Layered Cashew And Mushroom Nut Roast - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
225 g cashew nuts
110 g fresh breadcrumbs
1 egg
3 medium parsnips, cooked and mashed in a little butter
1 teaspoon fresh rosemary
1 teaspoon fresh thyme
1 teaspoon vegemite
150 ml hot water or 150 ml stock
salt & freshly ground black pepper
25 g butter
225 g mushrooms, chopped
butter, for greasing tin

Preparation

Pre-heat the oven at 180 Celsius.
Heat the oil and fry the onion and garlic until soft.
Grind the cashew nuts in a nut mill, blender or mincer until they are in small pieces. Don't go too far. You don't want them in a powder.
Mix the cashew nuts with the breadcrumbs.
Beat the egg and add to the dry ingredients.
Mix in the mashed parsnips and herbs.
Add the fried, be sure to scrape the pan so that all the juices go in as this will help keep the nut roast moist.
Dissolve the vegemite in the hot water or stock and add to the other ingredients. Season well.
Melt the butter in a frying pan and saute the chopped mushrooms until soft.
Grease a 900g loaf tin with butter and put in half the nut mixture. Cover with a layer of mushrooms and add the rest of the nut mixture.
Cover with foil and bake for one hour.
When cooked, remove from the oven and let it stand for 10 minutes before turning it out.
Serve hot or cold.