Jamie Oliver's nut roast from his Christmas Cookbook is the ultimate vegetarian recipe to serve this Christmas. A good old faithful, nut roast has become the cliché for veggie Christmas dinners these days. So, I decided to celebrate that and share my most scrumptious take on this vegetarian classic, for all of you out there who love and adore it.
But, nevertheless, if you can trust anyone to do something excellent and cheaply, it is Jack Monroe. As well as a packet of mixed shelled nuts, her recipe calls for apple juice, cranberry sauce and some sage and onion stuffing mix. Never one for tradition, Jamie Oliver packs a punch with his nut roast.
Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4. Scrunch up a wet sheet of greaseproof paper, then use it to line all sides of an oiled 1.5 litre loaf tin, leaving a bit of overhang at the ends to help you lift out your nut roast later. Cook the quinoa according to the packet instructions, drain, tip into a mixing bowl and leave to cool.
White nut roast with artichokes. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian One possible reason nut roasts may have fallen out of vogue is how vegan-unfriendly they can be. The majority of them do, after all, contain quite large quantities of cheese. With this in mind, the Vegan Society’s recipe has a lot going for it.