
Vegetarian Haggis
Vegetarian Haggis might be just the main course you are searching for.
- Servings: 6
- Total cooking time:
Ingredients:
- 1 cup french lentils prepared this way (Link to Out of the Ordinary French Lentils)
- 1 cup roasted mushrooms (flavored with plenty of sage, thyme and rosemary) (Link to Out of the Ordinary Roasted Mushrooms)
- 1 cup rolled oats, toasted till fragrant and lightly brown
- 1 cup mixed nuts, roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup kidney beans
- 1 cup grated sharp cheddar
- about 4 T butter, cut into pieces
- 1 T whisky (I used laphroaig, which has a lovely smokey flavor)
- 1 T lemon juice
- 1/2 t. smoked paprika
- pinch each nutmeg and allspice
- salt
- lots and lots and lots and lots of black pepper
- 6 or 7 very large chard leaves
Instructions:
- Combine everything but the chard leaves in a large bowl and stir to mix well. Leave out about 1 T worth of butter pieces.
- In a large pot of salted water, boil the chard leaves for a couple of minutes, until theyre wilted, but still bright.
- Drain them, and leave to cool for a moment. They dont need to be completely dry.
- Butter a medium-sized bowl or dish. Line the bowl with the chard leaves starting in the center and moving around like the petals of a flower. Make sure the leaves overlap one another. Their tips should hang over the outside of the bowl.
- Press the filling into the leave-lined bowl, and then fold the tips of the chard leaves over. Overlap them again, until you have a smooth, coherent surface of chard leaves. Dot the surface with the remaining tablespoonful of butter.
- Bake at 400 for 15 to 20 minutes, till its hot through.


