This Vegan Chestnut and Mushroom Wellington is a plant based twist on a classic recipe. Mushrooms and chestnuts are the perfect filling. Find out how to make it below.
What is a Wellington
A Wellington is a type of rubber boot but also a delicious pastry based dish that was popular with Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington, hence the name.
How does this Wellington differ from the traditional Wellington
A traditional Beef Wellington consists of a beef tenderloin wrapped in a mixture of finely chopped mushroom mixture, parma ham, and puff pastry. It's then baked until golden.
This recipe foregoes the beef and Parma ham and just focuses on the mushrooms with added chestnuts for extra nuttiness and bite.
How to make a Vegan Chestnut and Mushroom Wellington
There are very few steps to making a Vegan Chestnut and Mushroom Wellington:
- Finely diced the onions and mushrooms.
- Top tip, if you pulse the mushrooms in a food processor you get a range of sizes which is nice texturaly.
- Fry the onions and mushrooms with garlic, herbs and chestnuts until the mixture is cooked and all of the juices have evaporated.
- We want the mushroom mixture to be dry otherwise we will end up with soggy pastry.
- Once the onion, mushroom and chestnut mixture is cooked, place the pan into an ice bath to cool it down.
- In the meantime, lay out your sheet of pastry and cut it into two pieces, one ⅔rd of the length of the sheet and the other ⅓rd of the length of the pastry sheet.
- Make a mound of the cooled onion, mushroom and chestnut mixture into the centre of the smaller pastry sheet.
- You want to make sure this mound is quite compacted so get messy and use your hands to shape it.
- Lay over the larger of the two sheets and press down to seel.
- Score a criss-cross pattern on top of the pastry and brush with soy milk.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
For full instructions check out the recipe card below.
Pro-tip
If you really want to impress your guests why not make your own vegan pastry. Let me show you how to make it here.
Make ahead
Did you know this recipe is perfect for making ahead. Assemble then leave in the fridge, covered, to chill.
You can then cook it straight from the fridge for 30 - 35 minutes or until golden on top and piping hot on the inside.
The recipe
Vegan Chestnut and Mushroom Wellington
Ingredients
- 1 onion diced
- 500 g chestnut mushrooms diced
- 180 g cooked chestnuts diced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 3 sprigs thyme leaves only
- salt and pepper to taste
- 320 g puff pastry sheet
- 3 tablespoon soy milk
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 180 C / 400 F / gas mark 6.
- Heat a little vegetable oil in a pan and fry the diced onions for 5 - 8 minutes or until softened.
- Add the diced mushrooms, minced garlic and thyme and cook for another 12 - 15 minutes until the mushrooms are cooked and all the moisture has evaporated.
- Add in the chopped chestnuts and season to taste.
- Immediately take the mushroom mix off of the heat and plunge the pan into a bowl of cold water to bring the temperature down as quickly as possible. The mixture must be cold before wrapping it in pastry.
- Lay out your puff pastry sheet with the long edge facing you. Cut the pastry into two pieces, one ⅔rds of the length and one ⅓rd of the length.
- Spoon the mushroom mix into a mound on top of the smaller sheet of pastry. Press down to make sure the mound is compacted.
- Lay the larger sheet of pastry over the top and press down to seal around the edges.
- Using a sharp knife cut a criss-cross pattern on top of the pastry and brush with the soy milk.
- Place the wellington into the centre of the oven and bake for 30 minutes or until golden all over.
- Serve while still hot.
Nutrition
Serving suggestions
I have tonnes of delicious side dishes on this blog that would make for the perfect accompaniment. Why not try one of the follow recipes:
- Braised Red Cabbage with Apple and Walnut
- Grilled Asparagus and Baby Leeks
- Maple Glazed Veggies with pecan crunch
- Tarragon Roasted Carrots
- Truffled Root Vegetable Gratin
- Kale, Cannellini Bean and Cauliflower Gratin
- Oven Roasted Caulilini
More vegan main courses
If you're looking for other roast dinner options that are perfect for anyone following a plant based diet, check out these options:
There's more where these came from. Check out the dinner recipe archive for more ideas.
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