Hello friends of Hive.
Here in Canada we are in the thick of autumn. This is when the leaves turn yellow, orange, and red. People rave about the beauty of it all.
For me the sight of this, fills me with an indescribable sadness. I don't know exactly why. It could be that this is the sign of upcoming torture that I will have to face. The torture of dark, windy, cold, snowy, icy days to come. The days locked inside except for the walk to work and back.
Alright, enough of my woes!
October is also a time when the German Octoberfest takes place. I grew up in one of the most popular places for Octoberfest. Southern Ontario.
Everyone talked about it, and how they were going to a party here or there. They drank a lot of beer swinging their steins back and fourth, listening to polka.
The food without a doubt, was mainly sausages.
I never once attended the festivals. I always thought someday I would see what it's all about. I would never do such a thing nowadays. Also the sausages would be made from pork.
Today I will make a vegan sausage dinner as a tribute to the October German festivities that I have never attended. It has ended already but it's still October so we are not so far off right?
For this I am using vital wheat gluten and a small amount of tapioca flour.. Gluten flour can be purchased in quite a few places around our city. If I wasn't able to get this, I would try the flour washing method, where you would form a ball of dough and wash away the starch. I have never tried this.
I have chosen the seasonings that I feel would be good.
Vegan sausages
Seasonings
1 tbsp onion powder
1 tbsp garlic powder
1 tbsp black pepper
1 tbsp white pepper
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp fennel
1 tsp dill
1 tsp thyme
1/4 cup nutritonal yeast
Flour
2 cups vital wheat gluten
2 tablespoons tapioca flour
Wet ingredients
2 cups vegetable broth or more if needed
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons liquid aminos,or soy sauce
3 tablespoons agave or maple syrup
2 tablespoons oil
Salt to taste
After mixing the wet ingredients together, add salt and taste. I like sausages to be on the salty side, but I keep in mind, that later I will braise them in vegetable broth, which is also salted.
Mix the gluten flour with the tapioca flour.
I made a random decision to add tapioca flour. Some people add beans or chickpeas. I decided not to do that this time.
Add seasonings.
Mix the seasonings with the flour.
Incorporate the dry with the wet ingredients. Add either more broth or more flour if needed. I like the dough to be fairly tough but workable. It will gain some moisture from the broth later.
This is a bit of an arm workout to knead. Gluten flour is tougher than regular flour.
I knead the dough until it comes together as much as possible.
Covering and resting the dough makes it easier to work with later.
Meanwhile make the vegetable broth. I sometimes use store bought.
Vegetable broth
1 onion
1bulb of garlic
1 carrot
1 celery stick
10 or so peppercorn
3 bay leaves
Salt to taste
Brown the onions in oil, add garlic and the rest of the items. Cover with water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 45 minutes to an hour.
I also added a vegetable broth cube to this as an after though
After 40 minutes, or so, of resting, cut the dough into equal pieces to a desired size.
Roll into sausage shape. This was the first time I decided to use rice paper wrappers to wrap them. I usually use tin foil or parchment paper.
This is now my preferred method.
Dip each wrapper on both sides for around 5 seconds, or until you can roll them.
Don't let the wrappers get too soft. Roll the sausages in the paper.
I sometimes put them straight into a steamer or boil them in broth. This time I put them in the air fryer for 10 minutes first.
Spraying with oil all over, gets them golden on the outside.
I could have put them in the oven, but air frying is faster.
When they came out I put them in a pan to simmer in broth.
They simmered for a good 30 to 45 minutes. They also swell up quite a bit. This is when I decide they are ready.
After they are done, I removed them from the broth and set aside. They are reheated later.
Meanwhile I prepare the side dishes.
I found nice small brussel sprouts, which to me are better then the big ones.
Pan cooked brussel Sprouts
250g brussel sprouts
2 medium shallots
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon agave nectar
1 cup vegetable broth
Salt and pepper to taste
Oil for the saute
Saute shallots and garlic. Add the brussel sprouts and cook until tender.
Add vegetable broth.
Simmer until the liquid is evaporated.
It wouldn't be a proper German style dinner without potatoes and sauerkraut.
The potatoes were sliced, coated in oil, with salt and pepper and put in the air fryer until golden. Around 10 minutes. (I think as I kept checking them.)
The sauerkraut was added to a pan with fried onion and cooked down with added salt and pepper. In the non plant based world, there may be bacon or some kind of meat added.
