Meatless Monday : Vegan toffee apple ‘meatballs’ with leek and apple mash

This is a real autumn comfort bowl which I have made using apples and leeks from the allotment.  Don’t be put off by the ‘toffee apple’ - it just adds a hint of sweetness and a nice flavour.  The recipe below is for far more toffee sauce than you need but the rest can be used as a sauce for nice cream.  Please see ‘Summer ices 3 - banoffee ‘nice' cream’ sundaes'- 
It can also be used in granola.  Please see ‘Christmas gingerbread granola’  or even a filling or topping for cakes.  

Vegan toffee apple ‘meatballs’ with leek and apple mash
Serves 2

For the ‘meatballs’
120g dried soy mince
½ apple, peeled cored and finely diced
75g oats
1 tsp sage 
1 tbsp toffee sauce (see below)
1 tbsp tamari
Olive oil spray

 The vegan toffee apple 'meatballs'

For the mash
2 medium or large potatoes, cubed
½ apple, peeled, cored and finely diced
1 small leek, trimmed and sliced (white part only)

For the toffee sauce 
100g Medjool dates, pitted
1 tbsp lacuma
Good tbsp coconut cream

For the gravy
1 red onion, peeled and finely chopped 
1 tbsp olive oil 
300ml water 
1 tbsp cornflour
2 tbsp tbsp tamari

To make the toffee sauce place the dates in a bowl and cover with boiling water.  Leave to cool then add the lacuma and coconut cream and whiz up in a high speed blender.  

To make the ‘meatballs’ place the dried soy in a bowl and cover with boiling water to rehydrate.  Leave for 10 minutes.  Drain any remaining liquid and add the oats, apple, sage and tamari.  Whiz in a high speed blender.  Shape into small balls and place on a non-stick baking tray.  Spray well with olive oil spray and place in the oven at 200 degrees for around 20 minutes until firm.  

To make the mash place the potato, leek and apple in a pan, bring to the boil and cook for around 10 minutes.  Drain and mash.

To make the gravy heat the oil and cook the onion for 3-5 minutes then add the water and tamari.  Bring to the boil and reduce heat to simmer for 10 minutes. Mix the cornflour with a little water, add to the gravy stirring all the time and cook for another 3 minutes.

To serve divide the mash between two bowls, add the meatballs and pour over some gravy. 

Enjoy

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