Mushroom & Leek Pies with Brik Pastry
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • Filling
  • Olive oil
  • Vegan margarine
  • 2 large leeks – sliced thinly
  • 4 large or 12 medium Mushrooms (sliced)
  • 1 cup TVP
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • Thyme
  • Salt and pepper
  • White Sauce
  • 50g vegan margarine
  • 2 tbs plain flour
  • 2 cups almond milk
  • 1 tbs nutritional yeast
  • Salt & pepper
  • Brik Pastry
  • 150 g plain plain flour
  • 180g Semolina
  • Pinch of Sea Salt
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 cups warm water
Instructions
  1. METHOD - WHITE SAUCE
  2. Melt vegan margarine in a medium saucepan
  3. Add flour and mix.
  4. Gradually add almond milk, whisk continually in between each addition.
  5. Whisk until sauce is thick.
  6. Mix through nutritional yeast and salt & pepper.
  7. Put aside.
  8. METHOD - FILLING
  9. Pour 1 cup of hot vegan chicken stock over the TVP in a bowl and set aside.
  10. Heat oil in a deep frypan or pot and add leek.
  11. Cook until soft
  12. Transfer to a bowl.
  13. Add oil and margarine to same pot and melt
  14. Cook mushrooms, garlic and salt. Cook in batches if required.
  15. Add leeks and TVP to mushrooms.
  16. Add white sauce and mix together.
  17. Put into bowl set aside until you are ready to use.
  18. METHOD - BRIK PASTRY
  19. Sift flour and mix semonlina.
  20. Add water, oil and salt and whisk thoroughly.
  21. Heat a flat or crepe pan over medium heat.
  22. Spray or wipe lightly with oil.
  23. Heat pan & using a paint brush or pastry brush, brush the mix thinly onto the pan until a thin circle of batter is on the pan.
  24. It will cook very quickly.
  25. Once the edges start to lift, it is cooked.
  26. Place on a large plate with a damp tea towel under and over the pastry to keep it moist.
  27. Wipe the pan in between cooking each brik pastry.
  28. Continue until you are out of batter.
  29. METHOD - PUT PIES TOGETHER
  30. Lightly oil either a large or six individual pie dishes.
  31. Place the brik pastry in the pie dishes so one end sits on the bottom & the rest of it comes up the side of the dish. Continue until the base and sides are covered.
  32. Fill dishes with filling.
  33. Place more brik pastry on the top.
  34. Brush top lightly with almond milk.
  35. Place in a oven pre-heated to 200°C
  36. Cook for approximately 40 minutes.
Recipe by my vegan plate at https://www.myveganplate.com/mushroom-leek-pies-with-brik-pastry/