Cheddar (contains soy sauce)

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Cheddar (Vegan)

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A vegan cheese that mainly consists of potato, oil and soy.

 

 

mashed potatoes (5 large potatoes, 750 g - 1 kg [1 1/2 - 2 lbs])

(or potato starch?)

magarine (40 g)(1 1/2 oz)

corn flour (or breading mixture, Paniermehl)

soy sauce (4 tsp) -OR- yeast extract

 

Optional:

salt -OR- celery salt

bear's garlic, garlic, any other herbs (e.g. thyme, rosemary,

cumin, oregano and savory)

onions

seasoning mix (corn flour, salt, chili, onion, garlic, paprika,

sodium glutamate (see Umami)) (e.g. Mexican Taco Seasoning Mix)

seasoning mix " Chili " (1-3 g), e.g.: Chilies, orange peelings,

sesame, paprika, traces: celery and mustard.

vegetable stock (1 - 5 g) (salt, yeast extract, corn flour, sun

flower oil, onions, carrots, spices, parsley) (commercially

available)

unrefined sugar (-OR- sugar not refined using the char method)

pepper

rice

popcorn

rapeseed oil -OR- other vegetable oil (4 tsp)

vinegar (2 tsp)

agar (that wasn't very successful, it didn't change consistency

much)

 

 

Boil potatoes until they are not quite done. If the potatoes are not

completely done the resulting substance may be sliceable, although

it will be easy to spread anyway.

 

Take the mashed potatoes and add soy sauce and yeast extract

generously and mix it with some magarine and/or some rapeseed oil.

Some corn flour, (GF) breading mixture or wheat flour (obviously not

GF) help to make the substance drier and, in case of corn flour, add

significantly to the taste. (soy flour is unsuitable here due to its

taste). A small amount of lecithin powder can be added as an

emulgator but is not really necessary. It it's healthy and, being

hydrophilic and lipophilic, it binds together the water and the oil.

Mix the ingredients. The substance should take on the consistency of

peanut butter but have more the color of cheese than anything else.

 

The taste isn't yet close to cheese but getting closer. Corn flour,

either in a seasoning mix or just plain corn flour gets us closer to

cheese now. If you add enough seasoning mix the color will be much

closer to peanut butter now but you may opt to leave away the

seasoning mix altogether and just add corn flour, separately or with

the vegetable stock. Adding cumin is also highly recommended.

Another alternative is the Chili season mix, which can also be

combined with other spices, for example vegetable stock, sugar and

cumin. Vinegar may increase durability in the refrigerator but more

than 4 days are not recommended.

 

You can add bear's garlic, garlic, onions and/or any herbs you like

(e.g. fresh Thyme) to the cheese. A pinch of sugar can add to the

taste but may not be compatible with all other spices. Fill the

substance into a small, round form, to give it the form of a cheddar

cheese.

 

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Variant with Rice

 

In the variant with rice about half (up to two thirds) of the

base substance is replaced by mashed rice. The advantage of

mashed rice is that it results in a more cheese like substance,

which dries better.

 

 

Variant with Vegetable Stock

 

The variant with vegetable stock can be made with less soy sauce.

Mexican Taco Seasoning Mix can be used but is not required,

because the vegetable stock is already very spicy. The variant

can be combined with rice.

 

 

Variant with Popcorn

 

Instead of corn flour (or additionally) you can add crushed

popcorn. Popcorn makes the substance looser, drier and crisper.

 

 

Nutritional Considerations

 

Yeast extract can contain cyanocobalamin, which is important for

a vegan diet.

 

 

Freezing

 

Freezing is not recommended. There was a single case were

freezing seemed to even have improved the consistency (making it

a bit like tofu) but this lacks reproducibility.

 

 

Best Served

 

With Tomato, Basil and Garlic.

Best served slightly heated (e.g. on a solar oven) on ciabatta

with a splash of warm olive or rapeseed oil, mixed with a

mashed clove of garlic and with a slice of tomato and a leaf

of basil.

 

With Onions and Grapes

Put the cheese on a slice of bread and sprinkle hackled onions

on top. Bake in a toaster oven or grill until the onions turn

only slightly glassy. Grapes cut in halves make a good topping

and complement the taste.