Showing posts with label baking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baking. Show all posts

Friday, April 20, 2018

Shepherds Pie (vegan)

ingredients 

For the filling:
Beyond meat crumbs (you can use alternatives)
Swiss brown mushroom 
1 red onion
4 cloves garlic
1 carrot
1 small zucchini 
Tomato paste
Mustard
Basil
Rosemary
Black pepper 
Sea salt
Coconut aminos (or vegan worcestershire sauce)
Olive oil

Mash:
8 potatoes
Vegan butter (e.g. nuttelex)
Black pepper
Sea salt

Preparation

First peel the potatoes and cut them in cubes. Boil in water for about 20 minutes till they are soft.
After they finished cooking, drain the water and mash them up with the butter and seasoning. 
While the potatoes are cooking you can start on the filling.
Clean and cut the vegetables. Carrot and zucchini into cubes.
Sautée the garlic and onion in olive oil, then add the mock mince meat. 
Add the mushrooms and carrot, and the zucchini last.
Add the seasoning, tomato paste and a bit of water (not too much).
Let it simmer for a while till the carrots are soft. 
Prepare an oven dish (or individual small dishes) and add the filling at the bottom of the dish. Add the mash on top. Make sure the mash fully covers the filling. Make the surface rough with a fork. 
Put in preheated oven at 190C for 20 minutes. Serve while hot! 

Note: 
You can make variants to this based on what you have in the fridge. I made this with leftovers and my usual staples. 

used this as the base


cooking of the ingredients

the filling is ready

filling up the oven dishes - filling at the bottom, mash on top

roughed up the mash with a fork - before putting it in the oven



finished baking! 

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Spiced pumpkin muffins (vegan & glutenfree)

fitting with the season, I decided to make muffins with speculaas spices - enough to fill a tray of 12 muffin forms.

ingredients

175g self raising gluten free flour
1 tablespoon speculaas spices (see below for the contents)
75g brown sugar (I used gula merah /gula melaka / jaggery - which is a palm sugar)
pinch of salt
1 cup pumpkin puree (fresh is the best, but you could use a can too)
100ml almond milk (unsweetened) - or use soy milk or other vegan milk
50ml coconut oil
walnuts (optional)

preparation

Preheat the oven to 205C.
Mix the flour with the spices and sugar, and taste the mixture to check if the balance is right (the above ingredients are estimates, I use my feeling and taste). 
In a separate bowl, mix the pumpkin with the coconut oil and half of the almond milk till you get a smooth mixture. 
Slowly fold in the wet mixture to the flour mixture and mix it well together. 
After the wet mixture is folded into the flour mixture, slowly add more almond milk and keep mixing till you have a nice smooth batter. It should not be runny, but the flour should be mixed well. 
Add chopped up walnuts to the batter if you like. 
Scoop the batter into the muffin tray and fill the muffin cups till 2/3.
Place in the oven and bake for 18-20 minutes. 
Let it rest for a few minutes and take it out. 

serving suggestion

serve with whipped vegan coconut cream. Recipe here: http://petiteallergytreats.com/homemade-coconut-whipped-cream-dairy/

speculaas spice mix


8 parts cinnamon
2 parts nutmeg
2 parts clove (ground)
1 part ginger powder
1 part cardamom
1 part white pepper
1 part anise seed
1 part coriander seed

mix the spices till you have a fine powder mixture.