Today I decided to do something a bit quick for brekky but something to cover me for later on since today is choc-a-block full of all sorts of things to get done, in so saying the chances of me forgetting to eat are pretty high. So since I already had some mix left from last nights dinner Soysages on toast it was.
Right so the ingredients :~
2 cups of soybeans (pre soaked or leftover grits from making soymilk)
1 cup of plain flour or spelt flour or potato flour works well too
1/2 cup soymilk (or milk if you prefer)
1 teaspoon of nigella seeds
1 teaspoon dried thyme or fresh if you have it
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
2 Tablespoons Tomato puree
(Extra flour of your choice for rolling them in)
To be completely honest you can use whatever flavourings you feel are best I use these because they happen to be on hand and I like the mix it has a nice earthy mix thats just enough spice without being too herby or hot and spicy.
Ok so What you do is this :~
Blitz it ALL in the food processor until it makes a paste or rather a medium dough type paste.
If you need to add more fluid because you feel the mix is far too dry then do but only a little at a time oherwise you will be on that perpetual rollercoaster of "Oh no now I need more flour" and then back to "Oh no now I need more liquid" be sensible with it. Once it looks like the consistancy of pate STOP!!!
Then you need to shape them. I choose to use teaspoons that way I can fool myself into thinking I am having 6 sausages all too myself when in reality I'm only having maybe the equivalent of 2 -3 much more reasonable!! Of course you can make them as large or small as you like and even shape them into meatballs which is just as good. Anyway you choose to do it, here is one I was making this morning :~
Once you have shaped your little soysages you need to roll them in the flour of your choice :~
And then they look like these little beauties :~
Now if they don't particularly look like this don't worry about it. (Martha Stewart would probably use a piping bag) We are all human and even mine are all over the place !!
In a hot pan start to fry them off, I prefer to use butter or a soy based spread but you can use what you want.
Turn them once they are golden but don't play with them too much or they will fall apart.
Then serve them up however you want :~
Mine of course are on homemade mini loaf toast but then i couldn't make up my mind on what sauces so I thought buggar it I'm having one of each !!!
For you canny lot that can count, you have probably noticed there is one missing. Yes there were 7 in the pan and only 6 on my plate. Just remember a good cook always has one left for quality control. I mean you want to make sure it is perfect before eating the rest!!!
Oh and for you more adventerous lot. This is the perfect recipe to play with. You can add grated veg to it like carrot and courgette and onion. You could even crumb coat them and deep fry them if you wanted. They don't however tend to do well in the oven they do tend to dry out unless they are in a sauce of some description. But have fun with it and I would love to know what you come up with.
For those who are interested in trying out more of my recipes take a look at my book Which is Which? It teaches people to modify thier favourite meaty dairy filled yummy recipes into vegan and wheat free ones.
Which is Which?
In the mean time have a safe and happy Wednesday !!!
xox Love and Light xox
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