Thanksgiving No Turkey "Turkey"

Description

Thanksgiving 'No-Turkey' Turkey from Recipes Wiki—original source of recipe, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License

• Prep time: 60 to 75 minutes to bake

Ingredients

• 2 lbs whole grain bread
• 2 tbsp margarine
• 2 carrot
• 2 celery stalk
• 1 large onion
• fresh ground black pepper
• ¼ cup parsley
• 1 tsp sage
• ½ cup Egg Beaters real egg product
• ½ cup vegetable broth
• 2 lbs chicken flavored seitan
• 1 cup Brown Gravy
• 1 pack sheet frozen puff pastry

Procedures

1. Break bread into 1-inch chunks. Dry in a large bowl, uncovered, for at least 8 hours.
2. Melt margarine in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
3. Add carrot, celery and onion; saute, stirring frequently, until lightly browned.
4. Transfer to a large mixing bowl; cool to lukewarm.
5. Add pepper, bread cubes, parsley, sage, egg substitute, or egg Replacer, and broth or water.
6. Toss to combine; set aside at least 30 minutes to allow liquids to soak into bread.
7. Preheat oven to 400°F.
8. Line a baking sheet with heavy-duty foil; spray foil with nonstick cooking spray.
9. Brush seitan with gravy on both sides; arrange overlapping slices on foil in a row, mounding in center.
10. Press stuffing mixture around seitan to cover completely.
11. Wet hands lightly, and press into a neat oval.
12. Roll pastry sheets out to 1/16-inch thickness; arrange, overlapping slightly, to make a large rectangle.
13. Seal edges with dabs of cold water.
14. Drape pastry over mound; trim excess away around bottom.
15. Use scraps to cut out decorative shapes (leaves, apples, etc.).
16. Attach with dabs of cold water.
17. For a shiny crust, brush pastry lightly with skim milk or soymilk.
18. Bake 1 to 1¼ hours, covering pastry with foil if it browns too much.
19. Transfer "turkey" to a platter.
20. To serve, cut straight down through pastry, stuffing and seitan to make neat ¾-inch slices.
21. Spoon gravy over each serving.