Comments | vegancooking: Chocolate-Tofu Pie

dolmadez in vegancooking

Chocolate-Tofu Pie

Jun 30, 2006 01:09

The pie came out excellent. Here is the recipe, which came from The Magic of Soy cookbook. (My personal notes are in parentheses.)

INGREDIENTS:
2 (12.3-ounce) packages extra-firm silken tofu

2/3 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

6 ounces chocolate chips

1 (9-inch) graham cracker crust, baked

DIRECTIONS:
In a food processor, blend the tofu, sugar ( Read more... )

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Comments 14

squarebed June 30 2006, 08:32:44 UTC

was there are a tofu-y taste to it?

aglia June 30 2006, 11:45:36 UTC

I've made something similar to this, and the chocolate overpowers the tofu taste. In fact, my sister-in-law didn't know that it was tofu until I told her, and of course I didn't tell her until she had eaten it all!

I would only add to this that the tofu should be at room temperature for the chocolate to blend smoothly. Once I added warm melted chocolate chips to cold tofu that had just come out of the fridge, and the chocolate just solidified into clumps instead of blending. It was horrible.

squarebed June 30 2006, 11:56:20 UTC

that was super helpful, thank you!

dolmadez June 30 2006, 19:28:15 UTC

hardly. The chocolate syrup helped, which is why I threw it in there. My boyfriend said the pie tasted like chocolate soy milk.

ex_mercurial539 June 30 2006, 11:35:16 UTC

Going to try this. Been easing the SO into using more tofu and they seem amiable to it. OF course now that you've posted a pie recipe... *g* To quote the SO, 'Mmm Pie - it's not just for breakfast any more.'

heggs June 30 2006, 13:35:56 UTC

Sounds pretty awesome but to excuse my tofu inexperience, aren't silken tofu and firm tofu totally different things?

dayslikeknivesx June 30 2006, 14:26:49 UTC

i'm confused...was there protein powder in it or not? it's in the directions, but not in the ingredients...

die June 30 2006, 15:34:03 UTC

probably could do without it, seems like an adhesive or extraneous protein. the firm silken will bind it together well enough if i recall my past tofu pies.

dolmadez June 30 2006, 19:29:06 UTC

it is optional. Sorry about the confusion. The cookbook was released by GeniSoy, so all their recipes list their protein powders as an ingredient, but it's up to you if you want to add it. Just a small scoop is fine.

Re: Chocolate-Tofu Pie ex_mercurial539 June 30 2006, 15:40:35 UTC

How much protein powder?

Re: Chocolate-Tofu Pie dolmadez June 30 2006, 19:29:30 UTC

just a small scoop (if it's included with the powder) or a tablespoon. It's optional.