This Steak Au Poivre is 100% WFPB as it is made with mushrooms and walnuts! Smoked Hickory salt and liquid smoke give it that grill flavor you expect from a steak.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Grill5 minutesmins
Total Time50 minutesmins
Servings: 4
Author: Snap Pea Sheep
Equipment
Grill pan
Skillet
Baking sheet
Spray bottle
Ingredients
3portobello mushrooms
1/4Cup walnuts
3Tbspground flax seed
3TbspWorcestershire sauceI use Wan-fu vegan Worcesterhire sauce
1TbspHickory liquid smoke
2TbspBourbon
1/4TspSmoke hickory SaltSan Francisco Salt Company
1/2TspGarlic
1TspMushroom Unami seasoningI used Trader Joe's
1/2CupFlourUse wheat, buckwheat or almond flour
1/4TspBlack pepperfor patty mixture
1TbspCoarse ground black pepper
10TbspWorcestershire sauce in spray bottle Use to dampen steaks
Bourbon-Pepper gravy
1CupUnsweetened plant milkI use So Delicious unsweetened coconut milk
1/4CupBourbon
2TbspWorcestershire Sauce
1 1/2TbspFlour
1/4TspHimalayan salt
1/4TspBlack pepperTo taste
Instructions
Mix together flax seed, Worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke, bourbon, hickory salt, garlic, mushroom seasoning in a bowl and allow flax seed to gel. (About 10 minutes).
Clean mushrooms and remove gills. Chop mushrooms and walnuts very fine.
Combine mushrooms and walnuts with flax mixture. Gradually sprinkle on flour to make a dough similar to play-dough.
Dust a cutting board lightly with flour and pat your mushroom mixture evenly to a 1/2' thickness. Form individual "steaks".
Sprinkle coarse black pepper on cutting board and carefully dredge both sides of each steak to coat them with pepper. Use more pepper if needed.
Place steaks on a baking sheet and bake at 350°F for 30 minutes.
Allow steaks to cool.
Bourbon-Pepper gravy
Place flour in skillet and brown slightly. Mix together the milk and bourbon and add to the hot skillet. Stir with a whisk to incorporate the flour and liquid.
Add seasoning and continue whisking until the gravy has thickened. Move gravy to a bowl or gravy boat.
Finish and serve
Use a spray bottle and spray steaks lightly with Worcestershire sauce - or spoon some over each steak. Re-warm steaks in a grill pan about 3 minutes on each side.
Spoon some steak sauce onto the plate. Add steak to plate then add another spoon of gravy on top.
Notes
This is a Snap Pea Sheep recipeThis mixture can be shaped however you want.I thought after making these how cook it would have been to cut "T-bones" out of parsnips or turnips and build the steak around it. The parsnip would bake and add a sweetness and touch of whimsy to the steaks. If you have an oven safe skillet, bake your steaks in the skillet and then use that skillet for gravy. Sheep Hack!I keep spray bottles of Worcestershire, tamari, lemon juice, lime juice, water and vinegar so I can mist my food with liquid to keep it from drying out. The gravy could easily be made in a cooking blender. Mine is a Ninja but they don't make it anymore. Pampered Chef has one though. The trick to gravy is to brown the flour before adding the liquid.