Black Bean Sausage with Tofu and Fresh Corn
- 2 small shallots
- 3 large garlic cloves
- 1 bunch cilantro fresh
- 3/4 cup vegetable stock
- 2 ounces gelatin, unflavored
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 cups black beans cooked
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper ground
- 1/2 medium green bell peppers
- 1 small carrots peeled
- 1/4 cup tofu firm
- 1/4 cup corn fresh
- Mince the shallows and garlic.
- Chop the cilantro.
- Set aside.
- Heat oil in a heavy saute pan over moderate heat.
- When oil is hot, add the shallots and garlic.
- Saute for 2 to 3 minutes or until tender.
- Set aside to cool.
- Place the beans, salt, and white pepper in a food processor fitted with a metal blade and process until beans are pureed.
- Transfer to a large bowl.
- To make garnis, remove seeds and membrane from the bell pepper.
- Cut the pepper and carrot into very small (1/8 in.)
- dice.
- Heat oil in a saute pan over moderate heat.
- When oil is hot, add pepper and carrots and saute for 2 to 3 minutes or until tender.
- Cool completely.
- Drain and towel dry tofu.
- Cut the tofu into very small (1/8 in.)
- dice.
- Add tofu, corn, and cooled sauteed vegetables to bean mixture, stirring to combine.
- Transfer to a bowl.
- Pour stock into a double boiler.
- Sprinkle the surface with gelatin and allow it to bloom for about 10 minutes.
- Heat gelatin to a syrupy consistency over water that is 100 to 110 degees F.
- Remove and allow gelatin to thicken slightly.
- Set the bowl of bean/vegetable misture into a large bowl filled with ice and stir occasionally as it cools.
- Add the gelatin folding to combine, and continue stirring until thickened and well chilled.
- To assemble sausage, spoon mixture onto a sheet of plastic wrap in a long line.
- Roll up (like a cigar), twisting the ends closed and securing with butcher's twine, if desired.
- Chill 3 or 4 hours or overnight.
- To serve, remove plastic and cut on the bias into 1/2-inch- thick slices.
shallots, garlic, cilantro, vegetable stock, gelatin, vegetable oil, black beans, salt, white pepper, green bell peppers, carrots, tofu firm, corn fresh
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/black-bean-sausage-tofu-fresh-c-5320 (may not work)