Mendiants are small chocolate disks topped with candied fruits and nuts. They look beautiful but can be time-consuming and tricky to make when using tempered chocolate and candying the nuts. I made a simpler version by using leftover ingredients. Melted chocolate left from a recipe test? Check. Walnuts or pine nuts? Yes. Four squares of […]
Vegan Granulated Sweeteners
Let’s talk about sugar, ok? I get a lot of emails with questions about the abundance of sweeteners found today in the markets. Today I am going to concentrate on granulated (dry) sweeteners. The first question to answer is this one: What is vegan sugar? To manufacture table sugar from sugarcane, sugarcane stalks are crushed […]
Working with Chocolate: How to Make Perfect Vegan Chocolate Truffles
A chocolate truffle is a chocolate lover’s dream, whether dusted with cocoa powder or enrobed in chocolate. Typically non-vegan commercial chocolate truffles—even the dark chocolate ones—are made with cream or butter, and sometimes corn syrup is added. Not here! My vegan chocolate truffles are made with high-percentage dark chocolate, meaning more chocolate flavor and less […]
Vegan Spicy Ginger Truffles for Valentine’s Day
The pungent flavor of the ginger powder comes through in these ultra creamy truffles. My friend Lisa Pitman, an accomplished cook from Toronto, exclaimed, “Not only are these exquisite, they are perfect for sharing when you want to spice things up with a certain someone.” How you spice things up is up to you, but make sure you add enough ginger powder […]
