The Vegan Cheese Files Test #1 🧀 Will it Taste Cheesy? 🧀
vegan·@riverflows·
0.000 HBDThe Vegan Cheese Files Test #1 🧀 Will it Taste Cheesy? 🧀
> **“I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.” John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces** <br> I've been wanting to make vegan cheese for ages. There are so many recipes on the internet, and today I had MOST of the ingredients, but not the one that requested the culture, so I had to hunt for something that suited my cupboards. Then, of course, I adapted that again to what I had - the recipe called for liquid smoke, but I didn't have any, plus, I've heard bad things about it. I was also really worried that I didn't have enough agar agar, and at the time of writing this recipe, I haven't checked to see if it had set or not. I'll let you know by the time you read through the instructions. <center>  </center> # Vegan Cheese <br> #### This is the kind of recipe that you need to get all your stuff together first. Then, you can take a sexy photo for Steemit with some funky bowls. That's not a necessary part of the recipe, by the way. <br> 2 tablespoons of agar flakes (or make according to pack directions) 1.5 cups water 2 tbsps of lemon juice 1 tablespoons of coconut oil, melted 1 tbsps white miso paste 1 cups raw cashew pieces, soaked in water overnight, rinsed & drained 2 tbsps nutritional yeast .5 teaspoons sea salt 1/4 tsp turmeric powder Firstly, sprinkle the agar agar over warm water in a saucepan and bring to a gentle boil for about 5 minutes until it's completely dissolved. Meanwhile, whizz the cashews in a blender - don't worry about getting them smooth - that will happen. Add the lemon juice and miso paste and coconut oil, blend some more, then add the salt, turmeric and nutritional yeast. <center>  </center> Add about 1/2 of the agar liquid and whiz. Then add the rest and SUPER whiz - at this point it will be nice and creamy and you can dip your finger in for a cheeky taste and be pleasantly suprised that yes, yes indeed - it TASTES CHEESY! </center>  </center> Then, pour the mixture into bowls - stupidly, I had just taken the ramekins I NEVER EVER used to the op shop (charity shop) and damn it, they would have been PERFECT. <center> https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmdA5z3usKiMe7W1ucqXmu4PHmsUKpwqxvWLJezGKm1HgG </center> At this point, you can fold through some herbs or chillis to flavour it. I used garlic chives. A lot of cheese recipes call for garlic powder and/or onion powder, but I can't use these as two family members required a FODMAP diet so they can't eat onions. Thus, I always use garlic chives, but I was thinking jalapenos would be good in this too. <center>  </center> #### Pop into the fridge until set. Slip out onto a plate and voila... vegan cheese! Was it tasty? Drum roll, please!! # Yes!! It tasted really cheesy! Sadly, as I didn't have enough agar agar, it didn't set as firm as I'd like, so I thought it would be a good spread or a pasta stir through sauce! And it was - perfect for "I can't be bothered cooking on a Friday night" kinda knock up dish. Sorry about the awful photo, but it was pretty dark last night - ugh, damn you daylight savings Winter in Victoria time. And yes, Mum, I did eat salad with it. <center>  </center> # Of course, the real burning question for vegan cheese is.... will it melt? My friend's exclamation was: <center>  # The challenge has been set - excuse the 'lack of agar agar' pun - (groan) so I'm definately going to try for a cheese that melts. I'm going to start a Steemcheese series of my efforts - what do you think? Except 'steemcheese' sounds disgusting - any other ideas for a cool hashtag, SteemFolks?    </center>
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