Ingredients

(Feeds 4-6 people)

100g (3½oz) butter
1 medium Savoy cabbage
3 tbsp olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
4 garlic cloves, sliced
1 celery stick, chopped
1 medium carrot, diced
250g (9oz) chestnut mushrooms, sliced
1 x 400g (14oz) tin green lentils, drained (or use 250g/9oz cooked lentils)
6 sundried tomatoes
2 tbsp harissa paste
10 sage leaves
2 tbsp cornflour
1 packet of cooked chestnuts (about 180g/6oz), roughly chopped
1 tsp fennel seeds
Salt to taste

Instructions

Slice off the hard end of the Savoy cabbage until you can easily peel off 6 large outer leaves. Set aside.

Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a saucepan, then add the onion, 2 of the garlic cloves, the celery and carrots and soften over a low-medium heat for 5 minutes. Stir in the mushrooms and cook with a little salt until the water in the pan evaporates. Mix in the lentils, sundried tomatoes, harissa paste and sage leaves, adding salt to taste. Cook, stirring, until any moisture that appears has evaporated.

While this mixture cools, bring a saucepan of water to the boil and dunk the cabbage leaves in for 2 minutes until soft. Remove and drain on kitchen paper, then use them to line a loaf tin, draping them so that the hard core is in the middle and there is a bit of overhang. Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C/gas 6.

Transfer the lentil mixture to a food processor with the cornflour and process until you get a sticky, dough-like filling. Stir through the chopped chestnuts, then fill the lined loaf tin. Flatten the top and fold over the overhang to cover the filling.

Roast in the oven for 25 minutes, then leave to cool for 10–15 minutes in the tin. While it’s resting, slice the remaining savoy cabbage, discarding the core. Heat the remaining olive oil in a pan, sizzle the remaining garlic and fennel seeds in the hot oil, then add the sliced cabbage and cook with a dash of water until soft. Add salt to taste.

Place a serving platter on top the loaf tin and flip over to release the roast. Serve with the savoy cabbage scattered around it.