Suitable for vegetarians
Serve as a main for vegetarians and as a substitute for stuffing with meat dishes
Serves 8
Ready in 1 hour, 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 medium-sized red onion, finely chopped
- 1tbsp olive oil
- 100g brazil nuts
- 150g raw cashew nuts
- 100g walnuts
- 150g ground almonds
- 250g carrots, grated
- 2tbsp chopped fresh thyme, or 2tsp dried thyme
- 6tbsp red wine
- 1tbsp tomato purée
- 1tbsp Asda Yeast Extract
- 2 large free-range eggs
- roast carrots, parsnips and flat-leaf parsley to serve.
Method
1 Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Line a loaf tin with baking paper. Cook the onion in the oil until soft.
2 Grind the brazil and cashew nuts in a processor, blender or coffee grinder until very fine. Roughly chop the walnuts by hand. Put all nuts, including the ground almonds, in a bowl with the onion, carrots and thyme.
3 Whisk the wine, tomato purée and yeast extract together. Add to the nuts and season. Beat the eggs and add in, mixing well.
4 Put the mixture in the loaf tin and level the top. Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes, then remove foil and cook for another 10-15 minutes. Leave for 15 minutes before removing from the tin and slicing.