Techniques and substitutions for cooking and baking without dairy products such as milk and cheese from cows or goats. This is pertinent when cooking for people who are lactose intolerance and / or allergic to milk or casein.
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Is it possible to make a wheat free/gluten free/dairy free apple pie?
Is it possible to make a pie that does not include gluten or dairy? What techniques and ingredients can I use?
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Could coconut cream be used to create a non-dairy ganache for whipping?
A few days ago I made a batch of profiteroles and éclairs, with a minor twist: For half the profiteroles, instead of chantilly cream I used a whipped ganache made from about 2 parts dark or ...
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How can I make my icecream soft as it is too hard to carve straight from the fridge?
I have made my recipe with many changes and the most successful effort was the addition of a Instant Pudding mix. All others were much too hard to carve and serious effort was needed to just get the ...
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Can I replace milk with eggs in recipes?
I have had to go dairy and soy free because I'm breastfeeding and my little one gets really bad colic if I have products with milk or soy. I would like to know if I can use eggs (mixed with a little ...
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Coconut Milk Ice Cream - Getting Volume?
I've made ice cream with full-fat coconut milk twice in my KitchenAid ice cream maker with OK results.
I've followed the instructions and have run the machine for the time suggested (about 20 ...
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How to make lactose free mashed potatoes
To begin with, I use soy cream instead of dairy-based cream. It tastes alright, but not superb, and it seems to require more salt. What is missing that I should find a substitute to add back in?
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Replacing cream and butter in a carrot casserole/pie
Casserole from pureed carrot (it may be a "pie" rather than a "casserole" though - my footing in Anglo cooking terms isn't very strong, feel free to edit) is a traditional Finnish recipe.
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Is there a milk-free sour cream?
Is there some kind of milk-free sour cream available, to use as substitute due to an allergy?
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Why does my homemade hemp milk smell like sulfur?
I made some hemp milk in my Joyoung the other day, and it smells like sulfur. It doesn't taste bad, but the smell is a little off-putting. Is this normal? Have I let my hemp seeds go bad? Should I ...
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Julia Child - Mastering the Art of French Cooking - OK for Kosher?
My fiancee and I love to cook. We love cookbooks, but often find that they are useless in today's internet world where all the recipe sites exist. Mastering the Art of French Cooking is a classic, ...
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What's a good nondairy substitute for parmesan/grana padano as a salad-topper?
I'm making a salad that's quite bitter (endives, radicchio, arugula, with a lemon vinaigrette dressing). Normally this salad has peeled grana padano on top of it, which cuts the bitterness, but my ...
