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    Default What could I use to replace tofu in a sweet potato flan?

    It's basically onions, a kg of sweet potatoes, coconut cream, seasonings and 225g (7oz) tofu but I would like to make it soy free.

    Everything is cooked until the sweet potato is tender, blended w/ the tofu and then poured into a pastry shell.

    Any suggestions? Ta!
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    Default Re: What could I use to replace tofu in a sweet potato flan?

    You could try using a few tablespoons of agar flakes dissolved in hot water (I think I used 4) and a cup of flax seeds that have been soaked for a few hours in hot water.

    I also used coconut meat (like the hard part of the coconut) once but I don't really think it would taste right in a savoury recipe.
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    Default Re: What could I use to replace tofu in a sweet potato flan?

    If it's silken tofu in the recipe maybe you could also try substituting a (thick) white sauce? If it's ordinary tofu that might be too sloppy.

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    Default Re: What could I use to replace tofu in a sweet potato flan?

    A suggestion on the ppk was for ground up cashews, so I threw some in the blender with some water and added that. But I also added more coconut cream than was asked for and it was too soggy and didn't set up, maybe I should try agar.

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    Default Re: What could I use to replace tofu in a sweet potato flan?

    Maybe you could try using solid coconut blended up instead of the coconut cream?

    The agar should work but it will make it more jelly like.
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    Default Re: What could I use to replace tofu in a sweet potato flan?

    Ta, will give it a go
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    Default Re: What could I use to replace tofu in a sweet potato flan?

    egg replacer works, too

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