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A delicious – and easy-to-make – recipe for vegan haggis

The number of people following a vegan diet has risen dramatically over the last decade and few classic dishes nowadays escape a meat & dairy-free makeover.

This short film from BBC The Social walks you through the preparation and cooking of a vegan haggis:-

Vegan Haggis | HERE WE VEGAN GO!

Vegans need haggis too!

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
2Carrots
2Onions
8Mushrooms
2Garlic cloves
Enough for your panRapeseed oil
25gSunflower seeds
1tspNutmeg
1tspAllspice
1tspSalt
1tspPepper
SprigThyme
250mlVegetable stock
50gBarley
50gGreen lentils
50gNutritional yeast
50gPorridge oats

Method

Preparation

  • Grate the carrots, chop the garlic cloves and dice the onions and mushrooms.
  • Heat the rapeseed oil in a pan.

Pan stage

  1. Fry the onions on a low heat until soft.
  2. Add the garlic, carrots, mushrooms, sunflower seeds, nutmeg, allspice, salt, pepper and thyme.
  3. Fry on a medium heat for 5 minutes.
  4. Add the vegetable stock, barley, green lentils and yeast.
  5. Mix and then simmer for 30 minutes.
  6. Add the porridge oats and mix again.

Baking stage

  1. Transfer to a greased tin and cover with foil.
  2. Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes.
  3. Remove the foil and bake for a further 30 minutes.

Serving suggestion: layer neeps and tatties on top, then finish with a whisky soya cream sauce.

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