After referencing it multiple times over my 4(!) years of blogging, I figured it was time to officially share my go-to cashew “mozzarella” recipe with you. This vegan mozzarella spreads, melts, and has a mild flavor that makes it versatile and omnivore-approved. My cashew mozzarella recipe isn’t terribly different from others you’ll find online, but...
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After referencing it multiple times over my 4(!) years of blogging, I figured it was time to officially share my go-to cashew “mozzarella” recipe with you. This vegan mozzarella spreads, melts, and has a mild flavor that makes it versatile and omnivore-approved.
This dairy-free mozzarella isn’t meant to be enjoyed fresh by itself like its dairy counterpart. It works best in heated recipes (in the above picture it is featured in a slice of my vegan lasagna!). Consequently, I’ve never bothered trying to make mozzarella balls with it or shaping it into a mold, which would involve adding a stabilizing ingredient like carrageenan or agar agar.
Instead, it’s just tapioca starch that does all of the magic, adding a starchy, stretchy quality to the vegan mozzarella mixture that lets it remain spreadable and melty, but still maintain a little bit of body when heated.
Tapioca starch/flour is available at lots of grocery stores these days, especially those that stock other gluten-...