Vegetable and Nut Roast

What happens when you're having a dinner party and preparing a succulent roast chicken and one guest is a vegetarian? Sure, they can eat the roast vegetables, not a problem. But what else are you going to serve them as a main? Well here's a very quick and simple roast you can create from nuts and a few vegetables. It takes around 5 minutes to prepare and 45 minutes roasting in the oven. Just think meat loaf for a vegetarian and you're on the right track. You can slice and serve it as a side dish or as a main for the vegetarian present.

Ingredients:

• 200 grams of unsalted mixed nuts
• 2 x eggs
• 2 x dessert spoons of dried mixed herbs
• 1 x stick of celery
• 4 x stems of shallots
• 4 x dried dates
• 1 x carrot
• 1 x onion
• 1 x teaspoon of Aussie Mite (Gluten free version of Vegemite)
• 2 x dessert spoons of gluten free bread crumbs (enough to dust a loaf tin).
• Salt & Pepper to taste

Method:

• Place all the ingredients in your food processor.
• Blend for about 1 minute until well mixed, but still course.
• Line a small loaf tin with Canola oil spray and baking paper.
• Spray the paper again with canola oil spray and dust with a couple of spoons of gluten free bread crumbs.
• Pour your mix into the loaf tin and smooth off the top (try and pull it up from the sides to create a slight dome). Then pop it in the oven, 200 degrees Celsius for between 45 minutes to 1 hour (until the loaf sets and browns to create a hard outer crust).
• When it's done, remove it from the loaf tin by pulling up the baking paper. Allow it to stand and cool for 5 minutes before slicing.
• That's it! It's incredibly quick to prepare and cooks in about the same amount of time as a normal roast.

Reference:

• Inspired by this Ninemsn Recipe