What is wheat muscle? Wheat muscle is a protein derivative of vegetable origin , originally invented by a Calabrian gentleman, Enzo Marascio, (Calabria is certainly not a region that does not disdain meat), produced by a company in Isca on the Ionian Sea , and according to me is a stroke of genius. I admit that the first time I ate the wheat muscle I said it tasted like cardboard, a little better than seitan perhaps, but that was it: I had taken some sliced ​​salami-like that did not convince me at all, but m I had to change my mind when I ate the roast of wheat muscle and especially the porchetta .
Let’s say that despite the basic flavor of wheat muscle, both the spice and the texturethey didn’t make me regret a dish of roast meat . Not being a vegetarian, when I choose (often, actually) alternatives to meat I try to aim for taste and quality: in short, no one forces me, not even ethics, at most I do it to vary. But the wheat muscle convinced me, normally I would buy it as an alternative to meat, with no regrets for the latter