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Melty Nutritional Yeast "Cheese"

Source of Recipe

p.59, The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook, great recipe for those having cheese


List of Ingredients


1 c nutritional yeast flakes
1/3 c white flour (I would use sifted whole-wheat or whole-wheat pastry
flour or arrowroot powder)
1 tsp. salt
2 c water
1/4 - 1/2 c margarine (I use oil)
1/2 tsp. garlic powder (optional)
2 tsp. wet mustard (opt)


Recipe

Mix dry ingredients in a saucepan. Gradually add water, stirring with a whisk , making a smooth paste and then thinning with the remaining water.
Place on heat and stir constantly until it thickens and bubbles. Let it bubble for about 30 seconds and remove from heat. Whip in the margarine (and mustard). The sauce may get thick if it sits for a while. If so, heat it up and whip in a small amount of water.
VARIATION:
For a richer, stretchier sauce that's good on pizza, substitute for the flour 3 Tbsp. cornstarch and 1 Tbsp. flour, whip in 1 cup oil instead of margarine, add as much as 1 cup more water at the end, as needed to make a thick, smooth, pourable sauce. Pour it on your pizza and for the last few
minutes of baking, put it under the until it forms a stretchy, golden-brown speckled skin.