Mushroom & Lentil Empanadas
These vegan empanadas are filled with juicy mushrooms and lentils encased in thick, crusty and indulgent pastry that make for a great lunchtime treat. Don’t be fooled into thinking they’re complicated to make as they’re really quite simple.
Recipes makes 8 empanadas
Total Time: Prep time: 15 mins | Cook time: 25 min
Servings: 4
Total Time: Prep time: 15 mins | Cook time: 25 min
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Method
Ingredients
(Servings: 4)
- For the empanadas
- 75 75 g closed cup mushrooms
- 100 100 g tinned green lentils, drained
- 0.5 0.5 320g sheets vegan shortcrust pastry
- 2 2 pitted black olives
- 0.25 0.25 onion, sliced
- 0.5 0.5 Tbsp ground cumin
- 0.25 0.25 Tbsp olive oil
- For the green salsa:
- 0.25 0.25 avocado
- Juice and zest of a lime
- 0.25 0.25 green chilli
- 1 1 Tbsp coriander leaves
- 0.5 0.5 tsp olive oil
- For the chilli ketchup:
- 18.75 18.75 g tomato ketchup
- 0.25 0.25 tsp chilli flakes
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200c
- Make the salsa by blitzing together the ingredients in a mini food processor, or chopping finely by hand. Set aside in a serving bowl
- For the ketchup, mix the ingredients together, put into a small dish and set aside
- Heat a sauté pan with a little olive oil and cook the onions and peppers until soft. Remove from the pan to a bowl
- Blitz the mushrooms in a food processor, or dice finely by hand, and add to the sauté pan with a dash of oil. Cook on a medium-high heat until the liquid has evaporated. Put in a colander and press a little with a wooden spoon to remove any excess liquid
- Add the drained lentils, cumin, onion and olives back to the pan with the mushrooms and cook for a minute. Turn off the heat and leave to cool a little
- Cut 4 circles from each sheet of pastry and put a large spoonful of the mushroom blend in the centre. Fold over and crimp closed with a fork. Brush with soy milk and bake in the oven for 15 minutes until golden
- Serve with the salsa and ketchup
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