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Roasted Button Mushrooms & Chickpeas with ‘Corned-up’ Polenta Recipe

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A serving of houmous topped with chickpeas, herbs, plant-based crumbled cheese, and sauce on a wooden board with roasted mushrooms.
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A rich, stew-like tray of wholesome veg, served with a generous helping of super-charged polenta — this one will not, cannot, leave you hungry.

You will need

Serves 4

  • 1kg button mushrooms
  • 2 tablespoons plant-based butter
  • 1 brown onion, diced
  • 4 garlic cloves, roughly sliced
  • 70ml white wine
  • 1 tin cherry tomatoes
  • 1 tin chickpeas, with brine
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce (or tamari)
  • 500ml vegetable stock
  • 1 teaspoon brown sugar
  • 2 thyme sprigs
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 parsley bunch, finely chopped
  • 1 lemon, zest
  • 1 jar plant-based feta (optional)
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • Olive oil

For the polenta:

  • 300g polenta
  • 1.75L oat milk (or your favourite plant milk)
  • 3 tablespoons plant-based butter
  • 2 corn on the cob
  • Salt and pepper to taste

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Directions

10 mins to prep

  1. Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 160°C.

  2. Step 2

    For the mushrooms place the plant-based butter and mushrooms into a baking tray along with diced onions and cook on the stovetop until nice and coloured. Add in diced garlic, sprigs of thyme and cook for 2 min then add the white wine. Cook until it is almost all gone. Add in the cherry tomatoes, chickpeas with liquid, stock, soy sauce, brown sugar, bay leaves and parsley stalks, place in the oven uncovered and cook for 40 minutes.

  3. Step 3

    In the meantime heat the oat milk on the stove on a heavy-based pan, when it comes to a boil, rain in the polenta, constantly stirring, turn the heat to medium-low, shave off the corn kernels and place in with the mixture. Keep stirring until the polenta is creamy and cooked. Stir in the plant-based butter and finish with salt and pepper.

  4. Step 4

    Place a large amount of polenta on the serving plate, top with the mushrooms. Add crumbled pieces of feta if using. Top with parsley, zest of the lemon and a generous drizzle of olive oil.

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