These vegan meatballs with their creamy gravy are real delight. Meatballs are a classic dish, nourishing and comforting, everyone loves them.
Making meatball for your large family is not the quickest dish to make, so why not double the recipe and freeze the rest? The Meatball can go in the freezer very well but you must prepare the sauce at the last moment because it thickens quickly and it loses its creaminess.
Who said that eating vegan was boring or too different? You will see this recipe doesn’t sacrifice taste or pleasure. Just happiness and a dish that live up to your expectations and your childhood memories. Try it. I promise you it will surprise you in a good way that’s for sure! It’s perfect!
Vegan Meatballs with Gravy
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
- 1/4 tsp paprika
- 1 cup cooked lentils
- 1 cup walnut finely chopped
- 3 tbsp flour
- 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
- salt and pepper
Gravy
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 2 tbsp soya sauce
- 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 ˚F
- In a saucepan over medium high heat add the oil and cook the onion and the garlic for 5 minutes.
- In a food processor, and onion mixture, parsley, paprika, lentil, walnut, flour, nutritional yeast, salt and pepper to taste, mix until you obtain a smooth texture.
- Transfer to a bowl and with your hands (it will be easier if there are wet) shape small meatballs. It will probably rewet your hands from time to time so that the dough doesn’t stick.
- Brown your meatballs for a few minutes in a frying pan with a little oil and place them in the oven for 20 minutes.
- In a saucepan gently heat the broth and stir in the mustard, soya sauce, nutritional yeast. Take a little sauce and dissolve the cornstarch so that there are no lumps. Add to the sauce and continue cooking, stirring regularly until the gravy becomes thick enough to coat the meatballs.
- Arrange your meatballs in a dish, drizzle with gravy and serve immediately with mashed potatoes if desired.