Name: Spinach and cashew nut roast recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves: 4
Ingredients: 200g fresh spinach leaves; 275g roasted cashew nuts; 1 white onion (finely chopped); 2 carrots (grated); 200g tinned tomatoes, drained and chopped; 1 free-range egg, beaten; 1 tsp chilli flakes; 25g chopped parsley; 1 garlic clove (crushed); coconut oil

By GoodtoKnow

published 30 March 2014

in Recipes

The perfect vegetarian dinner party dish. Its nutty, crunchy and full of essential fatty acids to help your skin glow. This recipe serves 4 people and takes 1 hour to whip up. This nut roast is well worth the wait.

Ingredients

200g fresh spinach leaves
275g roasted cashew nuts
1 white onion (finely chopped)
2 carrots (grated)
200g tinned tomatoes, drained and chopped
1 free-range egg, beaten
1 tsp chilli flakes
25g chopped parsley
1 garlic clove (crushed)
coconut oil

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Method

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas mark 4.
Chop up the spinach finely.
Place the spinach, cashews, garlic and chilli in the food processor and blitz for one minute.
Tip this into a bowl with the tomatoes, carrot, onion, egg, parsley, salt and pepper. mix well.
Grease a loaf with coconut oil or butter.
Pour the mixture in and cook for 50 minutes.
Take it out and serve with some fresh olive oil, salt and more chopped cashews

Top Tip for making Spinach and cashew nut roast

This dish goes perfectly with a mushroom sauce or lovely onion gravy.

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