Vegan meatloaf
A vegan meatloaf roasted with green spelt meal and quinoa. Served with vegetables, mashed potatoes and an unusual sauce.
Ingredients
For the meatloaf
- 250 g green spelt meal
- 1 onion
- 500 ml water
- 50 g quinoa
- 150 ml water
- 150 g oatmeal
- 200 ml water
- 2 tsp mustard
- 2 tsp tomato paste
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 pinch of cumin
- 2 tsp oregano
- 2 tsp marjoram
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley
- alternatively dried parsley
- 50 g potato flour
- 200 g tofu
For the sauce
- 1 small red beet
- 1 onion
- 1 carrot
- 1 slice of celery
- 1 parsley root
- 1 tsp tomato paste
- 2 - 3 tsp starch flour
- 200 ml water
- 100 ml red beet juice
- Salt, bell pepper and paprika powder to taste
- 3 - 4 leaves pointed cabbage optional
Instructions
For the meatloaf
- Simmer green spelt meal and finely chopped onion with 500 ml water in a pot for about 5 minutes. Stir again and again. Then cover and let swell for 20 minutes.
- Simmer the quinoa with 150 ml of water in a pot for 15 minutes and then let it swell for another 5 minutes.
- Cook the oatmeal with 200 ml of water to a porridge.
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Add the spices. Stir in the potato flour.
- Dab the tofu dry, crumble and add to the mixture. Knead everything again lightly.
- Form the whole into a large meatloaf.
- In an ovenproof dish with a lid, first pour in a little water, then put 1 -2 leaves of pointed cabbage on top.
- Put the meatloaf mixture on top. Cover with 1 - 2 leaves of pointed cabbage. Finally, close with the lid.
- Bake in preheated oven at 200 degrees celsius top/bottom heat for about 50 minutes.
For the sauce
- Peel beet and cut into small sticks. Simmer in a pot of water for about 20 minutes until soft.
- Peel and chop the onion. Fry in a hot pot.
- Add peeled and chopped vegetables. Brown a little more with tomato paste. Then pour water and beet juice.
- Season the sauce with salt and bell pepper and paprika powder. Bind with starch.
- To thicken the liquid, mix the flour or starch in a cup of cold water, add to the liquid and bring to the boil.