Vegan Bolognese Sauce!

• 1 1/8 pounds seitan ground
• 1 13/16 cups carrots chopped
• 1 1/2 cups chopped celery
• 1 1/4 cups red onion chopped
• 2 thyme sprigs
• 1 cup vegetable stock
• 2 cups red wine
• 1 2/3 cups canned tomatoes pureed organic
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 3 teaspoons chili flakes
• 1 tablespoon spices ground, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1/2 cup porcini mushrooms Fresh, or 2TBS dried Porcini soaked for 10 minutes in hot water

1. combine celery, carrots, garlic, and onion in food processor. Chop until fine.
2. Add olive oil to pan. Gently stir in the vegetables. Cook on low heat until the vegetables brown a bit. Add the ground Seitan. Cook for 20 minutes on low heat. If the seitan is home made it will have a lot of water and you will need to cook it more. Add the salt, the chili flakes and the spices.
3. Add the Wine. Raise the heat and let evaporate. Add the canned tomatoes. Cook for another 20 minutes or until it becomes a lovely brown caramelized color! It looks like Bolognese but it's not!
4. Saute the chopped Porcini in olive oil and garlic. Add to your sauce!

ground, carrots, celery, red onion, thyme, vegetable stock, red wine, tomatoes, salt, chili flakes, nutmeg, olive oil, garlic, porcini mushrooms

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Vegan-Bolognese-Sauce_-1639334 (may not work)