This recipe is a variation of The Post Punk Kitchen’s legendary vegan sausage recipe. We thought some poultry seasoning and dried cranberries would give this version that holiday feel. The backbone of the vegan sausage is the vital wheat gluten and mashed beans. From there the possibilities are endless! Check out these ones at the PPK sausage forum.
1/2 cup pinto beans
1 cup vegetable broth
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons soy sauce
3-4 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/4 vital wheat gluten
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons fennel seeds
1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup chopped dried cranberries
Before mixing your ingredients, get your steaming apparatus ready. Bring water to a full boil. The rest of the recipe comes together very quickly.
Have ready 4 sheets of tin foil. In a large bowl, mash the pinto beans until no whole ones are left. Throw all the other ingredients together in the order listed and mix with a fork. Divide dough into 4 even parts. Place one part of dough into tin foil and mold into a sausage shape about a 5 inches log. Wrap dough in tin foil and twist both ends. Place wrapped sausages in steamer and steam for 40 minutes. Be careful when you remove the sausages and open them up – hot steam! The sweet cranberries and savoury spices work wonderfully together and are perfect for a holiday meal. Slice up the leftovers and pan fry for breakfast the next morning…YUM!
~The Vegan Project
how did these taste?
They are pretty darn good! You can mix and match lots of different flavours…cherry-sage are delish!
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