How to cook vegan mozzarella
Food / / December 19, 2019
Vegan beliefs are not a reason to deprive yourself of delicious food. That's a proven recipe for soft mozzarella, which is good as well, as usual, but being prepared with coconut milk.
Mikhail Panteleev
Videobloger founder project about vegan life in Russia.
Millions of people around the world are increasingly refuse from eating meat products. However, to exclude from the menu of dairy products can not all. I'll tell you how to cook vegan mozzarella option if you can not imagine my life without this cheese.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of coconut milk;
- 2 teaspoons agar;
- ⅓ teaspoon salt;
- pinch ferrous salts;
- ¾ teaspoon of vinegar;
- ¼ teaspoon of lemon juice;
- 2½ tablespoon starch.
Mozzarella has a special soft and elastic consistency, white, rich color and delicate taste. Serve as a basis for cheese coconut milkWhich possesses all the necessary properties and external flavoring, as well as relatively high fat content.
Piquancy give black salt with a specific aroma, lemon juice, a little vinegar. A unique for consistency in this recipe corresponds starch and agar.
The last ingredient is particularly noteworthy. Unlike its counterpart - gelatin, it is made without animal products. It is a natural vegetable thickener which is used in the preparation of desserts, jelly and even cheeses.
preparation
First of all you need to bring to a boil coconut milk. As soon as the first bubbles, the temperature should be a little lower.
Agar-agar is only effective in a hot environment, so the dry matter must pour immediately after boiling milk and thoroughly mixed. It is also possible to dissolve the thickening agent in a small amount of hot water before mixing with milk ingredients for convenience compound.
Continuing to stir, add the series vinegar, lemon juice and black salt in the required proportions.
Starch is added last. At this point, the cheese has already begin to thicken considerably. It is possible to use a blender or whisk for thorough mixing.
After 3-5 minutes in the pan is formed thick white mass, which must be shaped. You can use the oiled glass or mug. As soon as the whole mass will be in the form, it will be necessary to cool down for an hour in the refrigerator.
Then you get an elastic soft cheese on the basis of coconut milk that melts in the mouth and gives a genuine pleasure.
Enjoy your meal!