fresh out of oven
This is a dish we’ve had a lot over the years but never written up. Original credit goes to Sarah Brown’s Vegetarian Kitchen (BBC cookery series)
Here’s how we do it:
Soak beans overnight if using dried ones. For the mammoth pie above which did dinner and lunch next day for four, we used 250g of dried beans. Place in a large pan, cover well with water, bring to the boil and let simmer for a long time… (should be instructions on the bag). Throw in the rice (200g) about half way through cooking. Add more water if needed. Once it’s all nearly cooked add the vegetables. In this pie there were four carrots and one head of celery, all chopped. Onion is good too.
As that cooks up a bit, add a teaspoon of mixed herbs, a good squidge of tomato puree and a teaspoon of yeast extract. Taste and add salt if needed. Stir well. Top with mashed potatoes – especially easy if using cookware that does hob and oven like our favourite Le Creuset Cast Iron Round Casserole
dished up
LOVE this recipe. We sometimes mix the beans with bulghar wheat instead of rice. Baby loves it too
wow that was a fast comment, am still tweaking! it is a great recipe though…
yum! Nice n wholesome
I luv reading your blogs from the opposite end of the world. Today I went to the Australian Tennis Open (Melbourne,Australia), temperature 32degrees celcius. Hot but not too hot!!
However I remember the cold in Aberdeenshire; an Aussie in Peterhead and Crimond. Soup is a wonderful thing!!!
I did think as I was writing that newsletter that it’s only winter in the Northern hemisphere! Sounds wonderfully warm
Had the book sometime in the 1980s … don’t know what happened to it .. maybe lost in a house move .. anyway have been trying to find this recipe again for AGES! It was one of our (me and ex-husband) fav dishes in the 1980s …. when veganism was far less easy than today.
Glad you found it, hope it’s as good as you remember