Hearty Red Wine Vegan Cassoulet

This is a great hearty meal that feels as meaty and substantial as any non-vegan cassoulet. It’s a good camping dinner as it can be premade and heated up over a camp fire, or thrown together quickly. It tastes – and smells! – as amazing as anything made with red wine and thyme should – try not to eat it all at once. Perfect served with some warm bread from the oven.

Ingredients

2 large leeks

400ml red wine

500 ml veg stock

50g fresh thyme

1 can plum or chopped tomatoes

4 tsp nutritional yeast

1 tsp garlic puree

8 plant based sausages (I used Richmond’s)

400g thinly sliced potatoes

1 tin butter beans

Handful parsley to garnish

1 tbsp olive oil

Method

Grill or cook the sausages according to directions.

Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a pan. Slice the leeks and add them to the pan, cooking over a medium heat for 5-7 minutes until golden.

Add the wine, half the stock, the thyme, nutritional yeast, garlic puree and tomatoes to another pan. Add the sliced potatoes and let them cook over a medium heat for 10-15 minutes, adding the rest of the stock throughout the cooking process.

Add the leeks and the butter beans to the mixture and cook for another 2-3 minutes to warm them through and let them absorb the flavour.

Garnish with parsley and serve!

If you liked this, try our bento box vegan spicy tempeh, potato and cauliflower.