Seitan Saltimbocca

Saltimbocca is an Italian dish, food so good it "jumps into your mouth," a tendency for which it's named. Italians make this ...

Saltimbocca is an Italian dish, food so good it "jumps into your mouth," a tendency for which it's named. Italians make this dish with veal, Americans make it with chicken, and vegans make with anything else-- but Seitan is the fun-est. 


This dish was inspired by a recipe I made from watching a person's cooking show on the food network and yes you have guessed correctly, that person is Giada. I used to make this to impress everyone and make them jealous of my very excellent cooking skills. I was only seventeen, but all I wanted to do was cook. When my friends came over, they just cooked with me. I gave them jobs, made them cut garlic, chop the onions, make the garlic bread, do all the parts that were tedious... We would spend all afternoon cooking and then finally set the table using my mom's nicer dishes and just plunk ourselves down and hang out at the dinner table for the rest of the night, putting off cleaning up.
This setian recipe from Super Fun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook is so good and easy that I can't stop making it and using it as my main part of all these memory-inducing meals. This time I used Sweet Earth bacon and a sage leaf laid across the cutlet and seared into place. I served it with a creamy white wine and caramelized onion sauce, sauteed spinach and roasted potatoes. Obviously I would have served this with spaghetti as a kid, but now I'm old and very wise so I knew that it would be more impressive with special roasted potatoes as my carby side, and spinach to liven it up with some color. But really serve this with whatever you like-- squash, brussels sprouts, kale, gnocchi, kool aid-- It's your world.

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  1. Thanks for sharing! I didn't know what to make out of SFTVHC, 'cause there are too many options. But this is making me crave seitan like crazy :D

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    1. That cookbook is amazing! This saltimbocca recipe is my version adapted from a Giada De Laurentiis recipe from like 15 years ago! But the seitan recipe I made is from Super Fun Times, and it's so easy and good!

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  2. I haven't made that seitan from Super Fun Times or ANYTHING yet! Clearly, I need to get on it. This dish looks delightful. That's so funny that you used to convince your friends to help you cook as a 17-year-old. At least they got fed!

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    1. Haha they were pretty good sports about it. You should hit up Super Fun Times for Thanksgiving recipes because they are the BEST!

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