A light and healthy salad cream made from chickpea water! 👀
Nutrition:
We guess you are not very familiar with aquafaba. Aquafaba is the chickpea liquid that many people throw away because they are unaware of its spectacular properties. Due to its foaming, emulsification and gelling properties, aquafaba can be used in different food applications such as vegan mayonnaise, meringues, mousse, ice-cream, salad dressings and bakery products. It can be an egg replacement solution that can be used in both savoury and sweet applications and it is becoming a novel interesting plant-based ingredient. The chemical composition of aquafaba consists of soluble and insoluble fibre, protein and phenolic compounds. Fat and starch are not present. Aquafaba offers many advantages compared to eggs. For example, it is low in calories and it doesn`t contain any fats. However, it contains much less protein than egg whites and it also contains some anti-nutritional compounds that could cause flatulence. It is definitely worth to try and is beneficial for the environment. However, it is not recommended to consume it daily, due to its low protein quantity as well as vitamin and mineral content. Little information is known about aquafaba, but we definitely know that exploiting aquafaba creates promising opportunities in waste valorisation and meets the global demand to increase pulse production and consumption.
What You Need:
125 g of aquafaba
1 teaspoon of mustard powder
135 ml of oat milk
½ tablespoon of apple cider vinegar
A sprinkle of salt
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
Allergens: Mustard
Method:
1. Open your tin of chickpeas and drain the water (aquafaba) into a bowl (save the chickpeas to make a lovely chickpea savoury porridge like what we did!)
2. Pour your aquafaba into a blender along with all of your other ingredients except the olive oil
3. Blend slowly while adding the olive oil
4. Slowly speed up the blending velocity until your substance becomes think but not too thick
5. Place your salad cream in a jar and put in the fridge to let chill overnight
6. Before use, shake well and pour over your salad
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