Showing posts with label Pie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pie. Show all posts

Thursday, 31 October 2024

Sweet potato pie

 modified by Corina from a recipe at Nora Cooks 


2 medium (or 1 large) sweet potatoes
3T Maple syrup
2C Milk (your fav - I used almond milk)
1t Pumpkin pie spice
1t Vanilla
1/2t Salt
  • Cook the sweet potatoes either by cutting into pieces and boiling in a pan or by wrapping them in a wet paper towel and microwaving them for 10 min until soft all the way through
  • In a bowl, mash the sweet potatoes with a fork until they have a smooth-ish consistency. I like to keep the skins on and in the pie for texture and probably nutrients as well.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well
  • Pour into your favorite pie crust. I used Wholly Gluten Free Pie Crust from Trader Joe's (it was great), and there are our recipes here and here and here, too.
  • Bake on 350F for 50 minutes (in a gas oven).
  • Garnish with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream (Oatley is great) and serve

Saturday, 28 November 2020

Fall Fest Feast / Herbst Fest Essen

Below is our favorite combination of recipes for a great fall/winter feast!

Try sweet potato stuffed with stuffing https://www.forksoverknives.com/recipes/vegan-baked-stuffed/stuffing-stuffed-sweet-potatoes/

But first, check out…

Homemade Tofurky-like productDieter's Bacon

Gravy modified by Dieter from AllRecipes

1/3 C safflower oil
1/3 C flour
Mix together on low heat until fully dissolved

1 stock cube
Hot water or soy milk or Oatley cream
Add to pan, using enough water to dissolve the stock cube and adding more after it starts to thicken to maintain a creamy consistency

3T Soy sauce
3T Nutritional yeast
Black pepper (to taste)
Mix in until creamy


Stuffing recipe by Andrew

Adjust quantities to taste.
  • 1 large onion
  • a load of mushrooms (if you can get wild ones...)
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 12-ish stalks of celery
  • ~ a loaf of bread, cut into cubes
  • ~1/2 cup wild rice (cook it al dente so that it doesn't explode)
  • Cranberries (added by Corina)
  • ~1 cup nuts (chopped, roasted almonds are good)
  • herbs (sage is the classic, but rosemary's good, and oregano is my favourite, herbs de province)
  • pepper
  • 2-4 Tbsp miso paste (this avoids the need for additional salt, and adds an umami "savoury" taste)
  • ~1/4 cup olive oil (use your better judgement - the goal is to simulate the fat that comes out of a turkey... it carries the flavours)
Instructions:
  • Fry the onion, mushroom, and celery together, adding garlic at the end so it doesn't burn
  • Throw in the wild rice and bread
  • Combine the miso paste and olive oil with an equal part of warm water and pour over the bread+veggies (stir as you go - you want things to be evenly moist but not sloppy - adjust oil/water as needed)
  • Mix in herbs, pepper
  • Add nuts and wrap in alumin(i)um foil or put in a tightly lidded casserole dish and bake for a while (30 min-1 hour?).

For more adventure, you could add lots of things: coriander, fennel (in place of/addition to celery), roasted garlic, roasted squash, star anise, Chinese five spice, chilis, apple....

Stuffing with gravy!

Homemade tofurky is done!


Sweet potato mash with caramelized pecans recipe by Kelsey


This is an original recipe that was inspired during a field season in Florida where we had a crazy oven (hence the microwave) and leftover sweet potatoes.

Microwave 2 sweet potatoes on a plate and stab them with a fork. Microwave 15 min, rotating every 5 min. Mash with a fork and add butter so it is creamier. 

Topping
  • Chop pecans and toast alone in skillet until brown
  • Add cinnamon, salt, and agave to skillet and stir
  • Cook on low for a little bit to harden the sugar onto the pecans
  • Taste and add more of desired flavor
  • Sprinkle on top of sweet potato mash 

Cranberry sauce recipe modified by Kelsey


12oz/0.75lb fresh cranberries
3/4C sugar
1C fresh squeezed orange juice
1/4t cinnamon
Optional: add a chopped up orange which increases sweetness so you can use less sugar. 

Mix juice and sugar in a pan on medium heat, add cinnamon, stir in cranberries and cook until they pop. Add the orange at the end. 

