Substitute for gruyere flavor...
Posted by DarthCowgirl on Dec 12, 2010 · Member since Apr 2009 · 20 posts
A lot of recipes I've been looking at lately that would otherwise be vegan contain gruyere cheese. I have, thus far, been unable to find a gruyere-flavored vegan cheese at any local natural foods market. It's okay, I prefer to make my own vegan cheese at home, but I'm not sure what I'd use as flavoring for the cheese. To be honest, I've never had gruyere cheese, so I don't even know what it tastes like!
Can anyone offer any advice, ideas, or theories as to what I could use to simulate the flavor? I would appreciate any and all ideas. Thanks!
I haven't tried it or know anything about it, but from google: http://myculinaryconfessions.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/vegan-gruyere-cheeze/
I haven't tried it or know anything about it, but from google: http://myculinaryconfessions.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/vegan-gruyere-cheeze/
That looks like an interesting recipe.
I haven't tried it or know anything about it, but from google: http://myculinaryconfessions.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/vegan-gruyere-cheeze/
I must suck at Googling things. I didn't find that...just kept finding things saying "THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE"...which we all know is bunk! ;)
The recipe you posted is for a sauce (as I'm sure you noticed), but since vegan cheese doesn't become cheese-like until you add agar flakes, I have a feeling I could achieve the same effect by adding agar to the sauce recipe.
I've got a good three weeks of free time ahead of me over the holidays, I'm going to try this out. I'll report back if it works and tastes good. Thank you for the help!
Sure! I actually find a few listings, but I'm not sure if they are all the same recipe. Look pretty similar, though. http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=vegan+gruyere
What type of recipes are you looking at adding the "cheese" to? For a salad, for example, maybe some marinated and/or baked tofu would work, if you could find a suitable marinade? I think there are some recipes for tofu "feta" floating around - maybe something like this would work: FatFree Vegan tofu feta.
I like this very quick and easy gruyere-style sauce, which I found in the comments on the "Yummy French Onion Soup" here on vegweb (http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=10328.15). Someone else said it's from Jo Stephaniak's Uncheese Cookbook. I know you're not looking for a sauce but you could see what happens with the agar. The sauce is great for fondue though!
1 cup water
2 tbsp lemon juice (I use a little less)
2 tbsp tahini
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
2 tbsp flour
4 tsp arrowroot
1 1/2 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp salt
blend all these ingredients for several minutes until smooth. pour into a small saucepan and cook and stir over medium heat for 5-8 minutes. it should thicken up quite a bit in this time keep it on the heat and continue stirring until it thickens up.