For those of you wondering, what is aquafaba?
aquafaba (/akwəˈfɑːbə/) noun water in which chickpeas or other pulses have been cooked, used as a substitute for egg whites, particularly in vegan cooking.
Yes, this miracle ingredient is the perfect substitution for egg whites! Who would have known? Whoever came up with that, I think we can all agree that person was a bit weird, but an absolute genius too!
Thank you Mr. Joël Roessel!!!
There are so many things you can do with it, like:
Meringues
Mousse
Lemon Meringue Pie
Nougat
Fudge
Buttercream
Marshmallow Fluff
Mayo
Macarons
And so many other things
Personally I'm a fan of meringues, mousse and my favourite - Lemon Meringue Pie! As someone who loves to bake, when I found aquafaba, it was such a blessing and a change for my life. I thought I would never eat meringues and mousse and all those yummy things.
I can assure you that whoever says vegans only eat salad are absolutely wrong! We eat the most yummiest things without harming anyone.
Yay to being VEGAN!!!
Here's a little image of what happens to the aquafaba when mixed. As you can see, it is incredible, just like egg whites. SORCERY!!!!!!
I will now leave you with the recipe for chocolate meringues:
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup sugar from one can of chickpeas
- 1 cup sugar
- 100g chocolate
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
METHOD:
- Heat oven to 120ºC and prepare baking tray with some baking paper.
- Use an electric mixer and whisk the aquafaba (this will take longer than egg whites, so don't despair) until you star getting some soft peaks.
- Then, one tablespoon at a time, add the sugar while you keep whisking the chickpea water until it forms stiff peaks.
- Melt your chocolate in the microwave and add the vanilla. Let it cool down and then add it to your meringue. Don't mix it too hard, gently stir so you get ripples of chocolate through the meringue!
- Drop the meringue mix onto the baking tray and cook it for 1h45m or until the meringue is hard to the touch. Turn the oven off and let the door of the oven ajar until the meringues are completely cool.
- ENJOY!!!
Or if you want simple meringues, then don't add the chocolate and just add the vanilla to the meringue mix.
I hope you enjoy these and they change your life for the better, I know it did it for me.
And here's another message: Don't be afraid to experiment!! Great things can happen... like Meringues. :)
Have a lovely day and thank you for reading this post. Hope to see you next time, here, at FROMEAT2PLANTS. x
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