What's your favourite Christmas dish?

by Fresh Box November 18, 2020

Hi,

What's your favourite Christmas Dish?

I always go to Ashley Jubinville's Buckwheat Neat-Loaf recipe for Christmas dinner. It's divine, Plant Based, Gluten Free and good for you too.

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Buckwheat Neatloaf
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Servings: 5-6

Complete Recipe Here

Ingredients
1 Cup 200 g Buckwheat groats, soaked**
½ Cup 110 g Lentils, small french Puy recommended, soaked**
2 Cups 500 g Broth or Water
3 stalks 200 g Celery
1 Lg. 100 g Carrot
1 med. 150 g Onion
2 Lg. 25 g Garlic
5 Lg. 200 g Mushrooms
¾ Cup 90 g Walnuts (or sunflower seeds)
1 ½ Tbsp 25 g Vegan Broth,
1 ¼ tsp 12 g Salt
1 tsp 2 g Sage, dried powder
1 ½ tsp 5 g Rosemary
1 tsp 2 g Thyme
½ Cup 45 g Flaxseed flaxmeal
1 ½ Cup 260 g Polenta
**Soak the buckwheat and lentils for 12hrs in clean water before cooking, wherever possible. It will not only improve the available nutrition but it will be much friendlier on your digestion too.
SAUCE
½ Cup 150 g Plum jam (least sugar content)
3 Tbsp 60 g Tomato paste, plain
2 Tbsp 30 g BBQ Coconut aminos or BBQ sauce
2 tsp 10 g Apple cider vinegar
½ tsp 3 g Hot sauce, optional

Method
Drain the soaked buckwheat and lentils and add them to a saucepan with the 2 Cups of broth or water (if un-soaked, use 2 ½ Cups broth or water).
Bring to a boil, then reduce to heat level 2-3 and leave the lid on to finish absorbing for approx. 30 min.
This step can be done the day before if easier, refrigerate.
If baking the loaves straight away, pre-heat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
In a food processor, roughly process the celery, carrot and onion to a minced texture, without turning it into soppy mush.
Transfer this into a large mixing bowl.
Then process the garlic, mushrooms, walnuts, miso, salt, and herbs to a similar consistency. Transfer into the mixing bowl.
Process ½ of the buckwheat and lentil mixture until smooth and sticky.
Add all the buckwheat & lentil mixture, flaxmeal and polenta to the mixing bowl of veggies.
Mix and 'massage' with your hands until it is evenly combined.
Line 2 loaf pans or mini-individual loaf containers with baking paper (unless silicone).
Firmly pack the loaf mixture evenly into the .....

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