Pumpkin pie recipe at our blog or a sweet potato pie recipe

Saturday, 9 November 2019

Pumpkin pie

Modified by Corina from Louise Hagler's recipe


3/4 lb. firm tofu - or - 250 ml Oatley cream
1 (16 oz.) can pumpkin puree - or - 2 cups fresh-cooked pumpkin  
0.75-1C sugar  
2T oil  
2T maple syrup 
3-4T cornstarch OR 2T tapioca flour (makes it thick)
1 1/2 t cinnamon  
1t salt  
1t ginger powder  
1/2 t nutmeg   
1t vanilla

Optional: 1/2t allspice

Mix in blender, pour into unbaked 9" pie crust, bake 1hr @ 175C/350F.
Serve with vanilla ice cream or vegan hazelnut-chocolate spread (Deutschland: Rewe Bio nuss-nougat creme)

Crust: a margarine-based recipe modified by Corina from https://www.noracooks.com/vegan-pie-crust/ 
    2C / 220g flour
    0.25t salt
Blend in blender

Add
    0.5C / 120g vegan margarine
    2T maple syrup 
      3-4T ice water

Crust: an oil-based recipe by Brynna Clark Grogan (website is no longer available) modified by Corina

1/2C white flour

1/2C wholewheat pastry flour

3T oil

3T soymilk with 1/2t lemon juice added

1/2t salt

1/2t baking powder

1/2t sugar

  • Mix flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar
  • Whisk soymilk with lemon and oil in a cup, pour into the flour mixture, mix gently with a fork until it holds together in a ball.  (If it's too dry, sprinkle with a TINY bit of water.) If you have time, place the dough in a plastic bag and refrigerate it for an hour before rolling out
  • Roll out and press into pan

Friday, 12 July 2019

Blackberry pie / Brombeere pie

Von Corina

Teig / Crust
Haferflocken / Oats
Margarine
Agave oder Ahorn sirup / maple syrup

Mischung die margarine in die haferflocken mit ein Gabel und drück die teig gegen die pfanne. Nieselregen agave über. Einfügen füllung.

Mix the margarine into the oats with a fork and press into a crust in the pan. Insert filling.

ODER

In the US: pre-made graham cracker crust


Füllung
4C Brombeere / blackberries
1/4C Mehl / flour
1/4C Agave oder Ahorn sirup / maple syrup
1/4C Zucker / sugar

Mischung alles mit eine Löffel in eine Schüssel also viele Brombeere sind immer noch komplett/ganz. Einfügen in die Teig. Bei 200C backen.

Mix all with a spoon in a bowl so many of the blackberries stay intact. Pour into the crust. Bake at 200C.

Saturday, 7 February 2015

Key Lime Pie, Fruit Cheesecake, Peanut Butter Cup Pie

On a bake-off with a friend, we encountered and got addicted to these three pie recipes...

Key Lime Cheesecake (lieblings key lime rezept)
http://www.peta.org/living/food/key-lime-cheesecake/
*Variation: Instead of only using cream cheese, you can make it half cream cheese and half silken tofu.
*If ready made graham cracker crust isn't available (e.g. in Germany) make your own crust (see below) 


Key Lime Pie (raw)
http://healthyblenderrecipes.com/recipes/raw_key_lime_pie_from_choosing_raw
*Variation: Instead of cashews and coconut oil, you can use silken tofu and vegan cream cheese.

Peanut Butter Cup Pie
http://minimalistbaker.com/vegan-peanut-butter-cup-pie/
*Corina likes to use Trader Joe's chocolate chips and chocolate hazelnut milk for the ganache topping
*Variation: Instead of coconut cream or coconut milk, use melted coconut butter



Pie crust
By Corina

200g pack vegan crumbly cookies (eg Germany: Alnatura Zitronen Sables or Othello Kekse, UK: Hobnobs)
2 tablespoons margarine

Crumble the cookies (easiest in a blender), pour in a springform, add the margarine, and blend together to form a crust. You can pre-bake the crust for 5 mins or directly pour the filling on.



Fruit Cheesecake
By Dieter

1 pack cream cheese (tofutti in US, Simply V in Germany)
1/2 pack silken tofu (ideally a variety that has a neutral taste)
250g fruit (raspberries/mango/blueberries work well)
some lime juice
50g sugar
2 table spoons agave syrup
1 pack Agar-Agar

Combine everything in a blender, mix well, and pour onto the crust.


Bake for 30 minutes at 180C.