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How to replace eggs and dairy products in lean baking
On November 28, Orthodox believers will begin their forty-day Christmas, or Philippian post. It is called so because it begins after the day dedicated to the memory of the Apostle Philip.
Earlier, we shared with readers a detailed calendar of meals in the Christmas fast. In short, from November 28, 2018 to January 2, 2019, it is recommended to fast without eggs, dairy and meat products.
With the first and second courses without meat, it is more or less clear. How to replace eggs and dairy products Baking? Fortunately, there is a way to amuse yourself with delicious pastries, observing all the rules of fasting. Editorial "Site" He'll tell you how to do it.
Eggs form the structure of the dough and are almost the only ingredient containing both natural thickeners and baking powders (fats and emulsifiers). In addition, eggs can be whipped to enrich the dough with air.
Foods that replace eggs, as a thickener
In some recipes, eggs are needed to make baking more airy.
Replacing eggs as baking powder
Thanks to butter, the dough becomes wet, layered and bulky. Sand dough, for example, becomes crumbly due to steam, which is formed when water evaporates from the oil. The closest substitute for butter is margarine, especially when combined with baking powder.
Vegan sour cream can be made from rice, lemon juice, salt and vegetable oil. To do this, cook one part of rice in five parts of water. Earlier we told how to cook a really tasty, crumbly and fragrant porridge from any cereal.
Then beat the rice, salt and lemon juice in a blender, gradually adding a thin trickle of vegetable oil. A glass of rice will need a tablespoon of lemon juice, 1/4 cup of odorless vegetable oil and a teaspoon of salt.
A lean analogue of sour cream can also be obtained from a glass of sunflower seeds, a glass of filtered water, a teaspoon of salt and a table of lemon juice. Before cooking, sunflower seeds for 6-12 hours. During this time, the seeds will become soft and increase in volume.
Next, it remains to mix all the ingredients in the blender and turn into a homogeneous mass. With a stationary blender, this will take 3-4 minutes, with a submersible - twice as much. Such sour cream will not only be vegan, but also raw food.
In fact, there are a huge number of components that can replace eggs and dairy products. It only takes imagination and a bit of courage to do this experiment and choose the ingredients that suit you best.
Earlier, we shared with readers a detailed calendar of meals in the Christmas fast. In short, from November 28, 2018 to January 2, 2019, it is recommended to fast without eggs, dairy and meat products.
With the first and second courses without meat, it is more or less clear. How to replace eggs and dairy products Baking? Fortunately, there is a way to amuse yourself with delicious pastries, observing all the rules of fasting. Editorial "Site" He'll tell you how to do it.
Eggs form the structure of the dough and are almost the only ingredient containing both natural thickeners and baking powders (fats and emulsifiers). In addition, eggs can be whipped to enrich the dough with air.
Foods that replace eggs, as a thickener
- Dilute a teaspoon of manca in a tablespoon of water. This mixture will replace 1 egg.
- A tablespoon of ground flax seeds and 3 tablespoons of water. Stir and put in the fridge for 15 minutes for swelling. You get flax eggs.
- If you need to take a couple of eggs according to the recipe, try replacing them with ripe bananas. As a replacement for two eggs, you will need 110-120 grams of banana. Beat a banana with vegetable oil in a bowl of blender and see what a stable emulsion will turn out.
- A tablespoon of corn starch and 2 tablespoons of water. Stir to a uniform consistency.
- Two tablespoons of oatmeal and 2 tablespoons of water. Before adding to the dough, soak the oatmeal in water.
In some recipes, eggs are needed to make baking more airy.
Replacing eggs as baking powder
- A teaspoon of soda and a tablespoon of vinegar. Pour soda with vinegar and add to the dough as soon as possible.
- Two teaspoons of baking powder, 2 teaspoons of water and a tablespoon of vegetable oil. Add baking powder to the dry ingredients of the dough, and water and oil to the liquid.
- Nothing is inferior to the egg whites of aquafaba - the liquid that remains during the preparation of legumes (chickpeas, peas, lentils, beans). Its main advantage is that it is perfectly whipped into the foam.
From aquafaba can be prepared previously unthinkable vegan, meze, soufflé, mousses, French pasta, air biscuits, clay, "whipped cream" and coffee foam.
Thanks to butter, the dough becomes wet, layered and bulky. Sand dough, for example, becomes crumbly due to steam, which is formed when water evaporates from the oil. The closest substitute for butter is margarine, especially when combined with baking powder.
Vegan sour cream can be made from rice, lemon juice, salt and vegetable oil. To do this, cook one part of rice in five parts of water. Earlier we told how to cook a really tasty, crumbly and fragrant porridge from any cereal.
Then beat the rice, salt and lemon juice in a blender, gradually adding a thin trickle of vegetable oil. A glass of rice will need a tablespoon of lemon juice, 1/4 cup of odorless vegetable oil and a teaspoon of salt.
A lean analogue of sour cream can also be obtained from a glass of sunflower seeds, a glass of filtered water, a teaspoon of salt and a table of lemon juice. Before cooking, sunflower seeds for 6-12 hours. During this time, the seeds will become soft and increase in volume.
Next, it remains to mix all the ingredients in the blender and turn into a homogeneous mass. With a stationary blender, this will take 3-4 minutes, with a submersible - twice as much. Such sour cream will not only be vegan, but also raw food.
In fact, there are a huge number of components that can replace eggs and dairy products. It only takes imagination and a bit of courage to do this experiment and choose the ingredients that suit you best.
