Meats and Sausages
Vegetarian Diced Tomato Sausage
Tomato sausage made with diced tomatoes, tofu, cracker meal and tomato paste.
| Materials | Metric | US |
|---|---|---|
| Diced tomatoes | 300 g | 10.58 oz |
| Textured vegetable protein (TVP) | 100 g | 3.5 oz |
| Tofu | 100 g | 2.5 oz |
| Cracker meal | 200 g | 200 g |
| Tomato paste | 30 g | 1.05 oz |
| Water for cracker meal | 200 ml | 6.6 oz |
| Potato starch | 20 g | 0.7 oz |
| Guar gum | 10 g | 0.35 oz |
| Carrageenan | 10 g | 0.35 oz |
| Salt | 10 g | 0.35 oz |
| Pepper | 2.0 g | 0.07 oz |
| Garlic powder | 5 g | 0.17 oz |
| Basil | 2 g | 0.07 oz |
| Thyme | 2 g | 0.07 oz |
| Oregano | 2 g | 0.07 oz |
| Onion | 10 g | 0.35 oz |
| Maggi® seasoning | 5 ml | 1 tsp |
| Add water if needed | 100 ml | 3.3 oz fl |
Instructions
- Soak cracker meal in 200 ml of water.
- Mix dry TVP, diced tofu, diced tomatoes and cracker meal together.
- Add more water if necessary.
- Cracker meal is a coarse flour which is made from finely milled crackers.
- It is often used as a seafood fry mix.
- It can be replaced with bread crumbs.
- Except starch, guar and carrageenan, add all spices and mix.
- Add tomato paste, starch, guar, carrageenan and mix all together.
- Stuff hard into 38 mm casings.
- Cook in water at 176-185° F (80-85° F) for 20 minutes.
- Remove and place for 5 minutes in cold water.
- Remove from water and let it cool.
