Dishes with aquafaba - 0 cooking recipes

You won't be able to buy aquafaba in the store. At least in a separate form. But making it at home is easy and simple. To do this, just cook regular peas or any other legumes. The resulting decoction is this same aquafaba. Yes, yes, this liquid, cloudy, useless, which our grandmothers and mothers mercilessly poured into the sink.

In modern cooking, aquafaba is a real magician. It contains a lot of protein and miraculously whips into a foam just like chicken eggs. Do you understand what this means? This means that you can completely safely take recipes with egg whites and replace them with aquafaba. That is, turn any “meat-eating” recipe into a vegan one. Even everyone’s favorite macaroons, meringues, meringues, and marshmallows can be easily prepared without eggs.

At first, it is recommended to use a decoction of chickpeas or other peas, and leave the beans for yourself, who are already experienced in such matters. And another useful tip: you don’t need to rush to cook beans when you decide to bake something. Just make it a habit to freeze your infusions in the freezer until needed. You can also drain liquid from canned beans and peas. And freeze it too. With the right approach, you can fill the refrigerator with supplies for an entire confectionery)

The only negative is that the water will not need to be salted during cooking.

Where did this aquafaba come from? This is a modern invention of the Frenchman Joël Rossel, who practices vegan cuisine. It was just that one lucky day he realized that the liquid from canned beans was whipped into a white foam, almost indistinguishable from protein in appearance. To celebrate, he prepared several of his favorite recipes and posted photos on Instagram. They were taken in by other well-known practicing vegans who conducted research with aquafaba and realized that it can 100% replace protein in a recipe. The meringue recipe with aquafaba became the first official one. In it, the authors used only it and sugar. In the US and UK, aquafaba is sold in jars as a by-product from the preparation of hummus.

In addition to the dishes listed above, you can prepare creams, soufflés, ice cream, mayonnaise, glaze, and whipped cream from aquafaba. And also bake absolutely any pastries: cakes, pastries - which include eggs.