf tin. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and breadcrumbs.
  3. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, until set and the top is golden. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out, slice and serve with gravy.

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
300kcals
Fat
18.5g (8.5g saturated)
Protein
13.8g
Carbohydrates
19.2g (4.7g sugar)
Salt
1g

delicious. tips

  1. To freeze: Bake the roast and cool in the tin. Turn out, wrap in foil and freeze for up to 1 month. Defrost in the fridge overnight and reheat in the oven at 190°C/fan 170°C/gas 5 for 45 minutes, until piping hot throughout.

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  1. Has anyone tried this with goats cheese? I am considering trying this with goats cheese, red pepper and red onion and would be interested to know if anyone has tried this or a similar variation.

  2. This is really delicious. I made it for myself, as the only vegetarian in my family, and everybody wanted some with their dinner, so I only got a thin slice – lol! I’ve made it several times since though and it always turns out perfect.

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