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Salt-baked celeriac with sourdough stuffing

• Richard Makin

Published: January 5, 2021 at 5:11 PM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 2 hrs and 45 mins

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The perfect vegan centrepiece, Richard Makin's hidden-celeriac bake is so delicate, you can spoon it right out of the crust. The centre is filled with a flavoursome hazelnut and shiitake sourdough stuffing

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Try this salt-baked celeriac, then check out our vegan wellington, vegan nut roast, whole roast cauliflower and more vegan dinner ideas. Also take a look at our collection of celeriac recipes for more seasonal veg inspiration.

Ingredients

Nutrition

• 1 large celeriac

  scrubbed and trimmed but not peeled

STUFFING

• 50g dried shiitake mushrooms

• 40g vegan butter

• 1 large onion

  finely sliced

• 2 cloves garlic

  crushed

• 4 dates

  pitted and roughly chopped

• 1 tbsp brown rice miso

• 1 tbsp red wine vinegar

• 1 tbsp agave syrup

• finely chopped to make 1 tbsp chives

• a small bunch flat-leaf parsley

  finely chopped

• 1 tbsp dried sage

• 50g hazelnuts

  toasted

• 100g (about 4 large slices) stale sourdough bread

  cut into 1cm cubes

• 150ml vegetable stock

HERB RUB

• a small bunch flat-leaf parsley

  finely chopped

• a handful of leaves sage

  finely chopped

• 1 clove garlic

• 3 tbsp rapeseed oil

SALT CRUST

• 2 tbsp cornflour

• 400g fine sea salt

• a small bunch flat-leaf parsley

  finely chopped

• a large handful of leaves sage

  finely chopped

• ground to make 1 tbsp black peppercorns

• 100ml (aka the water drained from 2 x 400g tins of chickpeas) aquafaba

Nutrition: per serving

• kcal501

  low

• fat25.7g

• saturates3.1g

• carbs51.2g

• sugars16.3g

• fibre7.9g

• protein12.2g

• salt2.6g

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Method

• step 1

  To make the stuffing, put the shiitakes into a small bowl and pour over enough just-boiled water to cover. Leave for 30 minutes, then drain and finely chop.

• step 2

  Heat the butter in a frying pan and gently cook the onion and garlic for 10 minutes until softened but not browned. Add the chopped shiitakes, dates and brown rice miso, and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add the vinegar and agave syrup, stir and cook for another minute before removing from the heat. Stir the herbs and toasted hazelnuts through the onion mixture. Tip into a large bowl with the chopped sourdough and stir through. Add the vegetable stock and season.

• step 3

  Slice a cap off the top of the celeriac no more than 3cm deep. Using a sharp knife or a melon baller, scoop a hole into the centre of the celeriac, around 5cm wide, all the way to the bottom, but not through the skin (freeze the scooped-out celeriac to make stock later). Fill the hole with some of the stuffing and cover with the cap.

• step 4

  To make the herb rub, whizz all the ingredients in a small blender or food processor. Using a pastry brush, cover
  the whole of the outside of the celeriac with the rub.

• step 5

  Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. To make the salt crust, put all the ingredients, except for the aquafaba, in a bowl. Add the aquafaba, little by little, mixing after each addition. The texture of the crust should be like wet sand. On a baking tray, put a layer of the salt crust wide enough to sit the celeriac on. Put on the celeriac, then paste the remaining salt crust around the celeriac, making sure the whole thing is covered and sealed. Put in the oven and bake for 2 hours.

• step 6

  In the final half an hour of baking, put the remaining stuffing in a ceramic baking dish and put in the oven until crisp and golden brown on top.

• step 7

  Remove the stuffing and celeriac from the oven. Test the celeriac by inserting a skewer through the salt crust. It should be very soft inside – if it still feels firm, return to the oven for a further 30 minutes.

• step 8

  Allow the celeriac to rest for 15 minutes, then serve by cracking open the crust with the handle of a knife. Slice or scoop out the soft celeriac and serve with extra stuffing.

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Richard MakinVegan columnist

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