Meatless Monday - Vegan Sausages

I wanted to try using vital wheat gluten for a long time before I did.  However, I was a little nervous as well.  The original recipes I saw involved lots of steps and boiling things in broth and the reviews always had extremely mixed results.  However, eventually a batch of recipes cropped up that seemed not so difficult, and people were getting good results!  I finally decided to take the plunge, and used this as my base recipe:

Pasta with Peppers and Sausage

I added a roasted red pepper and a ton of basil, since these were things I had on hand that needed using up.   I also changed the spices up a little in an attempt to get spicier results.

To make the sausages, you combine all of the dry ingredients in one container, and all of the wet ingredients in another container.  This is done to ensure that the ingredients are mixed well, since once the liquid hits the vital wheat gluten it gets clumpy and a lot harder to mix.

Once the wet and dry ingredients are mixed together, scoop it out and put into tin foil.  Roll into a hotdog shape, and then steam for 40 minutes.  I have to say, these turned out really great!  Next time I'll make them a little spicier, but the texture turned out really good and the flavor was good as well.

You can slice these and saute them, or eat like hot dogs.