Nutrition Recipes
Festive fare
Christmas will forever be associated with turkey and Brussels sprouts. But this year, why not treat your family to a meat-free festive feast?
Vegan chestnut and beetroot Wellingtons
Makes 6 individual Wellingtons
Ingredients: 2 raw beetroot, peeled and cut into 1cm chunks 100g whole cooked chestnuts, roughly chopped ½ butternut squash, peeled and cut into 1cm chunks 1 red onion cut into wedges 4 cloves garlic unpeeled 6tbsp olive oil 1tbsp thyme leaves, plus extra to finish 1tbsp sumac, plus extra to finish (you can buy this lemony Middle Eastern spice in some supermarkets, or alternatively use lemon juice or lemon zest) 250g cooked puy (brown) lentils 2 x 320g ready-rolled puff pastry (most brands are suitable for vegans) 2tbsp almond milk
For the pesto: 100g watercress 50g pine nuts, lightly toasted Juice of half a lemon
Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 190°C. Place the beetroot, squash, onion and garlic in a roasting tin with 2tbsp olive oil. Scatter over the sumac/lemon juice/zest and thyme and some salt and pepper, and toss until the vegetables are well coated.
2. Roast for 45 minutes or until the vegetables are tender. Remove the garlic cloves and squeeze out the insides. Add half back to the tray along with the lentils and chopped
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chestnuts. Mix thoroughly then leave to cool completely.
3. While the mixture is cooling, make the pesto. Place the rest of the garlic, lemon juice, watercress, olive oil and pine nuts into a food processor and blend into a thick pesto. Taste and adjust seasoning.
4. Place the sheets of puff pastry onto a lightly floured surface. Cut each sheet into three to create six sections for the six individual Wellingtons. Spread the pesto on one half of each piece of pastry, leaving the other half free of filling so that you can fold it over the top later. Make sure you leave a gap all around the edge of the pastry so that you can stick the edges together.
5. Divide the roasted veg mix between the six pieces, placing on top of the pesto. Brush all the way round the edges of each piece of pastry with almond milk, then fold the plain half of
the pastry over the filling. Use a fork to crimp around the edges and seal in the filling, ensuring that no air is trapped inside. Once the edges are crimped, use a sharp knife to trim them back into a neat rectangle shape. Poke a small hole in the top of each Wellington to allow any steam to escape during cooking.
6. Place the six individual Wellingtons on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper, cover with cling film and chill for at least one hour or preferably overnight.
7. Preheat the oven to 190C. Brush the top of each Wellington with a little more almond milk and sprinkle with sumac/lemon juice/zest. Bake for 30 minutes or until piping hot and crisp and golden on the outside. Scatter over some thyme leaves and sea salt, and serve with the watercress pesto
Recipe by
www.watercress.co.uk.
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