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September 3rd, 2006, 03:29 PM
Scottish 'Un'-Haggis
Category: Main Dishes - Other
Suitable for a: vegan diet
Ingredients:
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Warning** Graphic intro:
"HAGGIS is a very traditional Scottish dish consisting of a mixture of the minced heart, lungs, and liver of a sheep or calf mixed with beef fat, onions, oatmeal, and seasonings and boiled in the stomach of the slaughtered animal."
Why the HECK would I want to make something similar??? Well, I really had never cosidered it, but my sister lived in Scotland 2 years and brought back this recipe that her vegetarian friends there made all the time - they called it 'Un-Haggis' - it's really a hearty, creamy, earthy vegetarian casserole. Once I made got past the name, and tried it - I LOVED it.
So I'm posting this partly for the novelty of the name, I admit, but it IS an excellant hearty Winter casserole type main dish too.
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3/4 steelcut oats (also called irish oats or pinhead oats)
1/4 cup oatmeal (not instant)
1/4 cup small red dal-type lentils
1/4 cup pearl barley or regular barely is fine
1/4 cup green or brown lentils
1 Tb. Marmite*
1 Tablespoon Vegetarian Worchester Sauce (I can't always find this so I use soy sauce usually)
1 teaspoon each (or more to taste - I use more):
- thyme
- rosemary
- onion powder
- dried rubbed sage (I usually use fresh sage and use a lot more)
- freshly ground black pepper
1/3 cup fresh minced parsley
1-2 carrots, grated
2 cloves garlic, smushed/pressed
1 onion, minced
2 cups mushrooms, minced
1/4 (or more!) cup scotch whiskey (seriously - or beer, or 'beef' broth)
1 cup veggie (I use Boca) burger crumbles of your choice**
2 cups vegetable stock or water
1/2 lemon, juiced
Instructions:
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Put the 2 kinds lentils, barley and steel cut oats, Marmite in a saucepan and cover with water by about 1/2 inch. simmer for about 20 minutes, covered, adding more water as necessary to prevent scorching. set aside.(You will need to add more water, but just watch how much and do it carefully - you don't want a soupy broth either)
Take carrots, onion, mushrooms, parsely and garlic, whiz a few times in a food processor.
Now put cooked grains, minced vegetables, and whisky, Worchester sauce, herbs, crumbles, stock and lemon juice (and anything else I forgot) into a large bowl and mix thorougly.
Place in a covered casserole dish and bake for 40-60 minutes at 350. check every 20 minutes or so to add more water if necessary.
Serve warm with a side of mashed potatoes and gravy. Good stuff for cold winter evenings - just don't tell anyone what it's SUPPOSED to be similar to.....
Additional comments:
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* Vegemite is totally vegan. It is a 'yeast based spread' that is strong and salty almost like soy-sause...but different. It comes from the UK but you can find it in stores here. It has a very strong and salty flavor and I use it often in soups and stews where I want a beefy flavor. a little goes a long way so add it bit by bit.
Use more soy sauce, or vegan Worchester Sauce if you can't get Marmite.
**you can omit or replace burger with equivalent amount of chopped walnuts - thats the way the original recipe was written that Rachael brought me from Scotland - I can't eat walnuts though and we tried pecans, but in the end like the Boca crumbles better.
Category: Main Dishes - Other
Suitable for a: vegan diet
Ingredients:
------------------------------------------------------
Warning** Graphic intro:
"HAGGIS is a very traditional Scottish dish consisting of a mixture of the minced heart, lungs, and liver of a sheep or calf mixed with beef fat, onions, oatmeal, and seasonings and boiled in the stomach of the slaughtered animal."
Why the HECK would I want to make something similar??? Well, I really had never cosidered it, but my sister lived in Scotland 2 years and brought back this recipe that her vegetarian friends there made all the time - they called it 'Un-Haggis' - it's really a hearty, creamy, earthy vegetarian casserole. Once I made got past the name, and tried it - I LOVED it.
So I'm posting this partly for the novelty of the name, I admit, but it IS an excellant hearty Winter casserole type main dish too.
-------------
3/4 steelcut oats (also called irish oats or pinhead oats)
1/4 cup oatmeal (not instant)
1/4 cup small red dal-type lentils
1/4 cup pearl barley or regular barely is fine
1/4 cup green or brown lentils
1 Tb. Marmite*
1 Tablespoon Vegetarian Worchester Sauce (I can't always find this so I use soy sauce usually)
1 teaspoon each (or more to taste - I use more):
- thyme
- rosemary
- onion powder
- dried rubbed sage (I usually use fresh sage and use a lot more)
- freshly ground black pepper
1/3 cup fresh minced parsley
1-2 carrots, grated
2 cloves garlic, smushed/pressed
1 onion, minced
2 cups mushrooms, minced
1/4 (or more!) cup scotch whiskey (seriously - or beer, or 'beef' broth)
1 cup veggie (I use Boca) burger crumbles of your choice**
2 cups vegetable stock or water
1/2 lemon, juiced
Instructions:
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Put the 2 kinds lentils, barley and steel cut oats, Marmite in a saucepan and cover with water by about 1/2 inch. simmer for about 20 minutes, covered, adding more water as necessary to prevent scorching. set aside.(You will need to add more water, but just watch how much and do it carefully - you don't want a soupy broth either)
Take carrots, onion, mushrooms, parsely and garlic, whiz a few times in a food processor.
Now put cooked grains, minced vegetables, and whisky, Worchester sauce, herbs, crumbles, stock and lemon juice (and anything else I forgot) into a large bowl and mix thorougly.
Place in a covered casserole dish and bake for 40-60 minutes at 350. check every 20 minutes or so to add more water if necessary.
Serve warm with a side of mashed potatoes and gravy. Good stuff for cold winter evenings - just don't tell anyone what it's SUPPOSED to be similar to.....
Additional comments:
------------------------------------------------------
* Vegemite is totally vegan. It is a 'yeast based spread' that is strong and salty almost like soy-sause...but different. It comes from the UK but you can find it in stores here. It has a very strong and salty flavor and I use it often in soups and stews where I want a beefy flavor. a little goes a long way so add it bit by bit.
Use more soy sauce, or vegan Worchester Sauce if you can't get Marmite.
**you can omit or replace burger with equivalent amount of chopped walnuts - thats the way the original recipe was written that Rachael brought me from Scotland - I can't eat walnuts though and we tried pecans, but in the end like the Boca crumbles better.