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Farro vegan sausage
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Farro Sausage

5 from 1 vote
This recipe has been a long time in the making. The first time I had Farro Sausage was in New York at a vegan pizza restaurant. The one pizza that really stuck out for me was a white sauce pizza with Farro Sausage, I fell completely in love with the Farro Sausage. In the following weeks and months, I couldn’t stop thinking about how they made the sausage and how I was going to start making it myself. The first thing I did was to start working backwards on this recipe. You need to get the texture right, after that you need the fat, sweetness, salt and smoke. Of course the ever important umami must be BIG and I mean BIG. The sausage has a balance of texture, creamy and enough umami and smoke to bring you back to the memory of what sausage tastes like. The power of memory is enough to bring an emotional response to the surface with each bite.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Servings: 20 ounces
Course: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine: American
Calories: 73
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 8.8 oz instant cook farro
  • 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil plus more to coat the pan
  • 2 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp molasses
  • 2 Tbsp maple syrup
  • 2 ½ cups vegetable stock
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds ground
  • 1 tsp Italian seasoning
  • ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper ground
  • ½ tsp granulated garlic
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • ¼ cup panko breadcrumbs
  • ¼ cup plant milk

Method
 

  1. Place the quick cook farro in a blender, pulse the farro 3-5 times. You are looking to break the farro up into small and medium sized pieces. DO NOT over blend, this will lead to creating farro flour which is not the goal.
  2. Heat a large sauce pan over medium heat, add 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil.
  3. Add the farro into the olive oil. We are looking to toast the farro just a little, when you can smell a light nuttiness that’s the time to start adding the soy sauce, molasses and maple syrup. Continue to cook stirring for another 3 minutes to combine.
  4. Add the vegetable stock, spices and salt. Stir to combine, reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook for 15-20 minutes.
  5. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spread the cooked farro in a thin layer on a baking sheet. Place in the oven for 15 minutes. Baking the farro reduces some of the moisture and creates a nice texture with some crispy bits.
  6. Place the baked farro into a large bowl, its ok to let it cool enough so that you can handle it with your hands.
  7. Add the panko breadcrumbs, 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil and oat milk. You’ll need to adjust the moisture level here if you’re making patties or crumble. Patties may need more plant milk to bind together.
  8. Heat a sauté pan over medium-high heat, add enough olive oil to lightly cover the bottom of the pan, add your sausage patty or crumble, cooking until golden brown.

Notes

Nutritional values are an estimate.