Flavorless Seitan
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 23:29
I hope I don't get shot for asking a question about Wheat Meat on a Genuine Meat site. I bought the book "The Art of Making Vegetable Sausages" by the Marianski brothers because I, for medical reasons, decided to go Vegan. I've tried some of the Seitan recipes in the book and I tried several recipes offered on the web. Unfortunately, I've been unsuccessful in getting a decent tasting sausage. Texture is fine but the problem is, the ol' bangers are absolutely flavorless. The seitan just tastes bread like. I've used various flours to see if that made a difference. None.
I've doubled the amount of spices called for in some of the recipes as a test. I even put triple the garlic in one recipe but still, no joy. Barely perceptible. I read that when it comes to seitan one must use more of a spice in order to taste it, but really, if that's true how much more!
So...does anyone have any advice/suggestions on this problem. I really like my sausage and would like to solve this problem. I can't eat the real deal so it's seitan or nothing.
Thanks
JP
I've doubled the amount of spices called for in some of the recipes as a test. I even put triple the garlic in one recipe but still, no joy. Barely perceptible. I read that when it comes to seitan one must use more of a spice in order to taste it, but really, if that's true how much more!
So...does anyone have any advice/suggestions on this problem. I really like my sausage and would like to solve this problem. I can't eat the real deal so it's seitan or nothing.
Thanks
JP