White sauce / other things with soy milk

[flying plum]

hi everyone - sorry if i've put this in the wrong place. i'm not sure how the whole sub-section forum thing works?

anyhow, i was making a white sauce the other night for my flatmate and i to put over some leeks, and so i was using soy milk (the alpro stuff). it's the first time i've really made it, and i was a little disappointed, because it tasted quite sweet.

i was wondering if using the unsweetened soy milk is what more people use for cooking things like sauces, or if there was a better non-dairy alternative? i've also used it for soups in the past, and although it's ok in some, it's been a little too sweet in others...

amanda

[Cloud_Child]

When i make a white sauce type thing i often just add flour to the veg in a frying pan and then just use water, if you have other tastes there it really doesn't matter, you could add some stock if you wanted.

[Gorilla]

i find rice milk is better in savoury food, although it's not quite as thick as soya milk.

[harpy]

I do use soy milk in sauces - I don't usually notice it being too sweet, though I think some brands may be sweeter than others.

Oat milk is another one you could try. That works quite well in soup I think although I haven't had any for a while.

You can actually make white sauce with water or veg. stock as well.

[Pob]

I think the main thing is to use the unsweetened. It's actually slightly less sweet than cow's milk and makes lovely sauces.

[Cherry]

Absolutely. I always use unsweetened stuff for cooking. I feel your pain flying plum - I once made white sauce with alpro sweetened in an emergency! Yuck.

I've used 'so good' in sweet recipes and that's ok, but generally I use unsweetened soya milk in the sweet recipes too.

[flying plum]

thanks everyone unsweetened it is! i prefer the sweetened kind in tea, but i think i'll get a thing of long life unsweetened next time i'm shopping for emergencies! i've never really got into rice milk, but maybe will give that a fling in my spinach soup at the weekend.

amanda

[Hemlock]

I don't use milk substitutes at all now - I try and cook recipes without and find vegan margerine, flour, vegetable stock, white wine, mushrooms and dill make a much nicer sauce than fake milk sauces.

[Smoothie]

yeah, it's not nessecary at all. although, i like my behamel with soymilk!!

[Gorilla]

i've never really got into rice milk, but maybe will give that a fling in my spinach soup at the weekend.

cool, i would recommend Rice Dream because i don't think it tastes sweet at all and goes well in a sauce i make for leeks with ground almonds and black pepper. Sainsbury's rice milk is really sweet and ruined my sauce when i had to use it once so i wouldn't go for that.