Mushroom and Hazelnut Pithivier

Name: Mushroom and Hazelnut Pithivier
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 180 g chestnut mushrooms, roughly chopped; 2 tsp light soy sauce; 15 g breadcrumbs; 30 g hazelnuts; 7 g dried porcini mushrooms; salt and black pepper to season; 1 large egg, beaten with a splash of milk; 2 banana shallots, finely chopped; 300 g all-butter puff pastry; a good bunch of flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked and finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Vegetarian Kitchen

By Prue Leith and Peta Leith

Published 2019

About

The one thing I’ve learnt from having vegetarians in the family is that, if the meal is a help-yourself buffet, it’s better to make the same vegetarian meal for everyone rather than do a separate dish for the veggies. The carnivores will always help themselves to the vegetarian option and if the veggies are not quick off the mark they end up going hungry. This pithivier goes well with a selection of green veg and/or roast potatoes and looks festive enough for a celebration. For a summer lun