Vegan Meat Pie

Here it is, my favorite meat pie! According to the people I've had around me taste it over the years, this vegan meat pie really reproduces the texture of meat. So well that if you didn't know it was vegan, you wouldn't see the difference! The spices are perfectly balanced, making it a tasty recipe that doesn't even need ketchup, I swear! And I am proud to bring it to my family parties ;)

Prep : 30 min

Cooking : 1h30

Servings : 2 pies

Ingredients

Filling

• 2 onions, finely chopped

• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

• 227 grams of white mushrooms, chopped into small pieces

• 3 Tbsp (45 ml) vegan margarine or vegan butter

• 4 ½ cups (1 125 ml) mushroom broth

• 4 Tbsp (60 ml) soy sauce

• 1 Tbsp (15 ml) maple syrup

• ¼ cup (60 ml) nutritional yeast

• 2 ½ cups (625 ml) textured vegetable protein (TVP)

• 1 Tbsp (15 ml) flour

• 3 potatoes, cut into small dices (½ inch)

Spices

• ½ tsp (2.5 ml) powdered mustard

• ½ tsp (2.5 ml) nutmeg

• ½ tsp (2.5 ml) cinnamon

• ¼ tsp (1.25 ml) clove

• 1 tsp (5 ml) savory

• 1 tsp (5 ml) dried thyme

• 1 tsp (5 ml) ground onions

• 1 tsp (5 ml) steak spice

Dough

• I didn’t have enough time to make my own dough, so I bought it, making sure there was no animal product in the ingredients. For a homemade dough recipe, it's here!

• Some soy milk (I used unsweetened soy milk)

• Flour

Preparation

Filling

1. In a saucepan, put the margarine and sear the onions, garlic and mushrooms for 8 minutes over medium-high heat.

2. Add mushroom broth, soy sauce, maple syrup, nutritional yeast and spices. Bring to a boil.

3. Add textured vegetable protein and simmer over medium heat until almost all the liquid is absorbed (app 30 minutes).

4. Add flour and mix well.

5. Finally, add the potato cubes to the mixture. Let it cool an hour in the fridge.

6. Preheat the oven to 375 ° F and place the rack in the center.

Dough

1. On a clean surface, sprinkle flour and, using a rolling pin, roll down a ball of dough to a thickness of about 4 mm. Add flour to the surface or dough as needed.

2. Put the dough in the bottom of a pie dish. Add the pie filling and brush the edges of the dough with unsweetened soy milk.

3. Lower the second portion of dough, still adding a little flour to the surface. You can take the opportunity to make some motives with a cookie cutter or a small knife. Put gently on top of your pie dish.

4. With a fork, press on the edges of the dough to stick well together the base and the top, to have a nice solid crust.

5. With a knife, cut the excess dough out of your plate.

6. Finally, brush the crust with soy milk to allow it to brown well without being too dry.

7. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes.

8. Freezing: Freeze cooked pies covered with aluminum foil. Before serving, put the frozen pie in the oven at 350F for 50-60 min, checking from time to time how the it turns golden brown.

Recipe adapted from Apprenti Grano : https://apprentigrano.com/2018/11/15/vegan-meat-pie/