Recipe - Chestnut Roast

2 tablespoon Butter (or margarine or oil)
1 lg Onion; peeled and chopped
2 Celery stalks
finely chopped
2 pound Chestnuts; peeled & cooked
=OR=
3 cn Whole chestnuts (15 ounce ea.)
soaked and cooked
2 tablespoon Chopped parsley
2 tablespoon Lemon juice
1 Garlic clove; crushed
Fresh breadcrumbs (Optional)
(should be whole wheat)
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
One fourth cup Oil

FOR COATING
Dried breadcrumbs

Melt the butter (or substitute) and saute the onion and celery over
moderate heat for 10 minutes until soft but not brown. Transfer to a large
bowl. Drain the chestnuts and add to the bowl. Mix these ingredients
together well.

Mash the chestnuts, onion and celery, then mix into the bowl the chopped
parsley, lemon juice and garlic.

The mixture should be soft but firm enough to form into a roll, so add a
few wholewheat breadcrumbs, if necessary, especially if you're using
canned chestnuts. Season the mixture with salt and pepper to taste.

Preheat the oven to 400 F. Pour a little of the oil into a roasting pan
and put into the oven to heat.

Form the chestnut mixture into a roll about 8 inches long, pressing it
together carefully, then coat it well with the dried breadcrumbs. Put the
chestnut roll into the roasting pan and carefully turn it so that it is
coated with hot oil.

Bake for 45 minutes, until it is crisp on the outside, spooning a little
more of the oil over the roll from time to time during the cooking. Serve
the Chestnut Roast cut into slices.

Source: The Complete Vegetarian Cuisine by Rose Elliot ISBN:
0394571231 Typed for you by Karen Mintzias