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PIMIENTO CHEESE BRICK

Source of Recipe

Country Life Vegetarian Cookbook


List of Ingredients

1 1/2 cups water
5 Tbs agar flakes
3/4 cup cashew pieces or tahini
2 Tbs sesame seeds or 1 Tbs tahini
1 1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 cup Nutritional Yeast flakes
1/2 cup pimentos (or red pepper)
2 1/2 Tbs lemon juice


Recipe

Put first two ingredients into small saucepan and bring to boil.
Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
Place remaining ingredients in blender. Add agar mixture when cooked.
Blend all ingredients on high 1 - 2 minutes until creamy, stopping blender once or twice to stir contents. Pour into mold and chill overnight.

Variations: To make different flavours, fold in one of the following before pouring cheese into mold.

1. Olive - 3/4 cup finely chopped olives

2. Toasted Sesame - 2 Tbs toasted sesame seeds

3 Caraway - 1 1/2 Tbs caraway seeds

4. Dill - 2 Tbs dill weed powder

5. Onion-Dill - 1 Tbs and 2 tsp onion flakes and 2 1/4 tsp dill seed or dill weed.


NOTE: N.B. Nutritional Yeast which is used in most of these cheese recipes is also called Food Yeast or Savoury Yeast. It is not Brewers Yeast. It can be purchased at most Health shops