With added cucumber salad in a dill vinaigrette, and a gravy made from the broth, it was complete.
I like my sausages with mustard, but I didn't do it this time.
I was very please with how they turned out. In fact the store bought ones that I really like are no better.
I managed to get 7 good size sausages out of this using less than half the bag of gluten flour.
A package of my favourite store bought sausages costs an average of 7 dollars for four.
The bag of gluten flour costs 10 dollars so it's worth it to make them myself. It's just not convenient, but I don't think I'll waste money on such luxuries anymore. Over all it's more satisfying to make it at home.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.
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Thanks to you my great friend. Success.
Looks like a great addition to your vegan sausage dinner! A very excellent presentation. enjoy your meal! 😊
Thank you @hive.samadi for your kind words😊
First of all happy Autumn 🍁
This looks so tempting 😋
Happy autumn back to you. I think your autumn is nicer haha.
Thank you friend.😊
Thank you @hive-106316 😊
I am really hungry now.. I love the photography arrangement in these
Much appreciated @cvrle 😊
I'm so sorry that the arrival of autumn makes you sad dear friend @carolynstahl
I loved these sausages in homage to traditional German holidays
I love the ingredients you used, it's great that you made a vegetable sausage
The dish looks delicious and invites you to sit at the table. Enjoy it very much
Thank you for your comforting words my friend. I used to love real sausages growing up. This way I can have a plant based version to remind me.😊
They look like real sausages. To keep them in good shape, it is a good idea to use rice paper wrappers.
A very nice and good alternative for people who want this type of food. A hug :)
Yeah they turned out like the ones I buy on occasion. It is quite versatile as well. You can flavour with any seasonings. I will do more experiments.
Thanks for your support my friend.😊
Whatever you make is very good I like your style. :)
Hello lady @carolynstahl
How great that you made these traditional sausages vegan, the truth is that they turned out great, and they look really delicious
It means a lot to me to have your compliment dear Abigail @miprimerconcurso.
Thank you!
Woow 😲 , my dear friend every time I see your recipes I want to eat the screen, what a delicious thing, I want to make this recipe, I loved it 🤤
Haha I think you may prefer the meat ones?😅
I know you would knock it out of the park, if you made this my friend with your skills.😊
I love vegetables, they are essential in the daily diet and their flavors are extraordinary, I have to prepare your recipe soon, I don't have enough time to do so many things hahaha
A complete portion on your serving plate, carbs, protein, fiber all in one.
The sausages look really good, very similar to the ones sold in the packaging, you really did a great job preparing them.
Something that intrigues me is the brussels sprouts which are very cute, I've never found them in my area.
Brussel sprouts are something that is not liked by everyone. These were small and better flavour. The thing with these vegetables, unlike some, is that they have to be cooked until really tender, or they are not so good.
I hope someday you can find them.
Thank you my friend.
Wow thanks for providing important information on processing brussels sprouts, it's great to try it someday!
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Thank you @plantpoweronhive 😊
This is so detailed and well explained. I love the organization of the pictures, making it easy to learn and try out... To crown it all, the end result is yummy 😋..
Good job 👍
I really appreciate your kind praise. Thank you.😊
You're most welcome 😊
Hmmn, this is gonna be yummy yummy yummy!!!. Such a rich food culture.
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Magical vegan cooking Carolyn, your sausages look so good, I love your flavour combinations! That rice paper could be used in many dishes, I've never seen it, must see if I can find it here.
I know you don't do well in winter, wish I could kidnap you to spend summer here in SA so you can enjoy the African sun, and get a taste of your divine food!
....and a taste of your divine food my friend! Cheers!😊
An exquisite dish. I loved the recipe.
Thank you so much @marilui9!
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Excellent work. I really liked your presentation. You prepared a complete meal.
I'm new in canada and im loving the fall season because of colourful trees haven't experienced winters in canada. This October was the warmest one in Canada history. I hope this year wont be that cold as it was used to.
Happy Friday:)
Welcome to the great north. I appreciate your comment and visit. Where I am, the cold is very annoying but hopefully you will not feel as I do 😄
wow yummy yummy ! Preparing your presentation is crucial.
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Very yummy food! But there are so many steps for this recipe! I don’t mind tasting a few sausages though!
Yeah but once you do it and get the feel it is not so difficult. If I had your cats and country I would spend my time differently. 😊
I hope the cold weather won’t arrive too early. I do hope you could travel to SE Asia next year. I hope you would have two cats one day too.
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