This scrumptious vegan nut roast recipe makes a hearty vegetarian primary course for the vacation season and an excellent different to lentil loaf.

Options

• Vegan, gluten-free and oil-free.
• Superb vegetarian primary dish for Christmas dinner.
• Prime with balsamic tomato glaze or cranberry sauce.
• Will be made prematurely.
• Freezer-friendly.
• “Meaty” texture and flavour.
• Straightforward to make with minimal prep time.

Ingredient Notes

• Floor Flax: Be sure to use floor flax seed, not entire flax seeds. This acts as an egg for binding, don’t omit. I don’t advocate substituting chia eggs.
• Onion: You should use white or yellow onion.
• Mushroom: Provides umami, meaty taste. They don’t overpower it with mushroom taste they usually’re finely chopped so that you don’t actually discover them within the closing dish. For those who’re not a mushroom fan, I nonetheless assume you’ll benefit from the recipe.
• Dried Herbs: The recipe requires sage, thyme, rosemary, oregano, cumin and optionally available cayenne. For those who’re lacking a type of, that’s okay however use all of them in case you have them. You may substitute 2-3 tbsp contemporary herbs for dried.
• Soy Sauce: Use gentle soy sauce or for a gluten-free possibility, gluten-free tamari or coconut aminos.
• Tomato Paste: You may substitute tomato sauce or ketchup.
• Oats: You should use rolled oats or fast oats.
• Nuts: A mixture of walnuts and pecans is usually recommended however any combine of two cups comparable to walnut, pecan, cashew, sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds works. I discovered almonds to onerous on this recipe.
• Brown Rice: You’ll want 1 cup cooked short-grain brown rice.

Please see the recipe card on the finish of the submit for the whole ingredient listing with measurements and detailed directions.

Step-by-Step Directions

Earlier than You Begin: For those who don’t have brown rice ready, begin cooking that now as it might want as much as 45 minutes or perhaps a little longer as barely over-cooked is definitely preferable. I like to recommend making the rice the day earlier than and storing in a single day within the fridge.

Whenever you’re able to proceed, preheat the oven to 350 F and line a standard-sized loaf pan with parchment paper so it stands proud properly over the edges. You’ll want this to carry the loaf out as soon as baked.

Step 1. Combine the floor flax and water and put aside for a couple of minutes.

Step 2. Get all of the veggies chopped up and add them to a big pot on the stovetop with both 2 tbsp of olive oil or vegan butter. You should use water or vegetable broth to cook dinner for an oil-free recipe.

Take the time to correctly dicing the veggies into small items, you don’t need massive chunks within the closing loaf.

Prepare dinner the veggies for 5-6 minutes over medium warmth, then stir within the herbs and cook dinner for an additional couple of minutes. Stir within the tomato paste and tamari and switch off the warmth.

Fast Notice: Whereas I normally cook dinner oil-free, I like olive oil or butter right here to essentially deliver out the flavours. For oil-free, it’s completely superb to make use of water or broth.

Step 4. Whereas the veggies are cooking, add the oats and nuts to a meals processor and mix right into a grainy consistency.

Add the rice and flax eggs and pulse briefly to mix. You don’t wish to completely pulverize it. Is must be properly mixed however not too superb and undoubtedly not mushy.

Step 5. Dump the contents of the meals processor into the pot with the cooked veggies. Spend a couple of minutes mixing all of it up till it’s very properly mixed.

For those who don’t have a big sufficient pot, switch all the pieces to a big bowl and blend.

Step 6. Scoop the nut roast combination into the put together loaf pan and spend a couple of minutes actually urgent it down into the pan with a spatula or the again of a spoon.

Prime together with your selection of glaze, spreading into a fair layer with the again of a spoon. The roast might be topped with both a tomato or cranberry glaze. I really like the cranberry glaze for holidays however I exploit the tomato glaze some other time of yr.

• Cranberry Glaze: Use 1/2 cup of entire berry cranberry sauce or my fast and simple selfmade cranberry sauce.
• Tomato Glaze: Combine 1/2 cup ketchup or tomato sauce with 2 tbsp of maple syrup and 1 tbsp of apple cider or balsamic vinegar.

Bake the loaf for 60 minutes. Let the loaf cool within the pan for 10 minutes then carry out and onto a cooling rack for no less than one other half-hour earlier than slicing. It’s also possible to go away it within the pan till utterly cooled in the event you gained’t be slicing it straight away. It may be reheated within the pan.

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