This a my version of a nut roast. Not only for serving with roast potatoes and veggies, but can be served with spicy chutney and a salad like a ploughman’s.
Pre heat the oven to 180C.
Finely chop the chestnuts, pecans, onions, beans, mushrooms
Add them and the spices together with the milled flaxseed in a large frying pan or wok and with a cup of water and stir and cook to reduce down.
After 10 mins the mixture will have reduced.
Add the Soy sauce and stir it in.
Remove from the heat and pack the mixture into a 2 lb loaf tin.
Scatter sesame seeds over the top of the mixture and place in the oven for 20 mins.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly before removing from the tin and serving in thick slices.
Either serve as part of a roast meal or let it cool and serve with a salad and a spicy chutney,
ingredients 
black beans 
roughly chop the beans 
put everything with the spices into a pan and fry a with a cup of water and reduce 
after 10 mins it will be reduced add the soy sauce 
pack it into a loaf tin 
cover with sesame seeds and bake in the oven for 20 mins 
allow to cool slightly in the tin and then turn out 
cut into pieces and serve 
serve with salad or as a part of a roast
Nut Roast
Ingredients
- 180 g cooked roasted chestnuts
- 80 g pecans
- 300 g chestnut mushrooms
- 2 red onions
- 2 tbsp milled flaxseeds
- 1 tbsp rosemary
- 1 tbsp cajun spices
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 240 g black beans
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds
Method
- Pre heat the oven to 180C
- Finely chop the chestnuts, pecans, onions, beans, mushrooms add to the large frying pan
- Add the spices together with the milled flaxseed to the frying pan with a cup of water and stir and then cook to a medium heat to reduce. Stirring to stop it sticking to the bottom.
- After 10 mins the mixture will have reduced. Add the Soy sauce and stir it in.
- Remove from the heat and pack the mixture into a 2 lb loaf tin.
- Scatter sesame seeds over the top of the mixture and place in the oven for 20 mins.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly before removing from the tin and serving in thick slices.
- Can be served with a roast or let cool and serve it with a spicy chutney and toast
Notes
Nutrition
(All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more).