Favourite veggie sausage?

[existentialist]

I have 3 packets of the proper Cauldron sausages in my freezer now. I shall never take them for granted again.

 

[stavros]

I tried my little cornershop Tesco this morning for the Cauldrons, but they didn't have them. They had Cauldron falafels though, for some reason.

 

[Epona]

I tried my little cornershop Tesco this morning for the Cauldrons, but they didn't have them. They had Cauldron falafels though, for some reason.

Oh those are quite nice - I mean they're not sausages so this is not the thread for it, but I have enjoyed their falafels!

 

[stavros]

The big Tesco had run out of Cauldron sausages, so I bought a couple of packs of their own brand fake chicken, which were on special offer. Pretty good stuff, better than the equivalent I've bought from the Coop.

 

[stavros]

Tesco put their vege meats in two different sections. One's by the packaged meat, and the other's in separate chilled section. They have sausages of different brands in either, but not in both, which is confusing.

 

[Epona]

Shrinkflation alert:

Frozen Richmond Meat-Frees are smaller now than they were a couple of months ago.

Bag of 8 was 336g, now is 304g.

Photo to illustrate difference in sausage size - the one on the bottom of the photo is one I had leftover from the previous bag I purchased, the other 2 are from a bag I purchased on Monday.
I tried to take the photo more or less completely top-down to avoid any small/far away confusion

 

[Skim]

Has anyone successfully made sausage rolls using veggie/vegan sausages? If so, what fake sausage meat did you use? I really miss sausage rolls and Greggs isn’t hitting the spot.

 

[philosophical]

Has anyone successfully made sausage rolls using veggie/vegan sausages? If so, what fake sausage meat did you use? I really miss sausage rolls and Greggs isn’t hitting the spot.

What I have done in my cheap air fryer.
Roll of puff pastry.
Veggie sausages defrosted (I have used Quorn ones from their big bag).
Cut the sausages in half or quarters longways.
Arrange in a section of puff pastry big enough to wrap a sausage up after it is pressed back into shape.
Sprinkle the cut sausage with whatever, paprika, cajun, ground black pepper, a bit of chilli sauce...all of that/none of that, whatever.
Wrap the puff pastry round the reassembled sausage (use a fork to press down the edges, then cook in your air fryer 188 degrees centigrade for about 11-13 minutes (check on them whilst cooking).
Reasonable starting point for further experimentation.
I am sure you can mix up a tasty interior with fake 'mince' of some sort, and use the puff pastry to press or hold it together.
You can get a roll of ready made puff pastry in Lidl for under a pound, and I reckon that would do five of six of my suggested sausage rolls, with the heating and the bits and pieces you will get nice sausage rolls for no more than 40-50p each, can have them hot from the air fryer no problem.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Has anyone successfully made sausage rolls using veggie/vegan sausages? If so, what fake sausage meat did you use? I really miss sausage rolls and Greggs isn’t hitting the spot.

I usually make a sort of giant sausage roll thing for christmas dinner. It's a proprietary home made 'sausage meat' filling though.

 

[mrsfran]

M&S Plant Kitchen sausages all day long. Nothing else comes anywhere near as close to the real thing.

 

[Maggot]

What I have done in my cheap air fryer.
Roll of puff pastry.
Veggie sausages defrosted (I have used Quorn ones from their big bag).
Cut the sausages in half or quarters longways.
Arrange in a section of puff pastry big enough to wrap a sausage up after it is pressed back into shape.
Sprinkle the cut sausage with whatever, paprika, cajun, ground black pepper, a bit of chilli sauce...all of that/none of that, whatever.
Wrap the puff pastry round the reassembled sausage (use a fork to press down the edges, then cook in your air fryer 188 degrees centigrade for about 11-13 minutes (check on them whilst cooking).
Reasonable starting point for further experimentation.
I am sure you can mix up a tasty interior with fake 'mince' of some sort, and use the puff pastry to press or hold it together.
You can get a roll of ready made puff pastry in Lidl for under a pound, and I reckon that would do five of six of my suggested sausage rolls, with the heating and the bits and pieces you will get nice sausage rolls for no more than 40-50p each, can have them hot from the air fryer no problem.

You don't cook the sausages before wrapping them in pastry?

 

[8ball]

I usually make a sort of giant sausage roll thing for christmas dinner. It's a proprietary home made 'sausage meat' filling though.

Britain is indeed a tolerant country.

 

[philosophical]

You don't cook the sausages before wrapping them in pastry?

You can do, but it is extra work. A bit of a fry up with some oil and all the flavourings in the pan is a decent idea if you can be bothered.
It works anyway with the Quorn sausages as I described as that time at that temperature cooks them through.

 

[Maggot]

Has anyone successfully made sausage rolls using veggie/vegan sausages? If so, what fake sausage meat did you use? I really miss sausage rolls and Greggs isn’t hitting the spot.

I made some a while ago, that were very tasty, but I can't remember which sausages I used, possibly Cauldron. It's best to cook them first, then let them cool a bit before wrapping them in pastry. I added grated cheese and rosemary too.

These are delicious, but a lot of work, and lots of ingredients you are unlikely to have in your cupboard.

