Vegan Roast Beef Seitan Recipes

VEGAN ROAST BEEF (SEITAN)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375° and set aside a 8 x 11 casserole dish with high sides.
• Make the seitan dough: Add mushrooms to your food processor and pulse until tiny. They should still have texture, be moist and slightly mushy. Remove to a large glass mixing bowl.
• Now add the rest of ingredients to the food processor - EXCEPT VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN- and blend until smooth. Scrap out with a spatula into the mixing bowl with the mushrooms. Mix everything together.
• Add the wheat gluten and mix with your hand until it comes together. Place dough on your work surface and knead for 2 minutes. You should see strands forming in the dough when you pull it, that is the gluten being activated. It will look fibrous. Form into a roast shape. Season both sides with a little salt and pepper
• Sear the roast: Heat a non-stick skillet over medium high heat with a drizzle of oil. Sear roast for a minute or two on all sides to develop a nice crust. Remove to a cutting board to rest while you make the simmering broth (at this point if you want a more uniform denser roast roll up in a layer of cheesecloth twist the ends and fold underneath)
• Cook the roast: add all the broth ingredients to the casserole dish you set aside earlier and whisk together. Place the roast in the middle of the dish (with or without cheesecloth) and cover the dish tightly with tin foil or lid. Bake for 1 and 1/2 hours, gently flipping the roast half way through cooking.
• Serve: Once cooked, carefully remove roast from baking dish to a cutting board and loosely tent with foil and let rest for 30 minutes. Strain and reserve cooking broth (au jus) or puree it all for onion gravy. (feel free to sear the roast again like in step 5 before serving to crisp up) Slice and serve the roast with broth or gravy and all the fixings! Enjoy!
• For a firmer texture, cover and store the roast in the fridge for at least 3 hours or overnight, reheat on parchment in a covered dish for 30-40 minutes and serve. Slice the leftover roast thinly for deli meat For step by step photos, FAQ, Tips and serving suggestions see above post.