Vegetarian Christmas

papworth

I'm 25 years a veggie. I recommend Rose Elliot's book 'a Vegetarian Christmas' We have often had the mushroom and tomato and cashew nut streudel and it is lovely.

This year we are having mushroom, stilton and chestnut pies with puff pastry on the top served with the usual roasties, carrots, parsnips creamed leeks plus veggie sausages wrapped with veggie bacon and roasted. Yum!

Buffy_the_Vampire_Bat

Lstclair55 wrote: »

A suggestion is:

Filo pastry, spinach and brie.

You get a portion of brie, wrap it in spinach, add some pepper, wrap the filo pastry round it, brushing it with butter.

Cook it for 20 - 30 minutes

Yum! A variation on this is to substitute the spinach for some red onion finely sliced and fried...although obviously you wouldn't wrap the cheese in the onion, you'd sort of dollop it all on the pastry and wrap up

Penry

papworth wrote: »

.This year we are having mushroom, stilton and chestnut pies with puff pastry on the top served with the usual roasties, carrots, parsnips creamed leeks plus veggie sausages wrapped with veggie bacon and roasted. Yum!

That sounds great - i'm vegetarian and this year will be cooking for 2 ex-veggies as well, so want it to be good. I will be doing something in puff pastry but haven't decided what yet.

Papworth - I fancy the "not pigs in blankets" thing - what kind of veggie sausage and bacon do you find works best for this? Thanks

PasturesNew

My sister was vegetarian for years and every year made a nut roast from fresh ingredients on the day. But, we weren't allowed meat/turkey and had to have the nut roast only (even though it wasn't her house!)

It was gorgeous. Seemed to have in it: ground up cashews, lemon juice, breadcrumbs, chestnuts, onions, parsley. And she always served it with a red wine and onion sauce, which was made with big chunks of onion.

Remember, if you're a veggie: the turkey is only ONE part of the meal. Xmas dinner is so large, you could just do the traditional meal without it. Pile it high and you won't notice there's no turkey!

brazilianwax

I haven't touched a nut roast since discovering this:

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/cheese-and-parsnip-roulade-with-sage-and-onion-stuffing,894,RC.html

It's grown out of control. Even my carnivorous sister demands it. :rolleyes:

I used to make 1 to eat and one to freeze. This year I'm making 4 :eek:

Does take a while, but it's manna from heaven for me. :drool:

brazilianwax

Atomised wrote: »

That looks divine! I want to buy her vegetarian cook book asap.

It is.

(**whispers** one of the four I'm making is going in the freezer cos I can't wait a whole year to have it!!!)

Ex_Ostrich

I'd recommend Sarah Brown's Layered Cashew and Mushroom roast which I've enjoyed at Christmas. However, there were some great alternatives on the BBC Food Message Boards (there's a specific Veggie one) which I think I'll try this year.

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Good luck and enjoy!

Benny24

I was veggie for 7 years, going through the school/student thing, but I now eat chicken, and can't seem to live without bacon butties......I was hungover one morning, don't shout at me!

Anyhow I know nut roast is percieved as the 'only' thing veggies can have for roasts, but I have to say the recipe for both nut roast and lentil roast from No Meat For Me Please by Jan Arkless, toegther with the recipe for red wine wine gravy, is absolutely divine.

We still have it toegther with the turkey!

I don't think I can post recipes here from books can I? And I don't think it's on line anywhere.........

Suppose if you want it you'll have to PM me!

molly_mandy_2

Another great way to do the quorn roast. Half cook it. Then make cuts downwards and insert tomato slices or whatever you like. Then smother the whole roast in creamy mashed potato. Make peaks with a fork (a bit like baked alaska), and you have your very own snowy log. Make sure the potato gets nicely browned with crispy peaks by sprikling with tiny knobs of butter. Serve with all the normal christmas veggies. Enjoy ........

You can also make individual portions rather than one long log

Wizwoo

I mentioned this last year...it's the best (as also mentioned by Ex_Ostrich)

Wizwoo wrote: »

You know what I always try to do something different ...but I love nut roast. My favourite is from the Sarah Brown Vegetarian Cookbook that I've had for years. Someone was looking for the recipe on the delia forum:
http://www.deliaonline.com/messageboard/7/31533/thread.html
It's lovely.
This is great to freeze too. Easy to slice upa nd then take out of the freezer slice by slice as and when needed! :j

I usually have it with a mushroom and sherry sauce that she does too:
1 oz butter
8oz mushrroms quartered
1 tablesp sherry
4 teaspoons flour
1 pint strong veg stock
salt & pepper
Melt the butter, add the mushrooms and sherry. Cover & cook for 2 - 3 minutes (high heat). Uncover and cook until liquid evapourates stirring constantly. Reduce heat add the flour & cook for 5 - 6 mins stirring all the time. Add the stock a little at a time stirring to prevent lumps. Simmer 3 - 5 mins & season. Allow to cool slightly, liquidise until smooth (although I quite like it without liquidising ).

This year I'm doing a flan type thing with a puff pastry case, layer of creme fraiche, topped with some caramelised onion and roast veggies (some my other half doesn't like!!!) Yummy!!!