This festive and healthy nut loaf is a tasty dish with plenty of gut-friendly ingredients, i.e. 6 vegetables, a combination of nuts and seeds and aromatic herbs.
Festive and Healthy nut loaf
Ingredients
- egg lightly beaten
- 300 g butternut or pumpkin boiled
- 150 g carrots boiled
- 1 brown onion chopped finely
- 3 sticks celery chopped finely
- 250 g shiitake mushrooms chopped finely
- 3 cloves garlic chopped finely
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 splash white wine
- 200 g mixed nuts (ie Brazil nuts, almonds, cashews) coarsely ground
- 180 g cooked chestnuts coarsely ground
- 175 g wholegrain breadcrumbs
- 2 tbsp dried sage or oregano
- 2 tbsp tamari or soy sauce
Instructions
- Chop and boil the butternut squash and carrots in water until tender. Then mash and season.
- In a medium pan add a little olive oil and brown the onion, garlic, celery and mushrooms. After 5min, add the wine, cover and let it cook in a medium heat for 15min or until the mixture is reduced to a half. Then add the tomato puree and season to taste.
- Ground the nuts and chestnuts
- Make your own breadcrumbs by chopping coarsely your wholegrain bread
- Lightly beat the egg
Combine
- The mashed vegetable mix with the mushroom mix, mixed nuts, breadcrumbs, tamari and herbs. Season to taste.
- Butter a non-stick ring cake tin. Add the ingredients and place in the oven for 1 hour at 180 degrees.
Notes
This tasty shiitake, veg and nut loaf is full of nutrition. Easy to make, it will feed a crow and it is best served with some salad.
