Squee! Thank you, Happy Herbivore!
First–like actual pot roast, this takes a bit of time and effort. Second–like actual pot roast, this tastes fantastic. But it doesn’t make you feel queasy, like pot roast always used to do to me! I was really surprised at how close this was to the “real thing”–not in texture, but in taste.
Texture is the only place you’re going to be let down–the roasted seitan has that spongey, seitan texture that we all know and love. I think it would be better, instead of baking it, to cut it into chunks and sauté with mushrooms–then you can also make a really easy gravy, too.
Bonus tip: when you do make gravy with the cooking liquid, add about 1 tsp of blackstrap molasses to it. It’ll give you that awesome brown gravy color you’ve always wanted. Ta da!
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Nice! So the molasses gives color but doesn’t affect the flavor? I’ve got some super-potent organic stuff on my shelf – think I should give it a try? Thanks!
I found that this recipe was already rather sweet, so the molasses didn’t affect the flavor at all–and the amount (just a tsp in about 2 cups of liquid) isn’t much anyway.
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