Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

6 c Stone ground, whole wheat 12 Slices fresh ginger, about
-bread flour -1/8" thick
3 c Water 1 Piece kombu, about 3" long
1/2 c Tamari

Mix together flour and water to make a dough. Knead until stiff (10
to 12 minutes by hand or 6 to 8 minutes by machine). Place in a bowl,
cover with cold water and allow to rest for about 10 minutes.

While dough is resting, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil. Add tamari,
ginger and kombu. Cook for 15 minutes, remove from heat and allow to
cool completely.

Immerse dough in a bowl of warm water and knead to remove starch. When
water turns milky, drain it off and refill bowl with fresh water. In
final rinses, use cold water to tighten gluten. Rinsing is complete
when liquid runs clear as dough is squeezed (about 8 changes of
water.)

Lightly oil a 9" x 5" x 3" loaf pan. Place seitan in pan and let rest
until dough relaxes, about 10 minutes. Use in recipes calling for
uncooked seitan or continue with following steps for cooked seitan or
continue with following steps for cooked seitan.

Bring 3 quarts of plain water to a boil. Add seitan and cook for 30
to 45 minutes or until it floats to surface. Drain and cut into
pirces or leave whole. Drain and cut into pieces or leave whole.

Place seitan in cold tamari stock and bring to a boil. Lower
temperature and simmer for 1 1/2 to hours, depending on size of
pieces.

Serve warm or use in recipe calling for cooked seitan.

From _Friendly Foods_ by Bro. Ron Pickarski, reprinted in _Vegetarian
Gourmet_, Winter 1992

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