Recipe of Perfect Tempeh Loaf

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The ingredients needed to make Tempeh Loaf:

1. You need 2 tablespoons of butter.
2. You need 2 cups of finely chopped onion.
3. Use 1/2 cup of finely chopped celery.
4. Prepare 1/2 cup of finely chopped carrot.
5. Take 1 of vegetable stock cube.
6. Provide 8 of mushrooms (finely chopped).
7. Take 1/2 of chopped capsicum.
8. Get 1 block of tempeh (crumbled).
9. Use 1 cup of sun-dried tomatoes.
10. Prepare 1 cup of walnuts (finely chopped).
11. Use 1/4 cup of tomato sauce (ketchup).
12. Prepare 1 teaspoon of mustard (English, like Colman's).
13. Provide 1 cup of bread crumbs.
14. Prepare 2 of eggs (beaten).
15. Take 3 of gloves garlic.
16. Take 1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme- or 2 tsp+ fresh.
17. Take 1 teaspoon of paprika.
18. You need of Glaze*.

Steps to make Tempeh Loaf:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees..
2. Melt butter in a pan over medium heat..
3. Add the onion, garlic, celery, and carrot to the pan and stir..
4. Cook until onion is translucent and beginning to brown (about 10 minutes)..
5. Add the stock cubes and stir into the vegetable mixture until incorporated..
6. Place mixture into a large mixing bowl. Add the mushroom, capsicum, tempeh, sun-dried tomatoes, walnuts, tomato sauce, mustard, bread crumbs, eggs, thyme, paprika. Work the mixture together with your hands until everything is well incorporated..
7. Allow mixture to rest in the fridge for 10 minutes..
8. Using your hands, form a loaf that is about 30cm long, 15cm wide, and about 6cm tall. The loaf should be smooth and have rounded edges. This will help the loaf stay together when serving. Place the mixture in the centre of a lined baking dish..
9. Place loaf in the oven for 25 minutes..
10. Brush with the tomato glaze and return loaf to the oven for another 10 minutes, brush another coat of glaze on top, and bake for a final 10 minutes..
11. Tomato/Ketchup Glaze* 1/2 cup tomato/ketchup sauce or 4 tbsp tomato paste, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 6 dashes tabasco, 1 teaspoon black pepper. Mix tomato, soy, tabasco, black pepper, until well incorporated..
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