Aquafaba: Vegan Cooking without Eggs using the Magic of Chickpea Water

Description

From the Latin aqua (water) and faba (beans), aquafaba is the cooking liquid found in tinned beans and other legumes like chickpeas or the liquid left over from cooking your own. It can be used to replace egg whites in many sweet and savory recipes. Its unique mix of starches, proteins, fiber and sugars, which are left in the water after cooking, gives aquafaba a wide range of emulsifying, foaming, binding and thickening properties, making it the perfect ingredient in vegan cooking or recipes for those who have egg allergies. It’s amazing to think that this precious liquid that we all threw down the sink could have such incredible properties? This is a real culinary revolution. The authors give all the secrets of aquafaba; how to make your own at home with just chickpeas and water and then how to use it in a dazzling array of recipes. Aquafaba beaten with a whisk produces a mountain of snowy white, giving volume to your muffins, and binding in your pasta. At last for vegans, lemon meringue pie, mousses, mayonnaise, macaroons and meringues are on the menu. Sébastien and Laura have thought of everything. Having created your aquafaba there are even a collection of recipes at the end of the book which use those cooked chickpeas to make hummus, falafels and curries. What is aquafaba? How was it discovered? Where can I find aquafaba? Home-made aquafaba Useful equipment SAVOURY RECIPES Tomato and basil mousse Scandinavian verrines Devil’s mayonnaise Saffron tagliatelle Little burger buns Cappuccino soup Beer batter Forager’s mille-feuilles Basil pesto muffins Cumin crackers SWEET RECIPES Almond meringues Îles flottantes Chocolate mousse Nancy macarons Lemon and bergamot meringue pie Tiramisu French toast Marshmallow spread Amarena cherry pavlova Parisian waffles WHAT ABOUT THE CHICKPEAS? Royal hummus Falafel patties Tandoori roasted chickpeas Mexican salad Chickpea curry Useful US cups/metric conversions