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Vegetarian Haggis

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Preparation time: 3 hours, 30 minutes

Cooking time: 1 hours

Serves: 4

Scale to servings

Adapted from: BBC Good Food

It makes a big difference to the final texture (properly crumbly vs soggy mess) as to whether the greaseproof paper and muslin wrap leak while boiling. Keep it roughly circular rather than a long cylinder, and don't twist the ends before tying them as this makes them looser.

Ingredients
  • 1 large onion
  • 1 carrot
  • 250 g mushrooms
  • 25 g sunflower seeds
  • 1½ tsp ground coriander
  • 1½ tsp nutmeg
  • 1½ tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp marmite
  • 50 g pearl barley
  • 1 can mixed pulses
  • 50 g porridge oats
  • 75 g vegetarian suet, or coconut oil, frozen and blended
  • 50 g ground hazelnuts
Method
  1. If using coconut oil for the suet, measure out into chunks and put in the freezer first. Also chill the food processor container if possible.
  2. Finely chop and fry the onion, carrot and mushrooms along with the sunflower seeds and spices.
  3. Add the marmite, pearl barley, and pulses. Cover with water, and simmer for 30 minutes until the pearl barley is tender. Top up with water as necessary, and boil off any water once the pearl barley is done.
  4. Spread out on a plate or roasting tray and leave to cool completely to room temperature.
  5. Stir in the oats, suet, and hazelnuts. Create a sausage shape on a large sheet of baking parchment.
  6. Roll up the baking parchment, and then roll into a muslin cloth. Tie both ends tightly with string.
  7. Boil in water for 1 hour, then serve.