Superb Brocolli Pie

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Recipe submitted by dcak031@uce.ac.uk

Superb Brocolli Pie

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

Puff pastry (I cheat and use ready made)
Head of brocolli
handful of mushrooms
large onion
marmite or other yeast extract but marmite is best
tomato puree
flour

Directions:

Sweat onion and mushrooms in a little olive oil. Boil brocolli in just enough water to cover it until it is just tender. Dont drain the water, but over a low heat add a couple of tablespoons of the tomato puree and marmite, the onions and mushrooms and stir well. Then add the flour until it becomes a thick stew. Pour into pie dish and cover with pastry. Bake until pastry is golden. It is very nutritious due to the marmite and brocolli, and has a relly rich gravy like taste.

Serves: 4.

Preparation time: 45 mins.

The receipe sounds delicious! I absolutely love pies like these, but I have a question; will the stuffing in the pie be stiff enough, or isn`t it supposed to be? fridge.

Archived comment by: fride

This may be a dumb question, but do you steam the head of brocoli whole, or cut it up? I'm guessing that you would cut it up. Sounds very good.

Archived comment by: cynthia

Can puff pastry be made without butter? Is there a vegan alternative?

Archived comment by: brenda

What is Marmite? Where do you get it? Thanks

Archived comment by: bonnie

I did not like this dish (neither did my housemates) There was just something that didn't taste right (the Marmite?) and making puff pastry is a time consuming project.

Archived comment by: myfanwy

I thought this was delicious! I used nutritional yeast instead of marmite and we all just loved it. It was so easy to make and the taste was very warm and gravy-like. Comfort food!

Archived comment by: vegmommy

I'm guessing puff pastry can be made with vegan margarine, too. Marmite is a yeast extractive, looking like a dark, thick paste and its a British thing. I don't know if its sold elsewhere but I'm pretty sure its not sold in America. You can try yeast flakes instead, although they're not as strong.

Archived comment by: faunablues

I've found marmite at my local food coop and at various whole foods. At first I didn't like it, but now I love it. I guess its an aquired taste. Sometimes I just have it on bread alone or with avocado its delicious.

Archived comment by: amafiaprincess