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- Newsgroups: rec.food.veg.cooking,rec.food.veg,rec.food.recipes
- From: arlen@eskimo.com (Arlen Fletcher)
- Subject: VEGGIE: non-dairy cheese substitutes
- Message-ID: <CLqoLv.53r@eskimo.com>
- Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever
- References: <2keqdq$jli@news.iastate.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 17:29:50 GMT
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- American Cheese
- This "cheese" has the consistency of real American cheese and can be
- thinly sliced.
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- 1 c. water 1/3 c. plus 1 rounded T.
- 1 1/4 c. boiling water Emes unflavored gelatin
- 2 c. raw cashews 1/4 c. yeast flakes
- 1 T. salt 2 t. onion powder
- 1 t. garlic powder 1/4 c. lemon juice
- pimento or 1/2 large red pepper or about 2 t. paprika
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- Soak gelatin in the 1 c. water in blender while assembling
- remaining ingredients. Pour boiling water over soaked gelatin and whiz
- briefly to dissolve. Cool slightly. Add cashews and whiz thoroughly. Add
- remaining ingredients. Blend until mixture is the consistency of a creamy
- sauce, with no bits of pimento visible. Pour into a 1 qt. mold, cool
- slightly. Cover before refrigerating. Refrigerate overnight before serving.
- After firming in the fridge., this cheese may be frozen until needed.
- Yields: 1 qt.
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- Jack Cheese
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- 1 c. water 1/3 c. plus 1 rounded T. Emes gelatin
- 1 1/2 c. boiling water
- 2 c. raw cashews 1/2 c. yeast flakes
- 1 T. salt 2 t. onion powder
- 1/2 t. garlic powder 1/2 c. lemon juice
- 3 T. finely grated carrot, packed
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- Soak gelatin in the 1 c. water in blender while assembling remaining
- ingredients. Pour boiling water over soaked gelatin and whiz briefly
- to dissolve. Cool slightly. Add cashews and liquefy thoroughly.
- Add remaining ingredients. Liquefy until mixture is the consistency
- of a creamy sauce, with no bits of carrot visible. Pour into 1- qt mold,
- cool slightly. Cover before refrigerating.
- Refrigerate overnight before serving. After firming in the refrigerator,
- this cheese may be frozen until needed., Makes 1 quart.
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- Cashew Jack Cheese
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- 1 c. cashews 2 T. onion chips
- 1/8 t. garlic salt 1/2 t. honey
- 1/2 t. salt 1/2 c. oil (opt)
- 2 T. lemon juice 1 c. water
- 1 T. food yeast flakes
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- Whiz cashews in enough of the water to cover. Blend until smooth adding
- remaining water. Add remaining ingredients except oil and continue to
- blend. Add oil while blending. Try this on pizza!
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- Pimento Cheese
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- 4 T. agar flakes 1 1/4 t. salt
- 1 c. water 1 t. onion powder
- 2-3 canned pimentos dash garlic powder
- 3/4 c. cashews, raw dash of dill (optional)
- 2 T. sesame seeds 1/4 c. lemon juice
- 3 T. yeast
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- Soak the first two ingredients for 5 minutes and then boil
- until clear. Whiz in blender remaining ingredients except
- lemon juice with agar and water mixture. While blending add
- 1/2 c. oil slowly. Stir in 1/4 c. lemon juice. Put in mold and
- chill. For very thick cheese sauce or cheese like spread,
- use a little more cashews.
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- Parmesan Cheese
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- 1/2 c. food yeast flakes 1 t. onion powder
- 1/2 c. ground sesame seeds 1 T. chicken-like seasoning
- 2 t. garlic powder 1 T Bakon yeast
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- Blend all ingredients with 3 t. lemon juice. Store in air tight
- container. ( Grind sesame seeds in blender. )
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