Spicy Italian Vegetarian Sausage



Makes 8 links

Ingredients

  • 2 1/4c vital wheat gluten
  • 1/2c nutritional yeast flakes
  • 1/4c chickpea flour
  • 2T Bill’s Best Chik’Nish Seasoning
  • 2T granulated onion
  • 1-2T fennel seed, optional
  • 2t coarsely ground pepper
  • 2t ground paprika
  • 1t dried chili flakes, optional
  • 1t ground smoked paprika
  • 1/2t dried oregano
  • 1t salt
  • 1/8t ground allspice
  • 2 1/4c cool water
  • 6-8 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
  • 2T olive oil
  • 2T soy sauce

Directions

In a large bowl, mix together all of the dry ingredients. Whisk together the water, garlic, olive oil, and soy sauce and using a fork, gently stir into the dry ingredients. Stir just until ingredients are mixed. If dough mixture is too dry, you can add another T of water or as needed.

Scoop 1/2c dough mixture at a time and shape into logs. Place logs on piece of aluminum foil and roll up, twisting ends. Place sausages in steamer and steam for 30 minutes. Once sausages have cooled, remove from foil and refrigerate until ready to eat. After cooling, the sausages may feel a bit dry on the outside. Don’t worry, as they will soften and firm up considerably after chilling.

Variation: You can shape the dough into little patties instead of links. If you don’t want to use aluminum foil, you can wrap the links in damp muslin or tea towel and tie ends with cotton twine.