{"id":31,"date":"2008-01-03T14:36:05","date_gmt":"2008-01-03T22:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/2008\/01\/03\/recipe-nut-loaf\/"},"modified":"2008-03-03T17:19:36","modified_gmt":"2008-03-04T01:19:36","slug":"nut-loaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/2008\/01\/03\/nut-loaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Nut Loaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was looking for a nut loaf recipe that was vegan, high in protein,<br \/>\ngluten-free, and not soy based (I can eat soy just fine, but wanted to have<br \/>\nsome non-soy dishes in my repertoire). I only found one that looked adaptable for my needs in a search. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recipenet.org\/health\/recipes\/veggie\/nut_roast.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.recipenet.org\/health\/recipes\/veggie\/nut_roast.htm<\/a><br \/>\nMany thanks to Lorraine Picot for a yummy dish.<\/p>\n<h2>Recipe:<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>1\/4 lb mushrooms (I use crimimi)<br \/>\n1 1\/3 cups hazelnuts<br \/>\n1 large onion<br \/>\n2\/3 cup brazil nuts<br \/>\n2\/3 cup walnuts<br \/>\n12 oz tomatoes (canned or fresh)<br \/>\n1 tsp dried herbs (original recipe calls for basil and oregano)<br \/>\nor 1 TB fresh herbs (I use rosemary and oregano)<br \/>\n1 tsp sea salt<br \/>\n1 egg or egg equivalent (I use flax goo)<br \/>\n1 TB olive oil, plus some for cooking mushrooms and greasing the pan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the food processor, chop the mushrooms until they are in small pieces (no more than 1\/4&#8243; across). Add them to a pan with some olive oil and cook at low to medium heat with frequent stirring to release some of the water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/mush_reduce_1909.JPG\" alt=\"Mushroom Reduction\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Put the hazelnuts on a tray and bake until the skins are loose. I found that 6 minutes at 425*F or 8 minutes at 350*F in a convection toaster oven did the trick. Be careful not to burn them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/hazelnuts_toasted_1911.JPG\" alt=\"Toasted Hazelnuts\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When cool enough to handle, rub off the skins. You won&#8217;t get them all. I have tried a batch without removing the skins and there doesn&#8217;t seem to be much difference (the skins add a slight bitter taste), so feel free to skip this time-consuming step.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/hazelnut_skins_1912.JPG\" alt=\"Skinned Hazelnuts\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back in the food processor, chop the onion finely then put into a large bowl. Then grind the brazil nuts and walnuts fine and add tomatoes and seasoning. Most of this will be paste-like, which is fine. Transfer to bowl. Add the mushrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Add your egg or egg equivalent to the bowl, along with the oil. To make flax goo for the egg, use 1 tablespoon flaxmeal and 1\/3 cup water in a large glass container. Microwave for a minute or so (it will boil over a small container). Let it sit for a few minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Grind the hazelnuts in the food processor. I like to do them separately so I can leave them slightly coarse for texture (like the pieces of nut in crunchy peanut butter). Add to the bowl and mix everything well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/nutloaf_mix_1910.JPG\" alt=\"Nutloaf Mix\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Transfer to a greased bread pan (2 lbs).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/nutloaf_raw_1913.JPG\" alt=\"Nutloaf ready to go into the oven\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bake for 45 mins at 425*F. Then turn down the oven to 350*F and cook for about another half an hour. Let it cool for at least 10 mins before serving. The loaf is very tasty but soft and delicate. It doesn&#8217;t hold together that well but you can slice it, if you&#8217;re careful. It&#8217;s also good cold the next day and it will hold together better then.<\/p>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s moist, the loaf tastes better with a sauce. I&#8217;ve served it with both roasted cabbage and with a salad, each with a balsamic vinegar dressing.<\/p>\n<p>Some notes: If you only have white mushrooms available, use more of them and cook them longer, as they have a lot more water in them. I made it once with carrots instead of mushrooms, since I was out, and it was mush. Not bad but not a loaf.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/nutloaf_plated_1914.JPG\" alt=\"Nutloaf cooked and plated with salad and balsamic vinegrette\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was looking for a nut loaf recipe that was vegan, high in protein, gluten-free, and not soy based (I can eat soy just fine, but wanted to have some non-soy dishes in my repertoire). I only found one that looked adaptable for my needs in a search. http:\/\/www.recipenet.org\/health\/recipes\/veggie\/nut_roast.htm Many thanks to Lorraine Picot for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,16,3],"tags":[7,6,8,11,77,5,12],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-main-dishes","category-recipes","tag-dairy-free","tag-egg-free","tag-gluten-free","tag-lowcarb","tag-photos-food","tag-vegan","tag-vegetarian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}