I have used
this Tofu Ricotta in a bunch of recipes for the blog.
Not exact matches
Just take some firm
tofu, put it
in the food processor with some salt plus a little squeeze of lemon, and pulse until it has a
ricotta - like texture.
I replaced the
ricotta in the original recipe with
tofu since it's pretty much the same thing to me — white, soft and squishy.
Vegan option: use chia «eggs» instead of hen's eggs; use 1 x 200g pack of organic
tofu, 2 tbsp nutritional yeast, 2 tsp lemon juice and 1 tsp fine lemon zest
in place of the cheese OR use cashew «
ricotta».
For the «
ricotta» I used okara instead of
tofu, and added a bit of wasabi (you can tell I live
in Japan here...) and white wine to give it some kick.
When I finally got home, I scarfed down the baked spaghetti with
tofu ricotta that was smushed
in a Tupperwarre plus an apple that I had packed
in my lunchbox for earlier times.
A blintz is basically a crepe filled with slightly sweet and lemony
ricotta filling (
in our case, vegan cream cheese and
tofu in place of
ricotta) and often topped with a fruit compote.
Firm
tofu is good if you plan to crumble it like
in a
tofu scramble or
tofu ricotta.
I make a vegan «cheddar» - pecan spread, so I thought that finely chopped almonds would be nice
in something like a
ricotta made from an extra-firm
tofu base.
INGREDIENTS 3 large cans or jars (28 ounces, total 84 ounces) of crushed tomatoes 12 ounces tomato paste 2 cups red wine 1 large onion (approximately 2 cups diced; loosely packed) 3 cloves garlic (minced) 1/2 cup chopped parsley (fresh) 1/2 cup chopped basil (fresh) 2 tablespoons chopped rosemary (fresh) 1 bay leaf 2 tablespoon cold pressed olive oil 1 teaspoon sea salt (kosher) 1/2 teaspoon pepper (freshly ground) 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes 3 Japanese eggplant (large dice) 4 oz porcini mushrooms (sliced) 1 cup peas (fresh or frozen — not canned) 1 lb Rigatoni (any grain)
Tofu Ricotta Cheese Sauce DIRECTIONS
In a heavy stainless steel sauce pan sauté the onions and garlic in 1 tablespoon olive oil until soft and translucen
In a heavy stainless steel sauce pan sauté the onions and garlic
in 1 tablespoon olive oil until soft and translucen
in 1 tablespoon olive oil until soft and translucent.
Timballo De Rigatoni is a hearty dish with wide tube pasta, eggplant, peas, and mushrooms
in a thick tomato sauce and topped with
tofu ricotta cheese sauce.
Tofu Ricotta Cheese Sauce can be used
in so many dishes.
Serve
in bowls with additional sauce on top and a dollop of
Tofu Ricotta Cheese Sauce and a sprinkling of parsley.
These vegan stuffed shells are filled with a mix of dairy - free cashew
tofu ricotta and garlicky basil pea pesto, and baked up
in a creamy sauce to bubbly perfection.
I thought about stuffing some shells with just pea pesto, but I thought that would be a little intense, and I'd also miss my good old vegan cashew -
tofu ricotta that I love so much
in recipes like this.
These vegan stuffed shells are filled with a mix of dairy - free cashew
tofu ricotta and garlicky basil pea pesto, and baked up
in a creamy sauce to bubbly perfection.Have I mentioned how much I absolutely love pesto?
Make the
ricotta:
In a medium mixing bowl, mash
tofu with your hands or an avocado masher, until it resembles
ricotta cheese.
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Tofu ricotta is so easy to make
in your food processor and it gives the dish the same creamy richness as cheese would.
While the pasta is cooking,
in a large mixing bowl crumble the
tofu up with your hands into a
ricotta type texture.
In my savoury, oil - free and of course veganized version I used olives, capers and basil as a filling, but you can of course use sun - dried tomatoes, roasted peppers, artichokes, vegan cheese, tofu ricotta or whatever you have in your fridge as a fillin
In my savoury, oil - free and of course veganized version I used olives, capers and basil as a filling, but you can of course use sun - dried tomatoes, roasted peppers, artichokes, vegan cheese,
tofu ricotta or whatever you have
in your fridge as a fillin
in your fridge as a filling.
This recipe for
tofu ricotta is so similar to
ricotta in both taste and texture, no one will ever know you've made the switch.
And unlike
ricotta,
tofu ricotta is low
in fat and very high
in protein.
Rich and creamy cashew -
tofu ricotta is blended with fresh spinach, stuffed into tender little pasta pockets and smothered
in a quick garlicky tomato sauce to make these vegan stuffed shells.I'm beginning to think the combination of
tofu and...
Once you cook the pasta, the next step is to make the faux
ricotta cheese by combining silken
tofu and a few other ingredients
in a food processor.
Make the
tofu ricotta: Break the
tofu apart and place it
in a food processor along with the nutritional yeast, lemon juice and zest, olive oil, garlic, oregano, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper and process until creamy.
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ricotta cream & fresh berries Fruit salad
in lemon cream and chocolate chunks Ice cream cake topped w. avocado chocolate mousse Chocolate & date truffles Marzipan and chocolate sweets Buttermilk bowl with rhubarb syrup (koldskål) Almond biscuits w. rhubarb ice cream Creamy cottage cheese and spelt dessert Watermelon, strawberries & coconut popsicles w. white chocolate & liquorice coating Buttermilk and lemon mousse with fresh strawberries
Tofu chocolate mousse with ginger and orange Ginger apples with lemon cream Chocolate and coconut cups with hazelnut butter Pumpkin pie ice cream Raw carrot cake cookie dough bites Coconut macaroons with chocolate, ginger and pistachio Creamed coconut bombs
in rainbow colours Cocoa & cashew bars Caramelized banana & coconut ice cream popsicle FroYo gone bananas — vegan and all natural banana ice cream Edible gifts — date truffles with colourful coating Banana ice cream sandwiches
in different flavours Baked Christmas Apples filled with pistachio and date «marcipan»
This recipe includes the
tofu ricotta, since that is our safe option and it quite tasty
in the lasagna.
Of course, if you wanted to, you could always add
in some vegan
ricotta cheese substitute, a
tofu ricotta «cheese», or top it all off with some vegan cheese if you'd like something a bit heartier.
Tofu Ricotta Cheese Sauce can be used
in so many dishes.
The crackers
in the photo are my Pizza Crackers, which work really well with this basil flavored
Tofu Ricotta.
I have used this recipe
in Vegan Zucchini Lasagna with
Tofu Ricotta and Walnut Sauce, Spinach and
Tofu Ricotta Calzones, an Apple and
Tofu Ricotta Pizza, and
Tofu Ricotta Ravioli with Sun - Dried Tomato Basil Pesto.
Timballo De Rigatoni is a hearty dish with wide tube pasta, eggplant, peas, and mushrooms
in a thick tomato sauce and topped with
tofu ricotta cheese sauce.
Crumbled
tofu can replace
ricotta or cottage cheese
in dishes.