Mediterranean Terrine
- 3/4 cup raw cashews
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1 Tbs. lemon juice
- 1 tsp. smooth Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. agar powder
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 2 large globe eggplants, sliced 1/2-inch thick
- 1 tsp. salt
- 5 medium red bell peppers
- 1/4 cup olive oil, for brushing
- Flat-leaf (Italian) parsley, for garnish
- To make Cashew Cheese: Soak cashews 3 hours in large bowl of water.
- Drain, and return to bowl.
- Add nutritional yeast, lemon juice, mustard, and salt to bowl; set aside.
- Whisk agar and garlic powders into 1 1/2 cups water in saucepan, and bring to a boil over medium heat.
- Simmer 5 minutes, or until liquid thickens and agar dissolves, whisking constantly.
- Add agar mixture to cashew mixture.
- Blend with immersion blender until smooth.
- Pour into terrine mold or loaf pan.
- Chill 1 hour.
- To make Terrine: Sprinkle eggplant slices with salt.
- Let stand 20 minutes to sweat.
- Preheat oven to broil.
- Place bell peppers on baking sheet, and roast under broiler 20 minutes, or until soft and blackened on all sides, turning occasionally.
- Cool.
- Reduce oven heat to 400F.
- Blot eggplant slices with paper towel, brush with oil, and place in single layer in roasting pan.
- Roast 1 hour, or until soft and brown.
- Alternatively, grill eggplant slices in grill pan over medium-high heat 10 to 15 minutes, or until grill marks appear and slices are tender, turning once or twice.
- Cool.
- Rub skins off of cooled bell peppers, remove stems and seeds, and cut each pepper in half.
- Unmold Cashew Cheese from terrine mold, and slice in half horizontally so you have 2 long slabs.
- Rinse out terrine mold, and line with plastic wrap, allowing plastic wrap to hang over sides.
- Lay a few parsley leaves along bottom of mold, and top with a layer of eggplant, a layer of bell pepper, and a layer of Cashew Cheese.
- Repeat, ending with a layer of eggplant.
- Fold ends of plastic wrap over Terrine, and place a weight (such as 2 15-oz.
- cans) on top.
- Chill 2 hours or up to 2 days.
- To serve: Tilt Terrine over sink, and pour off any liquid.
- Invert Terrine onto platter to unmold, and slice into 1-inch-thick slices.
cashews, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, mustard, salt, agar powder, garlic powder, eggplants, salt, red bell peppers, olive oil, parsley
Taken from www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/mediterranean-terrine/ (may not work)