One-Hour Dairy-Free Cheese: Make Mozzarella, Cheddar, Feta, and Brie-Style Cheeses-Using Nuts, Seeds, and Vegetables

by Claudia Lucero

Overview

Finally, anyone embracing a dairy-free lifestyle (including vegan, paleo, or allergen-free) can make and enjoy the savory goodness of cheese—in one hour or less.
 
In ingenious, step-by-step recipes, traditional cheesemaker Claudia Lucero shows how to make 25 delicious plant-based cheeses using your choice of seeds, nuts, and vegetables to achieve rich flavor and creamy texture. There’s buttery Golden Swiss made with cauliflower and tahini paste—and a Brie made of cashews (or zucchini and potatoes), with a bit of truffle oil to capture its earthy essence. One-Hour Dairy-Free Cheese also shows how to make spreadable cream cheese, grated Parmesan, a smoky Cheddar, and even gooey cheese sauces.
 
PLUS, techniques for making rinds, cheese plate pairings, tips on food allergy substitutions, and a recipe to highlight each dairy-free cheese: Stuffed Shishitos, Cucumber Maki, Creamy Zucchini Noodles, Spicy Beet Salad, and more. It’s a whole new way to indulge in the impossible-to-resist pleasure of cheese, no matter what your dietary restrictions are.
 
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781523502110
Publisher:	Workman Publishing Company
Publication date:	02/19/2019
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	1,078,803
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Claudia Lucero is the author of Instant Pot Cheese, One-Hour Cheese, and One-Hour Dairy-Free Cheese. She is the entrepreneur behind UrbanCheesecraft.com and DIY Cheese Kits, which she sells through Etsy, specialty food shops, and select Whole Foods stores, and she developed the home cheesemaking kits for Williams-Sonoma’s Agrarian product line. Raised with fresh Mexican cheeses, Lucero cooked alongside her mom and grandmother from an early age, where she first learned the value and reward of cooking traditional foods from scratch. She lives in Portland, Oregon. 

 

Table of Contents

Introduction: From Cheesemaker to "Cheese" Maker 1

You just never know where life will take you

Chapter 1 The Basics: Equipment, Ingredients, And More

Equipment Needed 6

Specialty Ingredients 8

These are less common key ingredients but are easily found nonetheless. Learn about their specific roles in making dairy-free cheese and how you can pick and choose to customize your cheese.

Hard Facts on Hard Cheeses 9

More details on the gelling agents that make our cheeses solid.

Pantry Basics 12

Keep these basics close at hand and whip up delicious dairy-free cheese at any moment.

The Missing Ingredients (Ok the Ins and Outs of This Book) 16

Learn about what is left out of the cheese recipes on purpose.

About the Serving Suggestions 16

Each recipe is followed by an easy-to-prepare dish using that cheese.

Dive In and Experiment 17

Suggestions on where to start and how to mix and match.

