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Vegetarian haggis recipe

Vegetarian haggis recipe

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We've given classic Scottish haggis a vegetarian twist with this gorgeous lentil, barley, parsnip and mushroom packed meat-free bake. Serving with neeps and tatties and a rich mushroom gravy tops off this traditional Burns Night main perfectly. See method

  • Serves 8
  • 10 mins to prepare and 1 hr 20 mins to cook
  • 168 calories / serving
  • Healthy
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 60g green or Puy lentils
  • 60g pearl barley
  • 1 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil
  • 25g butter
  • 2 large shallots, finely diced
  • 200g parsnips, peeled and grated
  • ¼ tsp mixed spice
  • ¼ tsp ground allspice
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon
  • 125g Portobello flat mushrooms, finely diced
  • 100g whole ready-to-use chestnuts, chopped
  • 75g oats
  • 1 vegetable stock cube, made up to 450ml
If you don't have any pears, try using apples

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    710kj
    168kcal     8%

  • Fat

    6g 8%

  • Saturates

    2g 11%

  • Sugars

    3g 3%

  • Salt

    0.8g 13%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 25.5g Protein 4.7g Fibre 4.5g

Method

  1. Boil the lentils and barley in the same pan for about 30 mins or until both are tender but still have a little bite. Drain and set aside.
  2. Heat the oil and butter in a large oven-proof (preferably cast-iron) pan and add the shallots. Cook for 5 mins until soft and add the grated parsnips and the spices. Turn up the heat a little and cook, stirring from time to time, until they start turning golden.
  3. Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C. Add the mushrooms to the shallots and parsnips and cook for about 5 mins. Then add the chestnuts, oats, barley and lentils.
  4. Add the vegetable stock, season well with salt and pepper (haggis should be peppery) and cook until the mixture is thick and almost all of the liquid is gone. Put the mixture in a 2ltr loaf tin and cook in the oven for 30 mins. Serve with some mushroom gravy and neeps and tatties.

Tip: You can substitute Puy lentils with green split peas – but you'd have to soak these for a couple of hours before boiling.

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