I am going to attempt to make vegan sausage....?

Question

Has anyone ever done it before. And if so ow did you do it. Right now I am just looking for a recipe to make patties out of, no links. I know I said vegan but eggs are okay, or with egg replacer would be even better.

Answer 1

I thought that a vegan was someone who ate only vegetables ..and no meat ....why would you want to make sausages out of these people >>wouldn't that be like soylent green ...I suppose you invite them over for a big green pepper party and then knock them off one by one and grind them up  using maybe a snow blower or a wood pulper  like in the movie Fargo ...I think this is a bad idea though

Answer 2

Ingredients...

2 heaped tsp margarine (not oil - oil really doesn't work in this recipe)

1 big flat mushroom, chopped very finely

2 tbsp breadcrumbs (I put a slice in the blender to make homemade ones)

Tip tsp nutmeg

Tip tsp mace

Level tsp dried sage

Level tsp dried thyme

Salt and pepper

1 tsp tamari

Optional:

Some wheat-free flour to coat before pan-frying.

Method...

Heat oven to 160°C (when ready to cook them).

Blitz breadcrumbs.

Heat one tsp of the margarine in a pan and fry the mushrooms until the juice starts to come out.

Add the salt, nutmeg, mace, herbs and stir well.

Cook this for a minute or two then add the tamari and stir well.

Add the breadcrumbs and mix well.

Season with black pepper.

Try and blitz the entire mixture in the blender for a few seconds if you can. It's not vital and it probably won't blend much, but it helps the mixture stick together.

Leave to cool for a few hours - or longer if possible.

When you're ready to cook the mixture, divide into 2 and make either small sausage/croquette shape or a round pattie. You don't want to make them too big or they will start to crumble and fall apart.

You can coat in the flour if you wish to have a crunchier surface and it helps hold the mixture together.

Heat the remaining tsp of margarine and very carefully seal the sides of sausage or pattie until each side is golden - minute or so on each side.

When done, put in the oven on baking tray for 10 minutes.

Then serve!

Answer 3

I make sausage using a basic steamed seiten recipe.  I make them into links because it's worlds easier to roll them up in foil for steaming that way.  You could always experiment with patties, though.  Here's a recipe for apple sage sausage, inspired by Field Roast brand (which are delicious, but expensive.)

1 1/2 c vital wheat gluten flour

1/4 c nutritional yeast

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp cloves

1/4 tsp allspice

2 1/2 tsp onion powder

1 tsp ginger

1 Tbsp rubbed sage

1/4 tsp black pepper

1/2 c dried apples, broken into tiny pieces

1/2 c mashed Yukon Gold potatoes

2 tsp marmite

3 tbsp olive oil

1/2 tsp liquid smoke

1 tsp crushed garlic (either from a jar, or pressed in a garlic press)

1 Tbsp maple syrup

2/3 c water

Combine the dry ingredient and mix.  In a separate bowl, combine the wet ingredients and whisk together.  Pour the wet into the dry and mix with your hands.  When all of the dry ingredients are soaked up, turn out onto a clean surface and knead for a few minutes until the gluten has formed strings.  Divide into 10-12 equal portions, roll into a sausage shape and wrap tightly in foil.  Steam in a steamer basket  for 30 minutes, unwrap and fry up in a little oil or cooking spray.

You cab freeze them, but try to avoid thawing in the microwave; they get a little tough if you do.  I haven't played much with the seasonings, but you could totally change the flavor of the basic recipe.  Field Roast makes a smoky chipotle sausage, too, and I plan to try to replicate those by tweaking this recipe.

To the person who asks why you'd want to make your own instead of just buying them at the store, there are a million reasons.  Number one, making things from scratch is almost always more economical than buying prepared foods.  Number two, you can control what goes in it so you're not eating things like preservatives, artificial colors or flavors, etc.  Number three, you can adjust seasonings to your own personal taste.  Number four, creating in the kitchen is very satisfying and fulfilling to some people.  I could go on, but the point is that it's a personal choice.

Answer 4

I am a former chef and make mine like I do my homemade veggie patties or falafel, I take a variety of mushrooms, eggplant, zuccihini, carrots, TVP, chickpeas or chickpea flour, smoked paprika (there is a smokey element for the flavour), I chop/grate the veg along with a few onions, saute them until just limp, run it threw my food processor pulsing to a medium coarse texture, take it out, add the the soaked TVP, I use a veg boullion cube in boiling water, add my spices (hot sauce or dried chilis, oregano, sage or thyme) smk paprika, chickpea flour, I use dried garlic to mellow it out.

Once the mix has cooled make it into patties or take a long piece of saran wrap place some in the middle and roll it up into a long snake like piece, I them tie it off in links with string, I refrigerate the patties and links to firm them up, then saute them lightly in a non stick pan, I have one of those oil spritzer for a bit of a coating, and cook them until brown and crispy, no one will say there meat but there healthy and are a good sourse of vitamins and minerals and the mix will last 2-3 days if you just want to make them one at a time.

Answer 5

I'm not criticizing your cooking skills, but wouldn't it be easier to simply purchase vegetarian sausages? They'd be more cost effective and it would save time. You also don't need to shop around for weird ingredients as they sell vegetarian sausages in most good stores.

Answer 6

A banana tree's heart is an excellent alternative to meat. I've tried it and it's delicious... The first time I ate it, I didn't even know it was banana heart until the person who made me try it said so.

here's the recipe for banana heart patties:

You will need

1 kilo banana heart

1/4 kl shrimps, shells removed and chopped (optional)

2 eggs lightly beaten

1 medium onion, finely chopped

5 cloves garlic, chopped

1/2 cup Tomato Sauce

1/4 cup bread crumbs

1/4 cup flour

Here's how

1. Discard outer layer of banana heart. Chopped inner part and soaked immediately in boiling water for 3 minutes. Squeeze tightly to remove water/juice.

2. Combine banana heart with the rest of the ingredients. Season with 1 tbsp rock salt, 2 tbs soy sauce and 1/2 cup pepper. Mix thoroughly.

3. Form every tbsp of mixture into patty. Fry both sides until golden brown. Serve hot.

have fun!  =)

Answer 7

You could make seitan with tvp mixed in and maybe some quinoa or bulgar wheat, fennel, basil, garlic.  Something like that