Recipe for nut paste

This recipe for nut paste is a wonderful vegan dish if you want a meat-free alternative to Christmas dinner. More and more people are choosing to avoid meat on the dinner table, and this also applies to Christmas Eve, which is usually a meat-heavy meal. Nut paste can be served as an alternative to roast duck or roast pork, but it can also be served as an excellent complement. If you are not quite ready to put the traditions on the shelf and serve a vegan Christmas dinner, but still want to cut down on meat and increase the vegetables. 

TIP: Also try the recipe for warfish for Christmas lunch as a vegan alternative to fish fillet.

Vegan roast for Christmas

If you want to serve a completely vegan dinner, this nut paste can easily stand alone as the star of the dinner table. Because of the roasted nuts and mushrooms, you get a wonderful taste with an incredible amount of umami, so you definitely don't feel cheated. Potatoes, browned potatoes, red onion and sauce can easily be made into vegan alternatives by simply replacing and omitting dairy products. And that's how you can cleverly conjure up a completely vegan meal for Christmas Eve. 

TIP: Also serve a fresh and beautiful red cabbage salad and Christmas sauce Christmas Eve.

Nut paste with mushrooms

The mushrooms add both a great flavor and texture to the recipe. Mushrooms are often used in vegan dishes that require a bit of "meatiness," because they are a bit like that when cooked correctly. First, the mushrooms and onions are roasted in the oven before being blended into the stuffing. This removes some of the liquid so that the nut paste doesn't get too wet, and it also produces even more umami flavor, which is what you might miss in vegan food. This recipe uses regular brown mushrooms, but you can easily add other varieties. It can give a really nice flavor if you browse different mushrooms. 

TIP: Also try mushroom ragout recipe