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[danny la rouge]

Has anyone successfully made sausage rolls using veggie/vegan sausages? If so, what fake sausage meat did you use? I really miss sausage rolls and Greggs isn’t hitting the spot.

I used to do so using Sosmix.

Original Sosmix Vegan Sausage Mix - 1kg Bag

This is the original Protoveg Sosmix vegetarian sausage mix! Use it to make delicious vegan sausages, sausage rolls, kievs and many other tasty meals. Loved by Adrian Chiles. Buy online, click and collect or visit our vegan superstore near Newcastle.

alternativestores.com

 

[danski]

I used to do so using Sosmix.

Original Sosmix Vegan Sausage Mix - 1kg Bag

This is the original Protoveg Sosmix vegetarian sausage mix! Use it to make delicious vegan sausages, sausage rolls, kievs and many other tasty meals. Loved by Adrian Chiles. Buy online, click and collect or visit our vegan superstore near Newcastle.

alternativestores.com

'Loved by Adrian Chiles'

Fuck yeah, I'm in!

 

[Skim]

Thanks all: must experiment next weekend when I get a chance… there’s nothing like proper homemade sausage rolls

 

[hash tag]

From memory, aunt Bessie's toad in the holes use old style cauldron sausages, I think.

They have certainly changed the formula. The new sausages aren't nearly as nice as the previous ones.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

They have certainly changed the formula. The new sausages aren't nearly as nice as the previous ones.

Quorn cocktail sausages changed their recipe recently too. It wasn't 'new and improved' it was new and worse. Why do they do that?!? And now Co-op seem to have stopped selling them.

The only time a recipe has changed for the better was when Linda McCartneys introduced rosemary and red onion veggie sausages.

 

[stavros]

The only time a recipe has changed for the better was when Linda McCartneys introduced rosemary and red onion veggie sausages.

I still always go for the plain ones.

 

[mr steev]

Has anyone successfully made sausage rolls using veggie/vegan sausages? If so, what fake sausage meat did you use? I really miss sausage rolls and Greggs isn’t hitting the spot.

We had an event on at work last weekend and had loads of veggie sausages left, so I made a ton of sausage roll for other parties and to freeze.
Richmond, Richmond sage & onion and OMV! no pork ones. I didn't pre cook them and I thought the OMV! ones were actually better baked then fried. The sage & onion was good. I'll add mustard the next time.

At the event I blew a Romanian woman's mind.. she'd never had a veggie sausage and was mightily impressed

 

[RubyToogood]

Sainsbury's/Plant Pioneers do really nice frozen mini sausage rolls you put in the oven.

 

[Mattym]

Quorn cocktail sausages changed their recipe recently too. It wasn't 'new and improved' it was new and worse. Why do they do that?!?

Yes, they used to be nice & now they're disgusting. It's like a dehydrated version nowadays.

 

[newme]

Sweet potato, quorn etc do a reasonable job but it simply isn't a sausage, its just something sausage shaped. Better off using actual vegetables. Had a number of decent variations visiting someone I knew very well who was a vegetarian. Nothing wrong with the meal at all, but comparing it to a sausage was silly. It was its own category, nothing wrong with that and I enjoyed them but comparing non meat to meat is daft. Theres nothing wrong with it as a veg/vegan product but it is not in any way a sausage. Vegetables can shine on their own tastiness.

 

[Chz]

FWIW, and I know it's not a proper sausage, Lidl does a "festive crown" vegan sausage ring with cranberry and it's pretty lovely actually.

 

[Maggot]

Sweet potato, quorn etc do a reasonable job but it simply isn't a sausage, its just something sausage shaped. Better off using actual vegetables. Had a number of decent variations visiting someone I knew very well who was a vegetarian. Nothing wrong with the meal at all, but comparing it to a sausage was silly. It was its own category, nothing wrong with that and I enjoyed them but comparing non meat to meat is daft. Theres nothing wrong with it as a veg/vegan product but it is not in any way a sausage. Vegetables can shine on their own tastiness.

Meat eaters telling veggies what they should and shouldn't be eating is what this threads been missing. Well done!

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

FWIW, and I know it's not a proper sausage, Lidl does a "festive crown" vegan sausage ring with cranberry and it's pretty lovely actually.

Sounds good. I'll try to remember to look out for that the next time I pass through a Lidl, thank you.

 

[newme]

Meat eaters telling veggies what they should and shouldn't be eating is what this threads been missing. Well done!

No it was a personal opinion, what the hell do I care what someone else eats? I have done all kinds of diets and combined them as best fitted me. If there is any vegan sausage that actually tastes like one then sure I am definitely wrong, they taste fine anyway. No issue, no ego in this, it simply seems to be a different product in the same shape. Much as cauliflower can be delicious, calling it a steak is simply incorrect unless the definition is something thats flat and cooked on a grill or similar. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it but it is not a steak. If someone made a pineapple shaped thing of beef it would not be a pineapple.

 

[Epona]

Sausage is a shape, not an ingredient though

Probably mentioned the smoked butter bean ones I had in a restaurant at least once on this thread - utterly lush.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

A veggie sausage is an oxymoron anyway.

Sausage is a shape, not an ingredient though

Perhaps colloquially. But not really.