Vegan Thanksgiving Turkey
This is the best vegan turkey you will ever eat!
Equipment
- Heavy Rolling Pin
- Parchment Paper
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups Vital Wheat Gluten (organic if you can)
- ¼ cup Nutritonal Yeast
- ¼ cup Veganitsa's Poultry Spice Mix
- 1 can Garbanzo Beans, drained Keep liquid
- 1 can Artichoke hearts, drained Keep liquid
- 1 can Jack fruit, drained Keep liquid
- 1 tbsp Better than Boullion Chicken
- 1 tbsp Vegan Chicken Powder
- 1 tbsp Raspberry Chipotle sauce. optional
Victoria's Vital Turkey Spice Mix
- ¼ cup Nutrtional Yeast
- 2 tbsp Cumin
- 2 tbsp Smoked Paprika
- 2 tbsp Onion Powder
- 2 tbsp Garlic Powder
- 2 tbsp Ginger
- 2 tbsp Black Pepper
- 2 tbsp Ground Anise Seeds
- 2 tbsp Italian Seasoning
- Mix well
Instructions
Method
- Cut the hard parts of the Jackfruit and the outer leaves of the artichoke hearts.
- Place the cut parts in the food processor with 1 cup of the juice, garbanzo beans, spices bullion, and fresh herbs.
- Process and pulse a few times scraping the sides until you get it to the consistency of ground meat.
- Add ½ of the vital wheat and process continue adding and pulsing until you use all the vital wheat gluten is added.
- Slowly add the juice you saved until you get crumbled dough
- Take it out of the food processor and spread on floured surface.
- This is the trick and it will take awhile. Stretch and pull and keeping stretching and pulling and putting back together and stretching and pulling and pressing until it gets to a tight ball.
- Rest the roll for 5 minutes
- Then press and stretch again it will get hard and tough just add juice and work with it to keep it moist
- On parchment paper or floured surface, use a heavy rolling pin and roll out the dough until it's 1/2 inch thick.
- Place the stuffing on the end closer to you and start rolling and pressing forward using the parchment paper to get everything to stick together.
- Continue working on it until you have nice roll.
- Brush the top with 1 teaspoon better than bouillon dissolved with 1 tablespoon of Raspberry Chipotle sauce.
- Close the parchment tight from all ends and wrap it with foil.
- You can bake it right away of freeze it if you make it in advance.
- If you bake it without freezing just preheat oven to 350° F and bake for 1 hour.
- You can bake ahead of time keep it wrapped then heat it few minutes before serving.
If you freeze it then
- Preheat oven to 350° F
- Take the roll out of the freezer and set it in baking pan
- Put it in the preheated oven and cook for 1 ½ hours.
Video
Notes
See my Rice Stuffing recipe to make the filling for this Turkey.
See my Victoria's Turkey Spices recipe to make this recipe.