Ingredients

  • 1 large brown onion
  • 4-5 cloves garlic
  • 1 medium carrot
  • 2 celery stalks
  • 10-15 large button mushrooms
  • 1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 3 oven roasted tomatoes
  • 5-10 birds eye chilli to taste.
  • 2-3 sheets vegan puff pastry
  • to taste lime juice

Method

  • Blend onions, garlic, carrot, celery, tomatoes, chillies, mushrooms, and chickpeas SEPARATELY.
  • Be sure to leave some chunky bits for texture.
  • You don't want a puree.
  • Heat coconut oil in a medium saucepan over low-medium heat.
  • Add onion and garlic to the pot and saute on a low heat until almost translucent.
  • Add carrot and celery to the onions and garlic.
  • Stir occasionally until tender.
  • Add tomatoes and chilli to the pot and stir through.
  • Add mushrooms and mix until they are visibly softening, then lime juice to taste.
  • I use about 2 tbspn.
  • Add chickpeas and cook on a medium high heat for 10 - 15 minutes stiring regularly.
  • You are looking to acheive a thick consistency.
  • Allow to cool and then transfer into a clean, freezer safe container.
  • Put into the fridge overnight to allow flavours to develop.
  • Take a sheet of puff pastry and lay on a cutting mat.
  • Build 1/3 - 1/2 of the mix along one edge of the pastry and roll to make a loaf.
  • If you have some extra pastry you can trim it to make patterns on top.
  • Place two or three steam scores in the top of the pastry.
  • Repeat until you've used all the mix.
  • Line and grease a pan with a little coconut oil.
  • Bake in a 180 - 200c oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Can also be made in a sausage roll or canape style by rolling smaller quantities.
  • Be sure to knife press where divisions should be made before cooking to avoid excess pastry crumble.