Crème Caramel is another of these classic French desserts. Having perfected Crème Brulee, I thought this would be easy. Not so – had a few unsuccessful attempts but finally came up with this one. Check out the notes at the end of the post. Here at Green and Vegan we try to make food that …
I have to say I much prefer being in the kitchen making wonderful vegan food than writing about it! But I do like to share the recipes. This dessert has gone down so well at a couple of our pop-up dinners (check out our FB page here), and if you happen to be in Cape …
This Orange Polenta Cake is a gluten free version of an orange drizzle cake. You can make it in a round or square baking tin or even in cupcakes sizes. The most important aspect of this recipe is to make sure the polenta is well hydrated. To that end I soak the polenta in the …
As usual it has been ages since I posted! 2 reasons – we have been concentrating on getting our vegan pop-up dining going again, and, I hate to post recipes that don’t work. One of the things I have wanted to get right for a while is ice-cream (vegan of course) and sorbet. We learned …
Who would have thought of using beans in a dessert? Seems like lots of people. Anyway – it was a first for me, and turned out really well. I am busy doing an on line cooking course and needed to make two completely diffenrent dishes using the same type of bean. I made a savoury …
Vegan Creme Brulee is something I have been wanting to make for ages! I went out and bought a chef type ‘blow torch’ to add to all the other kitchen gadgets we already have. But I think I will use it quite a bit. Apparently one can also use it to skin tomatoes and peppers, …
A momentary break from the French slant – but don’t worry, there will be more of that influence to come. With our pop-up ding in Cape Town, we have also been trying traditional South African dishes. So here is a vegan Melktert. Recipe came courtesy of Plant Restaurant, which unfortunately is no longer operating. This …
We are on a bit of an Indonesian fling at the moment, as you might have gathered. See my last post to find out how this came about. One of the desserts at our Indonesian pop-up dining event was these tiny pumpkin cakes. They are surprisingly tasty – just sweet enough with a hint of coconut. …
There is something about chocolate! Chocolate desserts are always a hit, and this Chocolate and Coconut Log was absolutely scrumptious! We served it up with fresh raspberries at our last vegan pop-up dining event. (Check out our Green and Vegan FB page) The inspiration once again comes from Vegan Bible, by Marie Laforet, but I needed …
You can’t say vegan chocolate mousse anymore without mentioning aquafaba, the new vegan egg-white replacement. Well I suppose it is not that new – been around a while, but I have only recently started working with it. Just in case you have’nt heard of it, aquafaba – (literally – bean water), is the liquid that …
