Raw Gluten

INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Pour the water into a large bowl. Add about 3 cups of the flour and mix
well. Beatthe dough for about 100 strokes, or until it becomes elastic.
Gradually add enough of the remaining flour to make a kneadable dough.
Turn the dough out onto agenerously floured surface and knead in enough
flour to make a firm and nonsticky dough. Knead the dough vigorously for 20
minutes. If kneading becomes too difficult for you, try pounding the dough
with a rolling pin or with your fists.
Continue kneading and/or pounding the dough until it becomes very smooth
and elastic. To make sure that the dough is kneaded enough, break off a
small piece and wash it. If it is sufficiently kneaded, the starch will
wash away, leaving the elastic gluten.
The next step is washing or rinsing the dough. Fill a large bowl with
room-temperature water (use the same bowl you used to mix the dough). Place
the bowl in the sink and place the dough in the bowl. Work the dough by
rubbing it and sqsueezing it between your hands with a motion similar to
that of washing clothes.
Don't worry if the dough falls apart, because it will come back together
as it is washed.
When the water becomes very cloudy, pour (with the dough) through a
colander. If you want to save the starch water, place an empty bowl under
the colander to catch it. Repeat this squeezing and rinsing process until
the rinse water is practically clear and the dough resembles a large,
elastic wad of chewing gum.
You now have raw gluten.
Use the raw gluten to make seitan.
Makes  1 1/2 to 2 cups
from the files of DEEANNE
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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