Tahini Tofu Terrine

Tahini Tofu Terrine
Gently flavoured and with a nice texture almost as Boursin cheese, this is great to have as a nibble, or make a sandwich with it. This recipe makes 2 smaller terrines, so divide in 2 if you only want 1.
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Cuisine: vegan
Recipe type: snack, sandwich filling
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You need
  • 1 block of organic firm tofu (300gr)
  • 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • 1 tbsp vegetable stock powder
  • ¼ tsp black salt
  • 1 tbsp tahini
  • 1 clove of garlic, minced (or more, taste as you go)
  • ½ cup almond milk
  • ½ cup water
  • 8 tsp agar agar powder
To do
  1. in your food processor, blend the tofu, yeast, stock powder, salt, tahini and garlic
  2. while blending, pour in oil
  3. taste! At this point you can easily tweak flavours. Add herbs or spices, salt, pepper to taste
  4. pour the milk and water into a small sauce pan, and add agar agar powder
  5. (have your plastic or silicon containers ready for the next step)
  6. heat liquid, and as soon as you see it thicken, add to the tofu mixture to the running machine
  7. blend well and pour in containers
  8. gently drop the containers on your bench top to make the mixture fill them up neatly
  9. place in fridge and give a few hours to solidify nicely, then pop out of mould
Notes
Eat on toast or with crackers, or use in salads.

 

Basic Tofu Mayonnaise

Basic Tofu Mayonnaise
The texture of tofu mayo is very similar to egg mayonnaise, that's what the appeal is to me, but the flavour comes pretty close too 🙂
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Cuisine: vegan
Recipe type: sauce
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You need
  • ½ cup of organic silken tofu
  • ½ tsp of vegetable stock powder
  • ½ tsp of mustard
  • 1.5 tbsp rice bran oil
  • 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
To do
  1. mix everything but the oil in the small bowl of your food processor
  2. then, with the machine running, slowly pour in the oil and blend till nice and homogenous.
Notes
Since all tofu's seem to have a different moisture contents, you may have to tweak the amount of oil.

 

Truffle & Dill Mayo

 

Truffle & Dill Mayo
Somebody remarked that this tastes exactly like the McD fries sauce... I don't remember, but I take her word for it 😉
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Cuisine: vegan
Recipe type: Dip/Sauce
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You need
  • ½ cup of organic silken tofu
  • ½ tsp mustard
  • 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • ¼ tsp Himalayan rock salt
  • 1¾ tbsp rice bran oil (no strong flavoured oils)
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • ½ tsp truffle oil
  • ¾ tbsp dried dill
To do
  1. put the tofu in the small bowl of your food processor, and blend
  2. add every thing else except for rice bran oil and truffle oil, blend again
  3. with the machine running, slowly at the rice brain oil
  4. when all mixed and smooth, add ¼ of the truffle oil, taste, and if you like so, add the other ¼ tsp - or more 🙂