Thursday, 18 March 2010

Raspberry and blueberry pie


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.

2 comments:

  1. Meillä ilmeisesti samantyylinen ruokablogiprojekti (vegeruokaa maailman ympäri)? Siistiä! :->

    Rahkan sijaan marjapiirakassa voi käyttää tofua tai tofun ja soijajugurtin yhdistelmää. Mielestäni lopputulos ei juuri eroa rahkasta.

    Lainasin hiljattain vegaanin keittokirjan kirjastosta, eikä koko kirjasta tainnut löytyä yhtäkään reseptiä, jota olisi tehnyt mieli kokeilla. :-P Pitäydyn siis englanninkielisessä keittokirjakokoelmassani.

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  2. Hei,

    hieno projekti ja mielenkiintoisia reseptejä sulla, sellaisistakin maista, joita ei yleensä näy ruokablogeissa!

    Vegaanin keittokirjasta kannattaa kokeilla ainakin joitain leivonnaisia (tuo piirakkapohja on yksinkertainen, mutta onnistuu aina) ja porkkana-peruna-punainen linssi-kookoskeittoa.

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