Mushroom Nut Loaf - serves 6-8
Ingredients:
1/2 chopped red pepper
½ cup chopped bulb fresh fennel
2 8 oz. packages baby portobello mushrooms chopped
1 8 oz packages white mushrooms
2 TBSPN Earth Balance (olive oil blend)or butter
1 TBSN olive oil
¼ teaspoon organic asafoetida
1 ½ cup walnuts
1 cup pecans
¼ cup cottage cheese
1 teasp. Salt
2 tablespoons Ener G egg replacer
1 handful flat chopped parsley
2 TBSN marjoram
1 teaspoon fresh thyme
Sea salt and Pepper to taste
1 ½ cups whole wheat breadcrumbs or tortilla crumbs
½ cup brown rice or Quinoa
Directions:
1/2 chopped red pepper
½ cup chopped bulb fresh fennel
2 8 oz. packages baby portobello mushrooms chopped
1 8 oz packages white mushrooms
2 TBSPN Earth Balance (olive oil blend)or butter
1 TBSN olive oil
¼ teaspoon organic asafoetida
1 ½ cup walnuts
1 cup pecans
¼ cup cottage cheese
1 teasp. Salt
2 tablespoons Ener G egg replacer
1 handful flat chopped parsley
2 TBSN marjoram
1 teaspoon fresh thyme
Sea salt and Pepper to taste
1 ½ cups whole wheat breadcrumbs or tortilla crumbs
½ cup brown rice or Quinoa
Directions:
- Place all nuts on baking sheet at 325 degree oven until lightly browned and fragrant, about 12 minutes – be careful and keep an eye on them to prevent them from burning. Let cool and chop in food processor course grind. Set aside
- Slice mushrooms in half and pulse in food processor to a course grind.
- Set oven heat to 350 degrees.
- Melt butter, olive oil and asafoetida in sauté pan over medium heat. Add fennel, pepper and mushrooms.
- Mix mushroom mixture and remaining ingredients with herbs in large bowl. Mix mixture with hands.If mixture looks too wet add no more than 1/4 cup breadcrumbs.
- Butter loaf pan and line bottom with parchment paper. Butter again over the parchment paper. Pour mixture into prepared pan and top with homemade ketchup recipe or you can omit the ketchup completely. Bake until golden brown and firm to the touch, about 1 hour. Let cool in loaf pan for about 20 minutes then grab the ends of the parchment paper and lift the loaf to remove from pan. Garnish with parsley.
