SEITAN. in the FACE

[rax]

So I am done with all of my homework for the week as well as optional reading and it is only Sunday. I thought about doing next week's homework but for a variety of annoying reasons it's not clear what that _is_ and so instead I am posting my seitan recipe. WITH PICTURES. I took most of the pictures in Indiana so you will be getting pictures from

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[anacoluthon]

We've made this a few times now out of recipes in a vegan brunch cookbook; that base recipe calls for some mashed navy beans in addition to the gluten, and has you steam the sausages instead of baking them, but is otherwise similar. There was an interesting and delicious variation that included dried cherries and sage.

The second batch I made was Italian-style and had whole fennel seeds, which are kind of anisey; you could probably just add whole or partially crushed anise seeds to a batch with some Italian herbs and have it turn out well.

[rax]

ooooh mashed beans sounds really interesting actually, thank you!

And hmmmmmmmm fennel seeds hmmmmmmmm. Will have to try!

[anacoluthon]

Yeah, the recipe I use calls for 1/2c of navy beans that you mash up before mixing the rest of the dry ingredients together, and the amount of the other ingredients is about the same as yours so I think that would be a good place to start if you want to experiment!
I tend to cook my beans so they have a good bit of structure to them, but next time I make some specifically for this recipe I'll let them get softer. This last batch has some largish bean pieces in it, which isn't terrible, but I'd rather not have them in the future I think.

[identityfail]

coriander, like, powder? or coriander, like, legitsies fresh cilantro in its leafy state? or seeds? or SOME OTHER FORM THAT I AM UNAWARE OF?

#confused

but also this sounds delightful/delicious and i should try it.

[rax]

I use coriander powder in things like this. I have only picked up fresh cilantro as an ingredient at all recently, thanks to zanazibar buying it all the time and periodically saying "you know, that thing you're making would be better with cilantro." And then she is correct. And then CILANTRO FOREVER.