Mushroom meatballs with pepper sauce

Name: Mushroom meatballs with pepper sauce
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 30 g white flour; 120 g mushrooms; 100 g onions; ½ lemons; 30 g vegan grated cheese substitute; 1 ½ dl vegan cream substitute; 7 tbsp olive oil; 50 g rolled oats; 1 tin brown lentils; ½ dl vegetable bouillon; ½ tsp dried basil; ½ tsp dried oregano; ½ tsp dried thyme; ½ tsp salt; 1 tbsp black pepper

Vegan Vegetarian dinner

Total: 45 min. | Active: 30 min.

vegan, lactose-free

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Tender on the inside and crispy on the outside! These high-protein mushroom balls are a perfect alternative to traditional meatballs. I serve them here with a pepper sauce and mashed potatoes, but they taste just as good with pasta and tomato sauce or simply in a bowl of salad.

Recipe by:
Anita - Breakfast & Bowls

Ingredients

for 4 portions

Balls
120 g	mushrooms, roughly chopped
1 tin	brown lentils (approx. 240 g), rinsed, drained
50 g	rolled oats
30 g	vegan grated cheese substitute
50 g	onions, finely chopped
2 tbsp	olive oil
½	lemon, the whole juice
½ tsp	dried basil
½ tsp	dried oregano
½ tsp	dried thyme
½ tsp	salt
30 g	white flour

To fry
3 tbsp	olive oil

Pepper sauce
1 tbsp	black pepper, coarsely ground
2 tbsp	olive oil
50 g	onions, finely chopped
½ dl	vegetable bouillon
1 ½ dl	vegan cream substitute

How it's done

Balls

Blitz the mushrooms in a food processor along with all the other ingredients up to and including the salt. Add the flour, mix, shape into 12 balls with wet hands, place on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

To bake

Approx. 15 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove.

To fry

Heat the oil in a wide non-stick frying pan. Reduce the heat, fry the balls all over for approx. 4 mins. until crispy. Remove, keep warm. Wipe the pan with kitchen paper.

Pepper sauce

Toast the pepper in the same pan without any oil for approx. 3 mins. Add the oil and onion, sauté for approx. 3 mins. Pour in the stock, simmer for approx. 3 mins. Add the cream substitute, reduce over a low heat for approx. 10 mins. Serve the mushroom meatballs with the sauce.

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