Cheese Nut Loaf Modified From Greens Recipes

CHEESE AND NUT LOAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9 1/2-by-4 1/2-by-2 1/2-inch loaf pan, line bottom with parchment paper, and butter again; set aside. Place dried porcini in a small bowl; add boiling water to cover. Let soak 20 minutes; drain, finely chop, and set aside.
• Toast walnuts and cashews on a baking sheet until lightly browned and fragrant, about 10 minutes. Let cool. Finely chop with a sharp knife, or in the bowl of a food processor, set aside. Increase oven heat to 375 degrees.
• Melt butter in a saute pan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add shiitake mushrooms and the reserved porcini; cook, stirring constantly, until all the mushrooms are golden, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl. Stir in rice, the toasted nuts, parsley, marjoram, thyme, sage, eggs, Gruyere, cottage cheese, salt, and pepper.
• Pour mixture into prepared pan, and bake until golden brown and firm to the touch, about 1 hour. Let cool in pan 20 minutes, then invert loaf, and remove from pan. Serve hot or warm, garnished with sage leaves.

CHEESE & NUT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Butter a loaf pan and line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper, then butter it again.
• Toast walnuts and cashews on a baking sheet (or you could use a hot, dry skillet set on medium and stir constantly) until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Let cool. Chop fine with knife, (I used the food processor).
• Melt butter in a sauté pan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until translucent. Add mushrooms and cook until they're browned and any liquid from the mushrooms has reduced by half. Stir in the cooked rice, the nuts, chopped herbs, eggs, cheese, cottage cheese, minced garlic, salt, and pepper.
• Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan. Smooth it down until it's level. Bake until golden brown and firm to the touch, about 1 hour. It should be firm when you shake the pan. Let cool in pan 10 minutes, then run a knife around the edge of the loaf and invert onto a serving plate. Serve with Herb Bechamel sauce or a mushroom sauce.

CHEESE NUT LOAF, MODIFIED FROM GREENS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375. Cook rice. Chop nuts finely. (Cuisinart is big help with nuts, cheese, onions.) Cook onion in butter over moderate heat until translucent. Season with salt, add garlic, chopped mushrooms, dried mushrooms, herbs. Cook until mushroom liquid reduced. Combine with rice, nuts, eggs, cottage cheese, and grated cheese. Season with black pepper and more salt if needed. Lightly butter a loaf pan. Fill and bake at 375 until top is golden and rounded, about 1 hour, 15 minutes plus. Loaf should be firm when you shake pan. Let loaf sit for 10 min before flipping onto serving plate. Serve with roasted red bell peppers and asparagus if desired.

GREENS WITH FRUIT, CHEESE, AND NUTS (MARK BITTMAN)

Steps:

• Make the vinaigrette: combine oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper in a blender; turn the.
• machine on; a creamy emulsion will form within 30 seconds; taste and add more.
• vinegar a teaspoon at a time until the balance tastes right to you.
• Add in shallot, if using, and turn the machine on and off a few times until the shallot is minced within the dressing; taste, adjust seasoning; serve at room temperature.
• Make the salad: peel and core the fruit; if large, cut fruit into ½ inch chunks.
• Toss the fruit with the lemon juice; cover and refrigerate for up to 2 hours.
• Crumble the cheese into small bits; cover and refrigerate until needed.
• Place the nuts in a dry skillet, turn the heat to medium, and toast then, shaking the pan frequently until they are aromatic and beginning to darken in color, 3-5 minutes.
• When you are ready to serve, toss the pears, cheese, and greens together with as much of the dressing as you like.
• Chop the nuts coarsely, sprinkle them over all and serve.
• Other good fruit, cheese, and nut combinations.
• *grapes, parmesan, pine nuts.
• *oranges, manchego, almonds.
• *apricots, goat cheese, pecans.
• *dried apricots, blue cheese, walnuts.
• *cantaloupe or honeydew, cotija, pepitas.
• *blueberries, asiago, pistachios.
• *dried plums, feta, hazelnuts.
• *dried pineapple, Brie, cashews.
• *peaches, ricotta salata, pecans.
• *plums, fontina, almonds.

NUT LOAF SUPREME

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Butter a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Put walnuts and pecans in a resealable bag and seal; crush nuts using a rolling pin.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until onion is translucent, about 3 minutes. Add mushrooms, marjoram, sage, and thyme; cook and stir until mushrooms are golden, about 5 minutes. Transfer mushroom mixture to a large bowl.
• Stir crushed walnut mixture, Swiss cheese, wild rice, cottage cheese, eggs, parsley, salt, and pepper into mushroom mixture until evenly mixed. Pour mixture into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until loaf is golden brown, about 1 hour. Let loaf cool in pan for about 20 minutes before inverting pan and removing loaf.

NUT ROAST

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/ fan 160C/ gas 4 and line the base and sides of a 1.5 litre loaf tin with parchment paper.
• Heat 1 tbsp olive oil and 15g butter in a large frying pan and cook 1 finely chopped large onion and 2 finely chopped celery sticks for about 5 mins until beginning to soften.
• Stir in 2 finely chopped garlic cloves and 200g finely chopped chestnut mushrooms and cook for a further 10 mins.
• Stir in 1 finely diced red pepper and 1 grated carrot and cook for about 3 mins then add 1 tsp dried oregano and 1 tsp smoked paprika and cook for just a minute.
• Add 100g red lentils and 2 tbsp tomato purée and cook for about 1 min, then add 300ml vegetable stock and simmer over a very gentle heat until all the liquid has been absorbed and the mixture is fairly dry. This should take about 25 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Finally, stir in 100g fresh breadcrumbs, 150g chopped mixed nuts, 3 lightly beaten large eggs, 100g grated mature cheddar, a handful of finely chopped flat-leaf parsley and a pinch of salt and some ground black pepper.
• Stir to mix well then spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and press down the surface.
• Cover with foil and bake for 30 mins, then remove the foil and bake for a further 20 mins until firm when pressed gently.
• Meanwhile, to make the sauce, heat 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil very gently then add 2 finely sliced garlic cloves and 1 rosemary sprig and heat without colouring.
• Pour in 400ml passata and add a pinch of salt and some ground black pepper. Simmer gently for just 15 mins.
• Allow the loaf to cool in the tin for about 10 mins then turn out onto a serving board or plate. Remove the baking paper and cut into slices and serve with a little of the tomato sauce.
• To make a vegan nut roast, use an extra tbsp of oil in place of butter, no cheese and 3 tbsp egg replacer. Bake your nut roast for 1 hour. The loaf will still be soft in the middle after cooking.
• It can be cooked in advance and then chilled, sliced and reheated to make it easier to serve.