Where to begin? I have a head full of tasty things I want to share, but this first recipe ever is an old favourite..when I became a vegetarian around 10 years ago, the first cook book I bought was a Finnish veggie classic,
Vegaanin Kasviskeittokirja (Vegans' cook book). I carefully read information about beans and protein, how to make tofu and replace eggs. Some of those recipes I have learnt by heart, like carrot-lentil soup with grated coconut. This is my favourite pie recipe, which I made yesterday with raspberries and blueberries:
150 g margarine
2 dl sugar
3 dl fine wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
some soy milk (or water)
3-4 dl blueberries and raspberries (frozen or fresh)
2-3 tbsp potato starch
2-3 tbsp sugar
Heat the oven to 200 C. Beat margarine and sugar together in a bowl. Mix the dry ingredients and add to sugar and margarine. Add also a drop of soy milk or water to form a solid dough. Place the dough in a prepared pie shell and prebake for 10 minutes, if you like. You can also add the filling right away: toss together the berries, starch and sugar, place evenly on the dough. Bake alltogether for 20-25 minutes until the crust is golden. Enjoy with a scoop of soy ice cream :)
I like to improvise in the kitchen and thus I followed the recipe otherwise, but I tossed also a can of curd (200 g) on it before baking. It's also a good variation, but not so vegan!
I usually bake with cane sugar (Mascobado) and like to replace some of the wheat flour with wholewheat flour, so all the bakings are a little bit browner than if you use white sugar & fine wheat flour.
