Vegan Apple Sage Seitan Meatballs

Simmering broth

• 8 cups 2 L water (or vegetable broth)
• 1 tbsp 15 mL vegetable broth paste (omit this if you're using vegetable broth)
• 2 onions peeled and quartered
• 3 carrots cut into 2 inch chunks
• 3 ribs celery cut into 2 inch chunks
• 1/4 cup 60 mL tamari
• 1 tsp 5 mL ground sage
• 1 tsp 5 mL whole black peppercorns

Meatballs

• 2/3 cup TVP texturized vegetable protein
• 2 small about 1 cup Ontario Empire apples (or your favourite local tart cooking apple)
• 1 tbsp 15 mL tamari
• 1 tsp marmite 5 mL (if you don't have this, you could also use dark miso)
• 1 tbsp 15 mL vegetable broth paste (or vegetable broth powder + 2 tsp little water)
• 2 tbsp 30 mL vegetable oil
• 1 tsp 5 mL ground sage
• 1 tsp 5 mL garlic powder
• 1 1/2 cups 210 g vital wheat gluten (gluten flour)

BBQ Sauce

• 2 medium onion finely diced
• 2 tbsp 30 mL vegetable oil
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 1 tsp 5 mL garlic powder
• 1 tsp 5 mL onion powder
• 1/2 tsp 2.5 mL chili flakes
• 1 tsp 5 mL sage
• 2 tbsp ketchup
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 2 Ontario Empire Apples about 1 cup diced apples
• 2 cups 500 mL of the simmering broth (after meatballs have been cooked in it)