Homemade Vegan Mozzarella Cheese in 10 Minutes!

Vegan Mozzarella Cheese Recipe

Sometimes when we don't have something at hand, it leads to amazing new things and discoveries. Yesterday I decided to make hot sandwiches, like we used to eat in my childhood, but in the process of making them I noticed, that I don't have any vegan cheese at home and the store was just too far away for me to go there only for cheese. So I had to do something, as cravings for sandwiches were too strong.

For some time I had been thinking about making my own vegan cheese, but it seemed so hard and it's just easier and faster to buy some. But boy was I wrong. Making vegan mozzarella is super easy and even a lazy vegan with a blender can manage it. It requires only few ingredients, blend everything and cook for few minutes, then cool down and voila! You have your own homemade vegan mozzarella! (Idea for the recipe from VedGed Out)

It's consistency is not as usual mozzarella cheese, it is more convenient to take it with a spoon than trying to cut with a knife, but it will be perfect for pizza and IT EVEN MELTS!

The second time I made this cheese I used more tapioca starch and it had a better form, so if you need it to look nice, you can add more starch and have perfectly shaped mozzarella cheese, but if you use it for pizza and need beautifully melted cheese, then make it as original recipe suggests.

Vegan Mozzarella Cheese recipe:

• 1/4 cup cashews
• 1 cup hot water
• 2 tbsp + 1 tsp tapioca starch
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 small garlic clove
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice

Method:

1. Wash cashews and soak in water for 15 minutes (if your blender isn't strong, then soak cashews for few hours), pour off the water.
2. Mix all the ingredients and blend well, until the mixture becomes smooth.
3. Pour the mixture into a preheated pot or pan, cook for a few minutes on the higher than medium heat, when cheese will begin to shrink and appear in clumps, keep stirring further and lower the heat to medium. Cook for another 2-3 minutes, until the mixture becomes really thick.
4. Turn off the heat and pour cheese into a different form, to cool. I used silicone cupcakes form.

I have already tried hot sandwiches baked in oven with this mozzarella cheese, also it is heavenly delicious with sun dried tomatoes! And I can't wait to make a pizza with it. :)

Also I will keep searching and creating more vegan cheese recipes so stay tuned and follow my news on on facebook and instagram!