Thanksgiving No Turkey "Turkey"

by user Elocina

Info
Cook Time:

Serves: 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
 * 1/4 cup parsley
 * 1 tsp sage
 * 1/2 cup Egg Beaters Real Egg Product
 * 1/2 cup vegetable broth
 * 2 lbs Chicken flavored seitan
 * 1 cup brown gravy
 * 1 pack sheet frozen puff pastry

Directions

 * 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 degrees.
 * 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 1 ¼ 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.

Source

 * Thanksgiving 'No-Turkey' Turkey from CookbookWiki -- original source of recipe, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License

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