Moussaka Frankenstein

[mudita88]

L and I cooked up a vegetarian moussaka storm last night! It took quite a bit longer than we had anticipated, but Oh. My. God. was it delicious!

We cobbled it together from 2 existing recipes plus our own brains (hence the Frankenstein):

It was based on a moussaka recipe from foodnetwork.com. That gave us the overall structure and proportions.

Comments

The Veg-o-Sphere

[ext_141952]

I sent out a message on Twitter asking about vegan custard-y stuff for your recipe. I still think it may involve cashews :)

Hey, why skipping the tomato sauce? The sauce you came up with sounds way fab, but was curious if that's become problematic for either of you.

I love the tempeh/walnut idea and will be trying out soon. CK and I have been tossing back & forth ideas for dishes with "grounds" but don't want to use the mega-processed stuff you can buy.

Other than the pecorino-romano ('natch), this sounds fab!

Wish CK liked eggplant...

Re: The Veg-o-Sphere

[aprilstarchild]

http://www.weheartfood.com/2009/02/eggplant-potato-moussaka-with-pine-nut-cream.html

Vegan cream in a moussaka. The recipe's about halfway down the page.

I haven't tried this recipe specifically, but I have several of this author's cookbooks and everything I've ever made from them turns out fabulous!!

[aprilstarchild]

You could try silk's soy creamer instead of soymilk--it's thicker.

It *is* trickier to make soymilk-based sauces thicken up. I'm a huge fan of a tbsp or so of cornstarch dissolved in a little soymilk, if a sauce won't thicken.

Veganomicon, a cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz, has a moussaka cream made out of pine nuts. I can't find the cookbook right now, but maybe google?

[ext_141952]

Veganomican rocks! Haven't gotten too into it yet, but her vegan cupcake cookbook is my go-to guide! The cornbread from Veganomican was lovingly made for me while I was at a retreat last month - I could have eaten the whole pan!

I haven't experimented with pine nuts yet, but have heard they have similar properties for becoming very thick & creamy.

[jkrissw]

I tried to make some instant chocolate pudding with soy milk.... and ended up with chocolate soup.

[aprilstarchild]

LOL! What brand of instant pudding? I wonder if it's meant to react to something specifically in dairy milk?

[aprilstarchild]

Found it!!

http://www.weheartfood.com/2009/02/eggplant-potato-moussaka-with-pine-nut-cream.html

Scroll down for the recipe, voila.

vegan custard

[ext_141952]

Ahhh, silken tofu AND pine nuts.

I can vouch for blended, silken tofu. I make some great vegan quiches that use it. These are always a hit, even with the carnivores at my team meeting!

http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2006/12/mini-crustless-tofu-quiches.html

[jkrissw]

Sounds delicious, but is somebody there allergic to tomatoes?