Who is ready for St Paddy’s day! I am not. 🙂 I don’t think I have any proper Irish recipes on the blog. So I am just bringing some of the elements to celebrate!
There is also Holi – the festival of colors on March 17. Samosas and other goodies coming up for that later this week. I am running late for all holidays this year.
This cheese is a green goddess dressing made into cheese with some of elements of the gouda. Add more agar for a more set cheese that you can grate it. It makes an amazing grilled cheese! Omit the agar and use it to top a salad.
I wonder what to write up on the posts. How do you have stories to tell in each post :). My stories from school and college days are from a different lifetime, from a different country. The movies that I watch are mostly in Hindi. Why? Because all the latest technology makes the action/suspense/sci-fi stuff unwatchable for me, too much camera movement, the serious stuff is too serious, romantic is much better done in bollywood.
Listening to these songs while working in the kitchen. Wondering when This movie will be available on dvd. Starting to lose interest in Revenge as it keeps getting convoluted. Never caught on the Breaking bad, Game of thrones.. too much gore. House of cards, too much suspence 🙂
Recipe Card
Green Goddess Gouda Vegan Cheese
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup (169.5 ml) coconut milk or almond milk
- 1/2 cup (88.5 g) great northern beans canned or cooked, drained or other white beans
- 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1/4 cup (15 g) lightly packed parsley
- 1/4 cup (6 g) lightly packed basil
- a sprig of tarragon
- 1/4 cup (25 g) lightly packed green onion or 1-2 tsp onion flakes
- 1 Tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 3/4 tsp (0.75 tsp) salt
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) chickpea miso
- 1 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp liquid smoke for a smokier taste. personally I prefer without as the liquid smoke over shadows the other flavors
- 1 Tablespoon tapioca starch
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch or potato starch
- 1/2 cup (113 ml) coconut milk or almond milk
- 1 Tablespoon agar powder
Instructions
Method
- Blend everything (coconut milk through olive oil) into a smooth puree. Taste and adjust tang, salt, spice.
- Add the starches and liquid smoke, if using, and blend.
- In a pan, add 1/2 cup coconut or almond milk. Whisk in the agar powder and bring to a boil. Cook on low-medium heat for 5 minutes.
- Pour the blended mix into the pan. Mix well and continue to cook for 5-6 minutes.
- Transfer the mix to a greased container or mold and let sit for a few hours in the refrigerator. (I used 2 tsp of evoo to grease the container. Also brush some on the top of the block so it doesn't dry out)
- Slice and use. Keep refrigerated for upto 5 days.
Notes
If using Agar flakes, use 3 Tbsp flakes. Mix in milk and cook for 15 minutes before adding blended cheese mixture.
More cheese? try this Cashew Mozzarella, Jalapeno popper + Havarti, Coconut Mozzarella, or Coconut Cheddar, Nacho Cashew Millet cheese.
The bread in the pictures is this White Bean Sandwich Bread. Nutritional values based on one serving
Nutrition
More Green for St Paddy’s!
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Spinach Quinoa chickpea flour Omelette.
Black Bean Spinach chimichurri Wraps.
Pistachio Cardamom Pepper Kulfi Ice cream
Potatoes and Cabbage:
Spicy Burnt chili Cabbage and potatoes
Potato Quinoa patties with sweet and sour chickpeas.
Masala potatoes and potato sandwich
Masala Potato Pie
Shape these Sugar cookies as shamrocks.
Some other goodies from bloggers.
this Shamrock Shake from Sarah
Caitlin’s Sweet Potato Colcannon
PPK’s Mushroom Stout pie with Sweet Potato Biscuits
Kristina’s Bailey’s Irish Cream
Janis
Want to make this grilled cheese—looks delish! Did you use the agar for the cheese in the sandwich?
Vegan Richa Support
yes!
Ayla May
It looks amazing! You mention coconut milk 2 times in the recipe, is that correct?
Vegan Richa Support
yes, the 2nd quantity is in step #3
Elizabeth
can I skip the miso? I don’t usually have it.
Richa
yes, omit it.
Mae
I want to make this cheese tonight, and I’m trying to decide what to do with it! In terms of melting, how does it compare to dairy cheese? It looks incredibly well melted in the grilled cheese, but I know with some of these homemade vegan cheeses they melt well in some uses but not all. I hope this question isn’t too confusing, lol!
Richa
It wont melt exactly like dairy cheese. You can serve it with crackers. its not very hard, just slightly set.
Brooks Emerson
What did you mean by, “Blend everything until olive oil into a smooth puree”? I didn’t understand that instruction. (p.s. I’ll rate the recipe after I try it- it certainly looks like a 5, though.) 🙂 peace from a cool Istanbul late Summer evening.
Richa
Blend all the ingredients from coconut milk through olive oil. updated.
Paayel
Please suggest substitute for Great Northern Beans. I am from India.
Richa
black eyed peas or other beans that is soft smooth and white from inside. for eg chickpeas(chana) cooks up not as smooth and melt in the mouth as black eyed beans, so any other bean or even white split peas (vatana) cooked well will work
Gaby
Hello!
I am unable to get chickpea miso in my country. Would regular miso work??
Thanks!!!
Richa
Yes regular miso should work ok.
Nichole
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, You are the QUEEN of vegan cheeses!
Willow Moon
I love Goddess dressing and this looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it. Your photos are beautiful and your recipes look delicious.
prettyleodia
Hi Richa!
Do think Pamona’s Pectin would work in place of the agar?
Richa
it should work fine. I have not used pectin, See somer’s gouda post for quantity and method to use. https://vedgedout.com/2012/10/22/smoked-coconut-gouda/
Sunday Morning Banana Pancakes
Wow that cheese looks so melty I am with you Richa I sometimes struggle with what to share within a post, I’m like wow am I this boring 🙂 you are so cute, house of cards is too suspenseful 🙂 I absolutely love that show!
Corrin Radd
Made grilled cheeses today with this and we enjoyed them.
Shannon
I LOVE green goddess (I could eat tarragon in anything I think) and I never would have thought to make a vegan cheese with it, but it sounds amazing, especially in the grilled cheese. Looks like a great texture, too.
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Lindsay @ VeganYumminess
LOVE this, Richa! I remember when I was a little kid, there was no such thing as pre-packaged vegan “cheeses.” We had to make our own. This brings back many fond memories and looks scrumptious. 🙂
veganmiam.com
What a great list of St. Paddy’s meals, that Green Goddess gouda cheese looks yummy! I would love some grilled green cheeze sandwich right now!
veganmiam.com
What a great list of St. Paddy’s meals, that Green Godess gouda cheese looks yummy! I would love some grilled green cheeze sandwich right now!
christine
your blog always, but always, makes me hungry:) I suspect we’d all be very interested in tales of your childhood and school days – what was good, what was bad, how do you see it compare to how the kids around you live? Keep up the good work:)
The Vegan Cookie Fairy
Wow, this looks delicious!
Anonymous
It’s Paddy, not Patty. https://paddynotpatty.com/
Caitlin
yum yum yum! you never seise to amaze me- making your own green cheese! the grilled cheese looks fabulous, and i think i’m going to make the cauliflower keema this weekend now. thanks for including my recipe, lady <3 love you.
June
These all look delicious! Vegan cheese is awesome–the gouda seems like another great recipe to add to my list of to-makes. Also I <3 green curry. 🙂