Vegan Manzo Stufato with Mushrooms and Plant-Based Butter
It's time to play "What's for Shabbat?" This week's edition features a much loved Italain Classic, adjusted for the vegan diet.
I had a desire: a stack of out of print vintage cookbooks from which to draw inspiration from for my 1950s housewife existence. Two days later, I was at my neighbor's apartment. She was cleaning out her cupboards. There it was a stack of cookbooks from the 70's, 80's, and 90's. I asked and she let me borrow Italian Cooking by Caroline Manni, part of the International Recipe Collection. For all you vintage fanatics, the book was produced by K-Mart in 1981.
Of course nothing is vegan and very little is even vegetarian. But you know what we do here at That Vegan Jew On Welfare; adapt for our compassionate new age. The picture for the recipe Manzo Stufato actually made my mouth water. Furthermore, it seemed like a great dish for my Shabbat table this week. By the way, it was. I paired it with raspberry Italian sodas, Challah with Olive oil and Kosher Balsamic vinegar of Moderna dip, a vegan pepperoni cheese board to share, and chocolate cake made from a left over from Passover mix.
There are, of course a few major adaptions. One, I don't own a Dutch Oven, so there is a little Pyrex cooking dish and aluminum foil trick, I'll teach you. Then I substituted sliced white mushrooms for the beef cubes and Country Crock's Plant Based Butter for the bacon grease. I also replaced the wine with pomegranate juice.
This recipe take 10 min of prep time, 5 hours to overnight refrigeration, and 2 hours of cook time. It serves 4.
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Lets get started. The supplies needed are: measuring spoons. Large cutting board, Paring knife, Pyrex deep dish rectangular pan (buy one here https://bit.ly/3RGvGK0) or Dutch oven (I am currently coveting this one https://bit.ly/3o8I1sy), cooking spoon, aluminum foil, gallon sized zip lock bag, and a large pot. You will need the following ingredients: For the marinade, 1 onion, chopped, 3 garlic cloves, diced, 6 peppercorns, 1 bay leaf, 1 large thyme sprig, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 container white sliced mushrooms, 8 oz (1 cup) pomegranate juice. For the rest, 1 large onion, 1 stick country crock butter (or your preferred brand), 1 cup Vegan beef broth, I used Orrington Farms, but Better Than Bouillon, or any other brand will work.
STEP 1 Gather your supplies for the marinade recipe and chop the onion and garlic up.
STEP 2 Take the zip-lock bag and throw all the ingredients you just prepped into the bag. Seal it, and shake it up. This is the perfect thing to do on a Thursday night, as the marinade does have to sit for 5 hours. Or, during the summer months, this can be prepared in the morning.
Step 3 When your marinade has finished soaking, prepare the second list of ingredients, except for the broth. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Now is the time for that promised dutch oven hack. First place the cut up second onion in the bottom of a Pyrex deep dish pan. Place the stick of Vegan Butter on top. Then cover the dish with aluminum foil. Place in the oven for 25 minutes.
Step 4 Take the dish out of the oven and remove foil. Save the foil because we are going to use it again. Empty the contents of your marinade bag on top of the onions. There's no need to stir, just cover with the foil again. Bake for 35 minutes.
Step 5 Remove dish from oven. Dump the contents into a large pot. Cover with a lid. Simmer for one hour. Serve steaming hot.
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Vegan Manzo Stufato with Mushrooms and Plant-Based Butter
Prep time 10 min Refrigeration 5 hours to overnight cook time 2 hours
Ingredients
For the marinade
1 yellow onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, chopped
6 peppercorns
1 bay leaf
1 large thyme sprig
1 cup (8 oz) Pomegranate juice
1/2 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
1 standard container white sliced mushrooms
For the Stufato
1 large white oinion
1 stick (1/2 cup) vegan plant based butter
1 cup vegan beef broth
Directions
Gather your supplies for the marinade recipe and chop the onion and garlic up.
2. Take the zip-lock bag and throw all the ingredients you just prepped into the bag. Seal it, and shake it up. This is the perfect thing to do on a Thursday night, as the marinade does have to sit for 5 hours.
3. When your marinade has finished soaking, prepare the second list of ingredients, except for the broth. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Now is the time for that promised dutch oven hack. First place the cut up second onion in the bottom of a Pyrex deep dish pan. Place the stick of Vegan Butter on top. Then cover the dish with aluminum foil. Place in the oven for 25 minutes.
4. Take the dish out of the oven and remove foil. Save the foil because we are going to use it again. Empty the contents of your marinade bag on top of the onions. There's no need to stir, just cover with the foil again. Bake for 35 minutes.
5. Remove dish from oven. Dump the contents into a large pot. Cover with a lid. Simmer for one hour. Serve steaming hot.
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