Chapter 2 Wheels, Blocks, And Rounds

Mozzarella Chprese 21

Variations: Sun-Dried Tomato Mozzarella, Smoked Mozzarella

Serving Suggestion: Fried Green Tomato Melts

Smoked Cheddar 29

Variations: American Cheddar, Sharp White Cheddar

Serving Suggestion: Pimento Cheese Spread

Dill and Chive Havarti 37

Variations: Lavender and Thyme Havarti, Cumin and Cracked Pepper Havarti

Serving Suggestion: Onion Skillet Tart

Black and White Truffled Brie 45

Variations: Black Garlic Brie, Porcini Pepper Camembert

Serving Suggestion: Brie Brûlee and Apples

Golden Swiss 53

Variations: Smoked Gouda, Raclette

Serving Suggestion: Smashed Potatoes

Seedy Paneer 59

Variations: Classic Paneer, Curried Paneer

Serving Suggestion: Quick Curried Spinach

Lemon Carlic Feta 67

Variations: Rosemary Feta, Kalamata Peppercorn Feta

Serving Suggestion: Spicy Beet Salad

Queso Verde 75

Variations: Kimchee Queso, Queso Chipotle

Serving Suggestion: Stuffed Shishitos

Chapter 3 Melts And Dips

Margherita Pizza Melt 85

Variations: Veggie Lover's Pizza Melt, Rosemary and Roasted Garlic Pizza Melt

Serving Suggestion: Stuffed Spaghetti Squash

Champagne Fondue 93

Variations: Fondue Suisse, Fondue Forte

Serving Suggestion: Summer Garden Gratin

Pumpkin Fundido 101

Variations: Sweet Potato Fundido, Cauliflower Rajas Fundido

Serving Suggestion: Spanish Mushrooms en Fundido

Creamy Mac Sauce (Tex-Mex K-So) 107

Variations: Sharp White Creamy Mac, Charred Mac

Serving Suggestion: Crispy Cauliflower

Spicy Powdered Cheese Mix 113

Variations: Alfredo Sauce Mix, Mild Cheddar Cheese Mix

Serving Suggestion: Scrappy Arancini

Chapter 4 Schmears And Spreads

Fresh Ricotta 121

Variations: Lemon Ricotta, Vanilla Ricotta

Serving Suggestion: Roasted Chai-Spiced Pears

Chevre De Provence 126

Variations: Pepper Balsamic Chèvre, Maple Paprika Chèvre

Serving Suggestion: Bittersweet Winter Salad

Classic Cream Cheese Schemear 132

Variations: Tomato Herb Garlic Schmear, Pumpkin Pecan Schmear

Serving Suggestion: Cucumber Maki

Chapter 5 Shakes And Grates

Romano Shakes 140

Variations: Cotija Shakes, Mizithra Shakes

Serving Suggestion: Citrus Pomegranate Salad

Parmesan Creates 145

Variations: Rosemary Parmesan Grates, Lemon Pepper Parmesan Grates

Serving Suggestion: Rainbow Tomato and Quick Pickled Onion Salad

Chapter 6 Insta-Cheeses

One-Bowl Ricotta 153

Variations: Italian Herb Ricotta, Orange Anise Ricotta

Serving Suggestion: Basil Ricotta-Stuffed Mushrooms

Five-Minute Butter Sauce 158

Variations: Tangy Swiss Butter Sauce, Sharp Cheddar Butter Sauce

Serving Suggestion: Creamy Zucchini Noodles

Chapter 7 Just For Fun

Baby Bellas 165

Variations: Spiced Bellas, Flavored Bellas, Big Bellas

Silly Singles 168

Variations: Provolone Singles, Smoked Gouda Singles, Pepper Jack Singles, Swiss Singles

Holey Emo Ji Swiss Cheese 173

Mozz Tots (Aka Fried Cheese!) 176

Variations: Jalapeño Popper Tots, Fried Green Tomato Tots

Ginger Beer Pub Cheese 179

Variations: Cider Pub Cheese, Kombucha Pub Cheese

Chapter 8 Make It

Yours Ready to get more creative and customize your own cheese? Keep these tips in mind and you'll give dairy-free cheese the appetizing look, taste, and texture of traditional cheese.

Rinds of All Kinds 184

Create tantalizing rinds by embellishing with flowers and herbs, rubbing, rolling in spices, and drying your wheels.

My Cheesy Building Blocks 198

Essentials when constructing cheese without dairy.

Chapter 9 Basic Fermentation

Have more than an hour? Learn the simple methods for getting that aged lacto-fermented flavor in dairy-free cheese with the help of homemade probiotic brines.

Lacto Fermented Vegetables 203

Sauerkraut 207

Rejuvelac 211

Chapter 10 Bonus Cultured And Aged Cheeses

Now that you've learned about fermentation, let's create some flavor using probiotics and time.

Cultured Soft Cheese 217

Aged Wheel 220

Coconut Yogurt 226

Cultured Cream Cheese 231

Chapter 11 Cheese Platter Pairings

Serve these simple accompaniments with your cheese for a complete platter.

Mulled Wine-Poached Pears 239

Pan-Roasted Fruit (Quick Compote) 240

Caramelized Onion and Shallot Jam 240

Caramelized Onion And Shallot Jam 241

Raw Pistou 242

Warm Marinated Olives 243

Fresh "Crackers" and Dippers 245

Appendixes

Troubleshooting 248

Resources 251

Common Conversions 253

Author's Note 254

Index 255

About the Author 262