Simple Italian Sausages

Ingredients

• ½ cup cooked white beans (great northern or navy), rinsed and drained
• 1 cup vegetable broth
• 1 tbsp olive oil *or* 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 2 tbsp soy sauce, tamari or liquid aminos
• 1 ¼ cups vital wheat gluten
• ¼ cup nutritional yeast
• 1 tsp granulated garlic *or* 2 cloves fresh garlic, finely grated
• 1 ½ tsp fennel seed, crushed *or* 1 teaspoon ground fennel seed
• ½ tsp red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp sweet paprika
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• ½ tsp dried thyme
• several dashes fresh black pepper