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Lentil Loaf

Ingredients

Olive oil
1 onion, diced
3 cloves garlic
2 carrots, diced very small
2 stalks celery, diced very small
1/2 small can tomato paste
60 g dried mushrooms, rehydrated overnight, with boiling water (save the water!), then chopped into very small pieces (food processor is a good idea)
Liquid from rehydrating mushrooms
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp garlic powder
3 drops liquid smoke
1 tbsp chili flakes
2 tbsp yellow miso
1 vegetable bouillon cube
1 tbsp italian seasoning, or tomato herb spice mix
... thyme and cumin?
2 tbsp maple syrup
1/2 cup tapioca starch
... flax egg or two?
1 can lentils
1/2 cup oats
BBQ sauce for glaze
Salt and pepper

Method

Sauté onion in olive oil. Add garlic. Add carrots. Add celery. Cook until "getting there".
Add chopped mushrooms (reserve their liquid).
Add all seasonings, and cook a little more.
Combine everything except the BBQ sauce in a big bowl. Mash together a bit. Season to taste, adding more of the seasoning ingredients as you see fit.
Also check for consistency - should be almost kind of doughy. Needs to stick together, so that it slices nicely.
Cook in preheated 350˚ F oven for ~ 45 minutes.

Notes

Tried this once, worked okay, but for some reason I didn't want to eat it. Maybe it needs a more focused set of flavors? Kind of feels all over the place. Did take some notes from first attempt as well:
Add celery
Chop mushrooms smaller
More starch - needs to hold together
Blend lentils and mushrooms more (with choppy blender)
Cut carrots in smaller dice
Based on: https://simple-veganista.com/the-ultimate-vegetable-lentil-loaf/

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