Easy Christmas Nut Roast

Ingredients

• 2 sticks diced celery

• 2 grated carrots

• 2 cups diced button mushrooms

• 150g mixed nuts blended until crumbled (but not a paste!)

• 2 tbsp ground almonds

• 1/2 cup gluten free breadcrumbs

• 3 tbsp BBQ sauce

• 1 cup grated Angel Food Cheddar

• 2 tsp tamari

• 1 heaped tsp smoked paprika

• 1 tbsp sunflower oil

• Salt & pepper to taste

• 1 can brown lentils, drained

Instructions

• Place carrots and celery in a large frying pan or wok with sunflower oil on a medium heat and add smoked paprika, salt, pepper, and tamari. Sauté until the carrots and celery begin to soften, then add diced mushrooms.

• Add the blended mixed nuts and ground almond to the frying pan and stir.

• Add the lentils, BBQ sauce, gluten-free bread crumbs (we used Allergywise) and stir.

• Take the pan off the heat and then add the Angel Food Cheddar.

• Press the mixture into a cake tin lined with baking paper and bake at 180°C for 45 mins.