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Vegan Faux Gras

Making real pate that even a vegan could eat
4.75 from 4 votes
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Prep Time 1 day 3 hours
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 day 3 hours 20 minutes
Course Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Side Dish
Cuisine French

Ingredients
  

  • 150 g cashews
  • 50 g shiitake mushrooms
  • 1.5 g tapioca starch
  • 1.3 g agar agar
  • .6 g xanthin gum
  • 8 g kosher salt
  • 1.5 g black pepper
  • pinch nutmeg
  • pinch cinnamon
  • 2 g allspice
  • pinch ginger powder
  • 110 ml brandy
  • 15 g tomato paste
  • 25 g white miso
  • 85 g coconut oil
  • 2 g black strap molasses
  • .5 g yeast extract
  • 90 g shallots
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 275 ml water
  • .5 stick vegan butter

Instructions
 

Summer spice blend

  • In bowl add nutmeg, cinnamon, all spice, yeast extract, and ginger powder

Faux Gras

  • Soak cashews and shiitake mushrooms overnight.
  • Slice up shallots, mushrooms, and garlic.
  • Add coconut oil to saucepan on low heat, let it melt. Add onions, shallots, mushrooms, let them dry out a little.
  • Add bourbon and rest of ingredients except binders. Bring it to boil, let cook for about ten minutes.
  • With an opening in blender, add your mixture and blend at a low speed. Add the agar agar, gums and blend at higher speed.
  • Add mixture to bowl. Melt vegan butter and pour overtop your mixture (optional).
  • Toss them in the refrigerator for a few hours to harden... enjoy!
Keyword appetizer, easy snack, Healthy, light snack, Lunch, meal prep, Snack, Snacks, Vegan, vegan lunch, vegan snack
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