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Seasonal: Winter Recipes

Midwinter Roast

A big thank you to Cauldron Foods for thelr continuing support of the Cookery School. Their generous supply of Tofu is much appreciated. And for those of you for whom Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a nut roast, here's a delicious, nutritious example using tofu.


Ingredients

1 x 285g pkt Cauldron original tofu
6oz/175g onion, very finely chopped
1oz/25g butter
3 vegetable stock cubes
3oz/75g pine kernels
9oz/250g cashew nuts, finely ground
2 free-range eggs, beaten
½tsp white pepper
1tsp dried thyme

Sauce:

3oz/75g each of onion, carrot and leek, chopped
1oz/25g butter
½pt/300ml water
½pt/300ml tomato juice
4tbsp/60ml red wine
1 bay leaf and a pinch of thyme
1tbsp/15ml brown rice miso
freshly ground black pepper

Method

1. Drain tofu on kitchen paper and grate coarsely line a 1½ pint loaf tin with baking parchment.

2. Cook onion gently in butter until soft. Crumble in stock cubes, little by little. Mix well.

3. Fold onions, grated tofu and all other ingredients together. Transfer to prepared tin.

4. Bake at 170°C/325°F/Gas Mark 3 for approx 1¼ hours. Test with a skewer which should come out clean. Turn out and slice carefully, using a sharp, serrated knife.

5. Cook all the vegetables for the sauce in butter until soft and browned.
Add water, tomato juice, red wine and herbs. Simmer uncovered, for 30 minutes, then liquidise. Season with pepper and miso.


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Other recipes in this series:
Midwinter Roast
from The Vegetarian various winter issues
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