Vegan German Meatballs Cabbage With Creamy Mustard Sauce Food

VEGAN GERMAN MEATBALLS & CABBAGE WITH CREAMY MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Place the oats and sunflower seeds into the bowl of a food processor fitted with an s-blade, then blend them to a powder.
• Break the tofu into a few large chunks and add it to the food processor, along with the onion, garlic, soy sauce, maple syrup, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, liquid smoke, sweet paprika, smoked paprika, and marjoram.
• Pulse the food processor until the ingredients are finely chopped and well mixed. Do not overblend the mixture.
• Taste-test the mixture and season it with salt and pepper to taste. Adjust any other seasonings to your liking.
• Roll the tofu mixture into 1-inch balls (you should get about 20 of them) and arrange them on the baking sheet and brush them with olive oil.
• Bake the meatballs for about 25 minutes, flipping halfway through. They are finished baking when they're lightly browned.
• While the meatballs bake, melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add the onion and cook it for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until it's soft and just beginning to brown.
• Add the cabbage to the skillet. Continue cooking and stirring for about 5 minutes more, until the cabbage begins to soften up.
• Clear a spot near the center of the skillet and add the garlic. Cook it for about 1 minute, until very fragrant, then stir the garlic into the cabbage mixture.
• Sprinkle the flour into the skillet and stir to coat the cabbage with the flour. Continue cooking and stirring the cabbage for about 2 minutes.
• Add the coconut milk and broth, a bit at a time, stirring well between each addition. Then stir in the mustard.
• Bring the liquid up to a simmer and cook everything for about 10 minutes, or until the sauce thickens and the cabbage is tender. Stir the mixture occasionally as it simmers.
• Stir in the sauerkraut and remove the skillet from the heat.
• Tastes-test the cabbage and season it with salt and pepper to taste.
• Divide the cabbage onto plates and top it with the meatballs. Sprinkle with chives and serve.

KONIGSBERGER KLOPSE (GERMAN MEATBALLS IN CREAMY CAPER SAUCE)

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or Dutch oven such as Le Creuset, heat broth ingredients (stock, bay leaf, cider vinegar, white wine, peppercorns, and 2 tablespoons capers) to a simmer over medium heat.
• Meanwhile, combine meatball ingredients, mix well.
• Form meat mixture into golf-ball sized balls (note: mixture will be a bit sticky and delicate to work with, but this is normal, and the result will be a moist and tender meatball!). Roll them in flour, and carefully place into hot broth; simmer each batch for 15 minutes, but do not boil. (Tip: do not crowd meatballs, ie only simmer about 10-12 meatballs at a time). Note that the broth will thicken as you add the flour covered meatballs, which will make a nice sauce.
• Carefully remove meatballs from the hot broth with a slotted spoon, and keep them warm in a covered bowl stored in the oven while making the sauce. Discard bay leaf.
• To Make Cream Sauce:.
• To hot broth stir in the sauce ingredients and heat through, but do not boil.
• Add the cooked meatballs to the heated sauce, stir gently and warm through.
• To Serve:.
• Serve Meatballs and Cream Sauce with boiled new potatoes (salzkartoffel) or hot buttered spaetzle noodles, and German Rotkohl recipe #108449. Sprinkle with snipped fresh parsley, for garnish.
• To Serve as an Appetizer:.
• Make the meatballs smaller and serve warm from the crock pot with toothpicks, buttered rolls and potato salad recipe #309891.
• Freezes well.