White Bean Gravy with Soy Sausage
Submitted by lisa
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| prep time: 15 minutes (?) | cooking time: 4 hours | makes 6 cups...or whatev |
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| A couple of years ago, I worked in a vegan/organic restaurant in Asheville, NC. I used to work the brunch shift which featured a vegan Southern breakfast plate: biscuits, white gravy (w/ flour), seitan sausage, and collard greens. The plate was delicious, but there was too much wheat flour (3 out of 4 items), so I was determined to find a healthier alternative to the flour-based white gravy. That's when I came up with this recipe...it's excellent for drowning biscuits or for eating in a bowl with biscuits on the side. |
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Equipment:
1- large pot for soaking/cooking beans
2- hand blender (the ones to puree soups)
3- large (10-12") cast-iron pan
Ingredients
2-3 Cups white navy beans or white kidney (cannellini) beans
2 Tablespoon non-hydrogenated margarine [EarthBalance]
1 package of sausage-flavored GIMME LEAN
10-12 leaves of fresh sage, finely chopped
black pepper
sea salt
vegetable broth (optional)
Directions
- Soak the beans in cold filtered water for 12 hours. change the water and cook the beans over low heat until beans are soft.
- Use the hand blender to puree the beans. Add water or broth if necessary...if it is too watery, you can eventually cook off the water.
- In the cast-iron pan, melt the EarthBalance. Crumble the GIMME LEAN and add it to the pan. continuously mix the crumbled sausage until most of it is golden brown.
- Add the "sausage" to the bean gravy (with the fat too) and season with sea salt, black pepper, and sage.
- Cook everything together for 10 minutes or until the desired consistency is achieved. |
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Reviews (add your own)
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| Julie wrote on Friday October 27th, 2006 10:42 AM |
 four soybeans |
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I made this using canned Great Northern beans dried sage (I know, so lazy!) and it was still fantastic. I did add some onions while the sausage and margerine were cooking, which worked well. Served with turnip and beet greens: delicious! |
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| mekaylah wrote on Sunday November 12th, 2006 09:17 PM |
four soybeans |
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just made this today. so great!! perfect for me with my bloodsugar woes. no flour! i paired it with isa's scrambled tofu and some nine grain toast. so perfect and filling, i got breakfast for a week! |
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