Ultimate Vegan Mushroom Ragu Traybake | Ottolenghi Flavour Cookbook Recipe | Whole Food Plant Based

Hey foodies, and welcome back to Happy Hungry Hibby! Today, I’m getting back to basics with a converted traditional recipe that's delicious, healthy, sustainable and planet friendly with an ‘Ultimate Mushroom Traybake Ragu’. Inspired by the culinary magic of Yotam Ottolenghi & Ixta Belfrage's "Flavour", this recipe is not only incredibly easy, but also incredibly versatile. You can use it as a vegan/ WFPB base for pasta dishes, cottage pies, lasagna, or even get creative and invent your own delicious uses!

Flavour Cookbook Review
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This lasagne contains one of two epic ragù recipes in FLAVOUR – the other is the ultimate traybake ragù, (p.101) which, we believe, give any meat ragù a terrifically good run for its money.
This is our meatless take on that mythical sauce.

The ragù can easily be made vegan if you lose the cream & remove or replace the cheese. It can also be made ahead & refrigerated, ready to be served with pasta or polenta, saving yourself the trouble of constructing the lasagne if you’re short on time. Reduce the black pepper & lose the chilli for a child-friendly or less hot version.

Ingredients
750g chestnut mushrooms
500g oyster mushrooms
60g dried porcini mushrooms https://amzn.to/32Mzl3S
30g dried wild mushrooms https://amzn.to/3cZIkRb
2 fresh or dried red chillies (chopped)
1 onion (chopped)
5-6 garlic cloves (chopped)
1 carrot (chopped)
2–3 plum tomatoes
200ml soy sauce - Kikkoman low salt
75g tomato paste -
500ml vegetable stock
130ml coconut milk (plus drizzle)

Method/ Steps
1. Preheat the oven to 230°C fan.
2. Put the chestnut & oyster mushrooms into a large bowl of a food processor in batches & pulse each batch until finely chopped. Toss the chopped mushrooms into a large bowl with 3-4 tbsp of oil & 1 tsp of salt & spread out on a parchment-lined baking tray. Bake for 30 mins, stirring several times throughout, until golden-brown (they will reduce). Set aside to cool.
3. Combine the dried mushrooms, chillies & prepared stock in a large bowl & set aside to soak for 30 mins. Strain the liquid into another bowl, squeeze out excess liquid, to get about +300ml (if you have less, top with water). Roughly chop the rehydrated mushrooms then finely chop the chillies. Set the stock & mushrooms aside.
4. Put the onion, garlic & carrot into the food processor & pulse until finely chopped. Heat 60ml of oil in a large sauté pan. Once hot, add the onion mixture & fry for 5-10 mins, stirring oftem, until soft and golden. Pulse the tomatoes in the food processor until finely chopped (or chop by hand), then add to the pan along with the tomato paste, 1½ teaspoons of salt & 1¾ teaspoons of freshly cracked black pepper. Cook for 7 mins, stirring occasionally. Add the rehydrated mushrooms, chillies & roasted mushrooms & cook for 8-12 mins, resist in stirring (you want the mushrooms to be slightly crispy). Stir in the reserved stock & 800ml of water & reduce the heat to medium & cook for about 25 mins, until you get the consistency of a ragù. Stir in 100ml of the cream & simmer for another 2 mins, then remove from heat.
6. cover with foil & bake for 15 minutes. Remove the foil, increase the temperature to 220°C fan, then bake for another 10-15 mins. Optionally grill for a final 2 mins, until the edges are crisp. Set aside to cool.

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Enjoy, Yours Truly, James
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