Vegan Pepper-Mortadella (Ham-like)

Last weekend I planned a lot what I wanted to try to cook - mostly meat-like stuff. For one reason that I found some recipes in the web I wanted to try and for second - as I mentionend I wanted to give the backery-son a hint about another idea for a sandwich or even thicker sliced as a piece of "meat" as a warm take-away-meal with sides.

And of course I wanted to make my first self-made ham curious how it will taste like, cause till now I've only eaten bought ones.

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(Video at the end)

Vegan Pepper-Mortadella

Gives about a pound or more of Mortadella 

Ingredients:
200 g seitan-flour
4 Tbsp. nutritional yeast
2 Tbsp. vegetable broth, powder or instant
1 Tbsp. garlic granules
1 middle-sized red pepper
1 small onion
1 Tbsp. flour
250 ml water
30 ml neutral oil

Direction:
Wash the pepper, cut in half and remove the inner cores and seeds, peel the onions and chopp both into very small cubes - or use your food processor- add to a big bowl. (The smaller you chop it the better it will remain in the dought, when you knead it!).

Dizzle with the flour and wisk well through (the flour binds the liquid).

Now add the seitan-flour and stir everything well through. Add the spices and stir again.

Make a hole in the middle center and pour in water and oil and stir, after a while you have to use your hands to knead the dought properly.

When well kneaded arrange it in that shape you wanna have the mortadella and wrap it first in baking paper and then with aluminum foil. Seal well.

Preheat a pan with water, bring to boil, and with your steamerinsert steam the dought-roll for 1 hour.

When done, take the roll out and set aside to cool down and unpeel the mortadella. 

Enjoy the mortadella on your favorite bread or for your next sandwich.

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Here's the video for the recipe