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Vegan fats

Postby Pepper Pig » Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:28 pm

I have been tasked to make an apple crumble to take for a Fathers Day/Dad’s birthday on Sunday week. The apples are in the freezer so it’s dead easy. What do I use to replace the butter I would normally use in the crumble mix please?
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Re: Vegan fats

Postby Kacey » Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:46 pm

Haven't made one for ages PP but I sub with any vegan spread, usually Flora as that's what we use all the time. I tried it with coconut oil once but can't recall if it was better or worse than the spread. The fact that I never repeated it makes me think it wasn't as nice.

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby Pepper Pig » Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:49 pm

Thanks Kacey but that’s where I’m coming unstuck I think. I always use cold, hard butter, not a spread, for a crumble. Can’t imagine it with anything soft.

ETA. Never looked but can you get solid Flora?

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby Kacey » Fri Jun 11, 2021 5:10 pm

No sadly, Stork do a solid version. I haven't bought that for years. I use Trex for vegan pastry but I haven't used it in a crumble, I think the fact that it looks like lard puts me off using it for sweet things.

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby Pepper Pig » Fri Jun 11, 2021 5:33 pm

Is Stork vegan?

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby Suelle » Fri Jun 11, 2021 5:41 pm

Pepper Pig wrote:Is Stork vegan?


Yes.

There are loads of vegan fats on the market, depending on where you are shopping. Some are hard, some spreadable. I'd use a hard fat for a crumble.
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Re: Vegan fats

Postby Pepper Pig » Fri Jun 11, 2021 5:46 pm

Thanks Sue. Hard Stork it is.

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby Stokey Sue » Fri Jun 11, 2021 5:49 pm

If you search for "vegan baking block" using the term block cuts out the spreadables, and the two top his are Stork baking block and Vitalite baking block, plus various own brands so I don't think you will have much difficulty finding a vegan "butter"

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby Pepper Pig » Fri Jun 11, 2021 5:53 pm

Thanks. Stork appears to have palm oil in. Better not tell Josh .

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby Stokey Sue » Fri Jun 11, 2021 5:58 pm

I suspect they need either palm or coconut oil to stop them being runny, most veg fats are at least semi liquid

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby liketocook » Fri Jun 11, 2021 6:06 pm

Flora plant butter says it uses sustainable palm oil.

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby Binky » Fri Jun 11, 2021 6:14 pm

I've looked in my vegan cookbook (Australian Womans Weekly) and there are no crumble recipes. The only pastry I can see is for a pumpkin & fig tart, and it uses olive oil. OK for rolling out but not for making a crumble.

(most vegans we know hate palm oil with a passion due it's production linked with destruction of animal habitat. Given a choice, they'd probably - albeit reluctantly- go for a crumble made with butter).

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby Stokey Sue » Fri Jun 11, 2021 6:25 pm

Palm oil is not that simple though, according to several reports I've read sustainable palm oil is not grown on newly cleared land, but on abandoned rubber plantations etc, and the yield of oil from a hectare of land is astonishing, much higher than from say rape seed or even cocnut

having said which, when you fly into Kuala Lumpur and you see all those miles of green squares, each with what looks like an embroidery knot in the middle which is an oil palm, it is rather shocking

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby jeral » Fri Jun 11, 2021 8:06 pm

I found this Naturli from Sainsbury. If you read the reviews, the 9th one says "Star choice for crumble topping!": If you believe reviews that is, or do a test bake as it might work differently with flour or oats or wholemeal as the crumb.

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/Pro ... ganic-200g

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby Pepper Pig » Fri Jun 11, 2021 8:13 pm

Ooh, thanks Jeral.

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby karadekoolaid » Fri Jun 11, 2021 9:22 pm

Give the crumble a try with olive oil - and maybe use less?

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby Pepper Pig » Fri Jun 11, 2021 9:24 pm

I need a hard fat KK. Life is too stressful without my being asked to try a new crumble method. Am too bloody old.

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby karadekoolaid » Fri Jun 11, 2021 9:27 pm

Then freeze it.
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No, I understand perfectly. I´m too bloody old as well! :lol:

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Re: Vegan fats

Postby scullion » Sat Jun 12, 2021 2:38 am

many of the vegans i know use vitalite.

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