Luxury five nut roast
- Prep time:
- 15 mins
- Cook time:
- 45 mins
- Serves:
- 4
Vegetarians get a five-star Christmas main dish with this special five-nut treat
Ingredients
- 250g mixed nuts, (walnuts, hazelnuts, sesame seeds, almonds, cashews)
- 100 g Shallots, (about 4 small or 0.5 banana shallot), finely chopped
- 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
- 1 Eggs, beaten
- 100g Gruyère cheese, or mature cheddar cheese, grated
- 0.5 tsp dried Thyme
- 0.5 tsp dried Sage
- 0.5 tsp dried Mint
- 1 tbsp Parsley, finely chopped
- 1 tsp Marmite, or other yeast extract blended with 1 tsp boiling water
- 1 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 pinch black pepper
- 1 cube Butter, for greasing tin
Method
1. Place the nuts in a dry frying pan over a moderate flame. Toast, stirring gently, until golden and fragrant, taking care not to burn. Remove to a bowl and leave to cool.
2. Whizz in a food processor until thoroughly ground.
3. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4. Generously grease a loaf tin with butter.
4. In a large bowl, combine the ground nuts with all remaining ingredients. Mix very thoroughly.
5. Scoop the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until firm and golden. Cool slightly, then turn out.









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Latest Comment
have you tried Gmarmite?
Marmite? I live in Gturkey any ideas of a substitute????