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Things like smoked paprika and smoked cheese can be great for creating proper savoury tastes.
Kombu (or just straight MSG) are your friends for upping the umami meatiness. Truffle oil for sheer unctiousness.
If you're not doing the vegan thing, truffle butter (Carlucccios, not Niki Minaj) is amazing, and parmesan with all the things. Boil the heels in milk to add to stuff.
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Or if you like Indian food, then Made in India or Fresh India by Meera Sodha are great.
I've been vegetarian for 20 years and I've relaxed quite a bit about meat substitutes lately. I blame Linda McCartney sausage rolls, they're a gateway drug.
Things like smoked paprika and smoked cheese can be great for creating proper savoury tastes.