Will's Vegan Haggis

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 100 g barley
• 175 g pinhead oats
• 25 g rolled oats
• 1 1/2 tablespoons yeast extract (marmite, vegemite, etc.)
• 100 g margarine (or substitute olive oil)
• 1 onion, large
• 100 g mushrooms
• 50 g green lentils
• 50 g split red lentils
• 100 g textured vegetable protein or 100 g vegetarian ground beef
• 400 ml strong vegetable stock (add yeast extract or soya sauce to taste)
• 2 tablespoons ground black pepper (or to taste)
• 2 -3 tablespoons mixed herbs (parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, etc ( to taste)
• 3 tablespoons vegetarian worcestershire sauce (or mushroom ketchup)
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• 1 lime, juice of
• scotch whisky (1 big tot, the peatier the better, none o' yer wee english measures!)
• salt

Recipe

• 1 in one pan, boil the barley for 30 minutes.
• 2 in another, boil green and red lentils for 30 minutes.
• 3 drain both barley and lentils well and reserve separately.
• 4 melt 50 g margarine in a very large saucepan; then add barley, oats, and yeast extract.
• 5 sauté for three minutes or so; then reserve in a bowl.
• 6 chop onion and mushrooms fine or pop them in the food processor.
• 7 melt the other 50 g margarine in the saucepan; then add onion, mushrooms, and fake beef.
• 8 cook for 2 or 3 minutes.
• 9 then add lentils and the oat/barley mixture.
• 10 mix up this lot well.
• 11 gradually add vegetable stock till the mixture has a slightly juicy consistency -.
• 12 but not too watery!
• 13 this can be trial-and-error.
• 14 i find that roughly 300 ml works for me.
• 15 but i always make up about 500 ml, just in case.
• 16 you can also splash in a little extra olive oil if you think it is needed.
• 17 mix in spices, whiskey, juice, and worcestershire sauce?.
• 18 and do a bit of a taste test.
• 19 once satisfied with the taste, cook the lot for about 5 extra minutes, stirring frequently.
• 20 then transfer to a casserole dish, cover with foil, mash down, and place in an oven pre-heated to gas mark 4/ 180°c/ 350°f.
• 21 keep an eye on it in 20- to 30-minute intervals, and add stock if it dries out.
• 22 cook this for about an hour or an hour and a quarter.
• 23 times may vary greatly.
• 24 refrigerates or freezes well.
• 25 re-heat in microwave or else wrap well and tight (and waterproof) in foil or other heat-sturdy casing, then cover with water and boil for about 45 minutes.