Hello everyone, I'm Beelzael, 36 years old, vegan for 15 years, living in Ecuador for 13 years, passionate cook, ex-administrator and cook in a vegan restaurant, ex owner of a mixed restaurant, and running a vegan bakery for 11 years now.
For those 15 years, I've been preparing more or less the same Christmas Dinner, and have gotten pretty good at it, refining the recipe and technique little by little. I also prepared it for several other occasions, and it was always received with a lot of love.
I usually make it with German Red Cabbage and Rosemary Potatoes, but this post would be very, very long if I included all that. Is there's a need, I can post that later.
Since I dislike recipes that have more story than recipe, that's it for the front story. I might write more after the recipe. I like writing.
One more thing - this is the onion free version. My mom is allergic. I usually add a lot of chopped and fried onion to everything. In the recipe below, I use mushrooms as replacement.
The Gear
Big cooking pot or pressure cooker
Smaller cooking pot
Aluminium foil or something similar
Rolling Pin (or the empty wine bottle if you make the sauce first)
Egg Whisk
The Seitan
Ingredients
Dry
| Quantity | Name |
|---|---|
| 300g | Gluten |
| 50g | All purpose/White flour |
| 75g | Oat Flakes |
| 20g | Raw Cane Sugar |
| 1 tsp | dried Oregano |
| 1 tsp | dried Basil |
| 1 tsp | dried Marjoram |
| 1/2 tsp | Black Pepper |
Moist
| Quantity | Name |
|---|---|
| 25g | Soy Sauce |
| 100g | Tomato Paste |
| 250g | Sieved Tomatoes |
| 250g | Water |
| 30g | Olive Oil |
| 25g | Lemon Juice |
Process
The Stuffing
| Quantity | Name |
|---|---|
| 250g | Mushrooms |
| 150g | Sweet Corn |
| 100g | Green Olives |
| 4-5 tbsp | Frying Oil |
| 2 tsp | Mustard |
OR
| Quantity | Name |
|---|---|
| 150g | Mushrooms |
| 150g | Chopped Tomatoes |
| 150g | Brócoli |
| 150g | Onions |
| 4-5 tbsp | Frying Oil |
| 2 tsp | Mustard |
The Fusion
First of all, measure your cooking pot. You need to make pieces of Seitan that fit into it, so don't make them too big!
The Sauce
Lily, my daughter, absolutely loves this sauce. She puts it on everything. We eat it with rice, pasta, potatoes, veggies, bread, tofu - whatever. It's like a dark roux.
Ingredients
| Quantity | Name |
|---|---|
| 200g | Mushrooms or Onions or both |
| 100g | Frying Oil |
| 2 tbsp/120g | White Flour |
| 30g | Raw Cane Sugar |
| 75g | Red Wine (Merlot is best) |
| 150g | Soy Sauce |
| 1/2 tsp | of each Black Pepper, Cumin, Paprika |
| 1 to 1,5 liter | Water |
Process
The Result
Christmas was amazing. We had the best of times. My brother loved the food so much that he wanted to prepare it again, to learn how it works. Unfortunately, he had some trouble and couldn't help me, so I promised him that I'd take pictures and make the post so he can look it up and try himself.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
As always, any feedback and especially tips and tricks are very welcome! As long as it's not AI generated content or comment spamming... 😅
Thank you for stopping by!
All pictures are taken by myself with a Motorola Edge 60 Pro and I reserve the copyright - but you're welcome to ask if you'd like to use one of the pics!
