Vegetarians - advice please

[Hayles]

Hi

I need some dessert ideas that are completely vegetarian (no gelatine). Bit stuck as our supplier doesn't do gateaux or cakes without it.

Any ideas please? All I can come up with is fruit salad!

Cheers :D

[Pebble Communications]

Hard to say really as the majority of cakes should be in theory vegetarian (why the geletine in a cake?) You'll have to check out individual dishes as you go rather than being able to say what is suitable by group. Obviously no jellies and that includes anything with a jelly glaze on fruit. No marshmallows as they always have gelatine.

A few ideas
You should be able to find tons of cakes suitable for veggies
Ice cream sundaes
Apple/fruit pies (check the pastry though)
Profiteroles with cream/ice cream
Custard should be ok
Hot fudge brownies with chocolate sauce
Crepes

If all of these from your supplier contain non-veggie stuff I would wonder about the quality of their ingredients altogether....cheap animal fats do not make a tasty dessert and are often a cheap subsitute for real ingredients like butter or cream!

[creospace]

http://www.ivu.org/recipes/desserts/

http://vegweb.com/recipes/sweets/

http://vegetarian.allrecipes.com/directory/1677.asp

Any good?

:)

[crus]

Fruit Salad rocks ! :twisted:

However, how about flambe bannana (longitudaul) slices in an orange caramel sauce. Optionally dusted with icing sugar.

Beyond this using a base fruit or nut and then expanding from their should be OK.

D

[crus]

Oh yeah,

had the best chocolate brownie the other day, at the Priory near portishead just off the M5.

If you need inspriation for an off the shelf desert then try that, dark and sweet but not rich.

Yum

D

[Hayles]

If all of these from your supplier contain non-veggie stuff I would wonder about the quality of their ingredients altogether....cheap animal fats do not make a tasty dessert and are often a cheap subsitute for real ingredients like butter or cream!

Hi

The supplier is one of the best in the area! They make all their own cakes and gateaux and said they use the gelatine as it's much better than powdered animal free gelatine.

Thanks for all these ideas. Sure there's something there we can use. It's amazing how many things have animal fats in!!

Back to making up delicious menus courtesy of UKBF....!

Hayles

[bitsnstuff]

Pears in spiced red wine and creme fraiche is nice :lol:

Kate

[dagr]

Tiramisu (just lie about the gelatine).

[Jayne]

Hi,

Melon balls in port, very easy and very yummy. Put in in fancy glasses and trim them up a bit.

Jayne :D

[Rachael]

If you can only find suitable recipies that use geletin then substitute it for "agar agar"

However, I'd highly reccomend this recipie

Bailey’s & White Chocolate Cheesecake

Ingredients
Base:

8oz Digestive biscuits

4oz Butter

Topping:

400g GOOD White Chocolate

5 Tablespoons Bailey’s Irish Cream

2 Tablespoons Whiskey

500g Tub Crème Fraiche

5 fl oz / 142ml Tub Double Cream

How to Make

Take out an 8” or 10” tin. Blitz digestive biscuits to crumbs in processor and add softened butter and blitz again until starting to hold together. Press into tin and put in fridge.

Melt white chocolate in a large bowl. Run the beaters of an electric mixer under boiling water, dry, and slowly dribble alcohol onto melted chocolate, beating all the time It may looked seized, but keep whisking and it will become smooth and glossy. Fold in the crème fraiche with a spatula or spoon, whip cream and fold that in too. Pour over base and leave to set in the fridge. Chill overnight.

[SillyJokes]

Chocalate and chesnut log - basically butter, sugar, dark choc and a tin of chestnut puree mixed together and then put in a bread tin and chilled until firm. don't forget ot put in some brandy or similar if allowed. Tip out and cover with cream and choc flakes - to die for! Can be frozen/made well in advance without cream on so doesn't spoil and reduces hassle on the day but everyone will want to know how to make it.

Also a little goes a long way - V filling/sickening,

[Coding Monkey]

Onken yoghurts. What I eat, as a vegetarian, for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert ;)

[ewan]

Cheesecake, I had some lemon cheesecake yesterday... mmmm... I can still taste it :)

[Hayles]

Fantastic!

I will have fun trying all these out (at the same time - anyone want to come along?!!)

Thank you for all your help.

Hayles

[fastfences]

Fantastic!

I will have fun trying all these out (at the same time - anyone want to come along?!!)

Hayles
You don't have to ask me twice :wink:
Cheers, Nigel