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Home » Vegan Recipes » Recipe: Porcini & Polenta Sausages

Recipe: Porcini & Polenta Sausages

April 30, 2016

Porcini & Polenta Sausages
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I was asked recently for a magazine article how I would describe the food on my blog.  It’s a tricky one, but eventually I decided to go with ‘comfort food for vegetarians and vegans’.  This is far from a health food blog, (not a green smoothie in sight), and is more about the sort of food we eat at home every day, hoping to give others some ideas if they are looking to reduce the amount of meat in their diet either a little or a lot.

And when it comes to comfort food, I’m not sure you can get much better than a great big bowl of bangers & mash, slathered in red onion gravy.

I’m not a huge fan of many of the vegetarian sausages available in supermarkets, but despite making hundreds of homemade veggie burgers I’ve never made my own sausages until now.  I liked the idea of using polenta as a bulking and binding ingredient, and decided to use the porcini soaking juices to make it up, rather than stock or water.  I think it works really well, and gives the sausages a deep, mushroomy ‘umami’ flavour.

The mixture makes 16 sausages, and these freeze really well, so perfect batch cooking for a weekend, with plenty left over for the freezer.  You can cook them straight from frozen, for a quick, hassle-free supper.

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Porcini & Polenta Sausages

Porcini & Polenta Sausages

Kate Ford | The Veg Space
5 from 4 votes
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Prep Time 1 hr
Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 1 hr 15 mins
Course Main
Servings 16 sausages

Ingredients
  

  • 25 g dried porcini mushrooms
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 red onion, peeled and chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
  • 4 large flat-cap mushrooms, thickly sliced
  • 40 g polenta (quick cook)
  • 400 g tin cannelini beans, drained and rinsed
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 150 g breadcrumbs
  • zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions
 

  • Pour 200ml boiling water into a measuring jug, then add the dried porcini mushrooms. Press down so they are all submerged in the water, and set aside to soak.
  • Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan, and add the onion. Cook gently for 3-4 minutes until starting to soften, then add the flat cap mushrooms and garlic. Cook on a medium heat until the mushrooms juices have released and then cooked off - you should be left with a fairly dry pan. Set aside to cool.
  • Drain the porcini soaking liquid into a small saucepan, and add the porcini themselves to the frying pan with the rest of the mushrooms. Bring the liquid to the boil, then pour in the polenta, stir vigorously and return to a gentle heat for 1-2 minutes until thickened. Set aside to cool.
  • In a food processor, blitz together the cannelini beans, mushroom and onion mixture, soy sauce, thyme, breadcrumbs, lemon juice and a generous pinch of salt. Finally, stir through the polenta.
  • You now have two choices - I filled a large disposable piping bag with the mixture, and cut a wide opening to pipe sausages directly onto an oiled baking tray. This makes them really neat and uniform, and I just patted and squeezed the ends into a sausage shape. If you prefer, just take golf-ball sized balls of the mixture and roll each one into a sausage shape by hand, then place on a baking tray. You should end up with about 16 sausages.
  • Chill in the fridge for half an hour, and during this time, pre-heat the oven to 200°C / 390°F / gas mark 6.
  • Place those you will be eating immediately onto an oiled baking tray, spray or brush with a little oil, and bake for 15 minutes until golden brown.
  • Place the baking tray with any remaining sausages in the freezer, and once they are frozen solid, place into a freezer bag. Just cook these from frozen for 20-25 minutes.
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Porcini & Polenta Sausages

 

Edge of Belgravia Knives

This was another great opportunity to test out my lovely Edge of Belgravia Precision Knives.  I mentioned them in this post, and ran a giveaway for a full set with knife block.  Congratulations to the winner, Rosy C. – and happy chopping!

They really are super-sharp, lovely to handle and look extremely cool too – top marks all round.  The 4-piece Complete Knife Set retails at £69.90, and the stylish Black Diamond Knife Block is currently on sale at £79.90.

I’m linking this post up with some blogging challenges:

  • Meat Free Mondays hosted by Jac at Tinned Tomatoes
  • Cook Once Eat Twice hosted by Corina at Searching for Spice

Disclosure: Edge of Belgravia provided a knife set for a giveaway.  There was no expectation of a positive review, all opinions are my own.

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Comments

  1. Emily C says

    May 1, 2016 at 4:50 pm

    What an interesting combination idea. I love mushrooms too and veggie sausages are awesome – must try! x

    Reply
  2. Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs says

    May 1, 2016 at 6:35 pm

    Great description. What I love about your blog is that, like you say, the fact that you share veggie or vegan recipes isn’t under the guise of “detoxing” or the pursuit of a svelte body. SO many people choose to be vegetarian now to loose weight, which is great BUT my OH often wants hearty comfort food and I love that there are so many recipes (like this one) that proper hit the spot! I’m saving this to cook my OH on his birthday. I know already he will LOVE this 😀 thanks for sharing!

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  3. Eb Gargano says

    May 3, 2016 at 11:12 am

    Yum! These look delicous 🙂 Comfort food always gets a big thumbs up from me!! Eb x

    Reply
  4. Corina says

    May 4, 2016 at 1:01 pm

    Sausages and mash really is the perfect comfort food meal and these ones sound delicious! I love the fact that they really do look like real sausages. Although I’m not a vegetarian I often make vegetarian burgers and patties but have never thought to try making sausages. Thank you for joining in with #CookOnceEatTwice as well!

    Reply
  5. Kirsty Hijacked By Twins says

    May 4, 2016 at 3:45 pm

    Oooh these look and sounds so good! Definitely a meal the whole family would enjoy x #CookOnceEatTwice

    Reply
  6. Jacqueline Meldrum says

    May 11, 2016 at 8:58 am

    This looks amazing Kate. You continually inspire me. Thanks for submitting it to Meat Free Mondays. I did of course feature it. Fab photos! Stumbled, pinned and yummed. Oh and scheduled to a few Pinterest Boards.

    Reply
    • thevegspace says

      May 11, 2016 at 10:32 am

      Ah thanks so much Jac, that’s lovely!

      Reply
  7. Angela / Only Crumbs Remain says

    May 20, 2016 at 8:37 am

    These sound absolutely amazing Kate. They must be a really satisfy sausage given the flavours you’ve used, I’ll certainly be trying them with a great big bowl of mash and gravy 🙂 #CookOnceEatTwice
    Angela x

    Reply
  8. Thirsa says

    October 24, 2018 at 9:35 am

    These sausages look amazing!

    I was wondering if I could substitute the beans with something else? I can’t eat beans or pulses…

    Reply

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