This parsnip and cashew nut roast is packed full of flavour and is a delicious vegan centrepiece for your roast dinner or Christmas feast. Delicious served with gravy.
Nut roasts can be wonderful - or they can be horribly bland. Anyone who has been vegetarian or vegan for any period of time will have had the latter variety.
Thankfully this nut roast falls into the wonderful category.
The answer to a perfect nut roast?
Flavour.
And lots of it.
On their own parsnips, cashews and rice are all perfectly nice enough but this nut roast needed more.
A healthy serving of garlic, nutmeg, allspice, sage, miso and nutritional yeast all add the flavour kick that makes this parsnip and cashew nut roast a delicious vegan centrepiece for your roast dinner or Christmas feast.
What to serve with this cashew nut roast
Roast potatoes are absolutely essential.
In addition I like to serve this nut roast with Brussels sprouts, red cabbage, cranberry sauce, mashed parsnips and a rich, flavoursome vegan gravy.
Delicious.
For more ideas check out my ultimate vegan Christmas dinner post.
Can you make this nut roast in advance?
If you want to make this in advance you can make up to the end of stage 9 in the recipe card below and store in the fridge overnight before baking.
Other vegan Christmas dinner recipes
- Chestnut and cranberry nut roast
- Balsamic Brussels sprouts
- Maple roasted carrots
- The best vegan gravy
- Rosemary roast potatoes
- Maple balsamic roasted carrots and parsnips
- Easy Christmas red cabbage
- Sage roasted potatoes
NB: some of these recipes are on my other blog Sneaky Veg
How to make cashew nut roast
There are a few different elements to this cashew nut roast but it's not difficult to make.
- First cook brown rice and your parsnips
- Soak some cashews
- Make some flax eggs to help bind it all together
- Next make an onion mix with the herbs and spices
- Mix it all together
- Bake in the oven.
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Cashew nut roast with parsnips
Ingredients
- 450 g parsnips
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds or ground flax seeds
- 6 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 leeks sliced
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
- 1 teaspoon dried sage
- 1 tablespoon miso paste
- 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 180 g cashew nuts soaked
- 100 g brown rice
- Small handful of flat leaf parsley chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Soak the cashews in cold water for 30 minutes.
- Cook the brown rice according the packet instructions. Drain and set aside.
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C (fan)/200°C/gas mark 6. Grease a 1kg loaf tin and line with baking paper
- Peel and chop your parsnips and steam (or boil) them until soft. Drain and set aside.
- While the parsnips are cooking grind your chia or flax seeds to a powder in a spice grinder or food processor. Add the 6 tbsp water and stir until you have a gloopy paste that's a bit like glue. Set aside.
- Heat your olive oil in a frying pan and sauté the onions and leeks until soft, stirring often. Add the garlic, nutmeg, allspice, dried sage, miso paste and nutritional yeast and continue cooking for a moment or two. Turn off the heat and set aside.
- Drain the cashew nuts and roughly chop. You can do this in a food processor but don’t over do it. You want chopped nuts rather than ground.
- Put the cashews in a large mixing bowl and add the onion mixture along with your flax eggs, the cooked parsnips, the cooked rice and the chopped parsley. Roughly mash until well combined but still with plenty of texture.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Transfer to your prepared tin and bake for 30 minutes. Cover with foil and return to the oven for a further 30 minutes.
- Allow to cool in the tin for five minutes then turn out and serve immediately. If it gets stuck in the tin run a sharp knife around the outside of the nut roast to loosen it.
- Serve with roast potatoes, veggies and a vegan onion gravy.
Notes
Nutrition
If you like this you might like my homemade mint sauce.
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Lathiya
I haven’t tried parsnips yet but your recipe makes me to think it’s high time I have to try...your pictures are so tempting
Cook Veggielicious
Oh you should - they're so delicious. Thanks for commenting!
Lucy Parissi
Wow, you have packed a lot of flavour into this roast. The miso sounds especially good.
Cook Veggielicious
Thanks Lucy - the miso adds a lovely flavour
Claire Jessiman
I've never used parsnips in a nut roast but can imagine that they add a lovely sweetness.
Cook Veggielicious
They really do work well in a nut roast - definitely worth a try!
Cat | Curly's Cooking
I was wondering the other day when I was looking at your rosemary roast potatoes recipe what vegan centre piece you would recommend for Christmas. And here it is! It did make me chuckle thinking of you eating all of the nut roasts.
Cook Veggielicious
As much as I love this recipe by the third or fourth time we were a bit sick of it - the kids won't eat it so it was just down to us adults!
Nickki
This cashew nut roast looks delicious - I bet the miso makes it really special!
Cook Veggielicious
Thanks Nickki - the miso really adds an extra special touch x