Yet another wheat meat recipe

I wanted to try this out after tasting some vegetarian sausages over the weekend. I was interested in softening the bite and achieve a more meat-like flavor. I used mushrooms, tamari and nutritional yeast for umami, and lecithin for emulsion and flavor. The other weird ingredient,  carrageenan, may have been unnecessary here.

In a beaker or any microwave safe container :

250ml water

One dried shiitake mushroom 

2 tbsp tamari

2 tbsp rice vinegar

2 tbsp soy lecithin

1 tbsp sugar

3 tbsp safflower oil

Warm in microwave and let sit 10 minutes, then blend until mushrooms disappear 

In a bowl:

250g vital wheat gluten flour

25g nutritional yeast

30g masa harina 

.5 tsp carrageenan 

Shape the pliable dough as desired.

Put in stovetop smoker with maple wood chips for 40 minutes.