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Tasty Gourmet Toast Combos

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Tasty Gourmet Toast Combos

Toast is the game – but first we need the bread!

Toast! It’s a great leveller and there’s plenty of tasty gourmet toast combos here to get your teeth into. Most people just go for boring old “jam on toast” – but there’s so much more to the genre than that. I don’t advise using white bread though or the bread police will be round! Tasteless supermarket pap is the worst, but even proper “white” is totally lacking in nutrition & taste. Go for organic wholewheat versions if you can – or even make your own wholemeal sourdough. It really isn’t that difficult – and the recipe is at the end. Soudough done well, with some extra seeds, is massively more nutritious than shop bought.

Loadsa toast ideas here – you just need a few extra items

I’ll give some basic items to use – olive tapenade, yeast pate, vegan mayo, baby plum tomatoes, sliced gherkins, roasted artichokes peanut butter, hemp butter – but there’s loads more. Obviously not everything goes with everything else, but the right combination of 2, 3 or 4 things, can make all the difference.

To butter or not to butter – that is the question.

Some folk don’t “butter” their toast, but I always do, & often add some yeast extract for a bit of zing. Then it’s coming up with the taste layers, sometimes using mayo, or hot Aivar to hold it together. So it’s not a recipe as such, but I’ll put pictures with a list of toppings in order as a caption. This post is more about giving people ideas & encouraging them to be more adventurous – you know who you are…..

Getting the balance of flavours right – but with an appealing look.

Sometimes things just don’t look right, but generally as long as it tastes good, I’m in. Vegan camembert with black olive tapenade smeared on top is my latest – pic to follow. Another would be Aivar, finely sliced smoked tofu, a generous layer of vegan mayo, & sliced baby plum or vine tomatoes.

From the merely sublime ~ to the really outlandish!

Sometimes really weird things work if you’re in the mood. I like some Natex yeast extract to cut through, then peanut butter & thinly sliced pickled onions. Weird I know – but it’s good. Maybe try hemp butter with sliced gherkins which is another favourite. Most times with some freshly ground black pepper on last. No list of toasts would be complete without gorgeous nutritious hummus!

Why not give some of these ideas a try

So be bold & go where no toast has gone before. Give these tasty gourmet toast combos an outing! Sourdough bread & other recipes mentioned in the picture descriptions are listed at the bottom of the pictures!

  1. Vegan Boursin with green & black olives
    Vegan Boursin with green & black olives
     
    Vegan Boursin with green & black olives
    Vegan Boursin with green & black olives
Avocado on cream cheese with aivar
Avocado on Natex mushroom pate with aivar
Artichoke hearts with hummus
Artichoke hearts with hummus
Chilli green olives on hummus
Chilli green olives on hummus
Gherkins on almond butter
Gherkins on almond butter
Sauteed baby plumb tomatoes on hummus
Sauteed baby plumb tomatoes on hummus
Tasty Gourmet Toast Combos
Yeast extract, scrambled tofu with sliced avocado & chilli sauce/black pepper.
Yeast extract + hummus + sunblushed or sundried tomatoes
Yeast extract + hummus + sunblushed or sundried tomatoes
Yeast extract with red pepper hummus + avocado
Yeast extract with red pepper hummus + avocado
Tofu Benedict. Spinach, pan fried tofu, grilled tomato, avocado, hollandaise sauce
Tofu Florentine. Wilted spinach, fried tofu, grilled tomato, avocado, hollandaise sauce
Yeast extract, Aivar, vegan cheese slice, chilli mayo, baby plum tomatoes
Yeast extract, Aivar, vegan cheese slice, chilli mayo, baby plum tomatoes
Yeast extract, Aivar, vegan cheese, chilli mayo, halved black olives
Yeast extract, Aivar, vegan cheese, chilli mayo, halved black olives
Vegan cream cheese, cranberry sauce - mmmm tasty
Vegan cream cheese, cranberry sauce – mmmm tasty
One of my kids ideas - sliced tomato, quorn katsu fillet, sliced avocado, hollandaise sauce, chilli sauce, black pepper
One of my kids ideas – sliced tomato, quorn katsu fillet, sliced avocado, hollandaise sauce, chilli sauce, black pepper
Yeast extract + hummus with olive tapenade
Yeast extract + hummus with olive tapenade smeared on top.
Tofu benedict: pan fried marinated tofu, grilled sliced vine tomato, sliced avocado, hollandaise sauce, chilli sauce
Tofu benedict: pan fried marinated tofu, grilled sliced vine tomato, sliced avocado, hollandaise sauce, chilli sauce
Mayo, vegan cheese, mayo, halved baby plum tomatoes, chilli mayo
Mayo, vegan cheese, mayo, halved baby plum tomatoes, chilli mayo
Yeast or mushroom pate, smearing of vegan mayo, sliced avocado, smoked paprika & black peppter
Yeast or mushroom pate, smearing of vegan mayo, sliced avocado, smoked paprika & black peppter
Yeast extract, tofu mayo, sliced avocado, smoked chilli powder, black pepper
Yeast extract, tofu mayo, sliced avocado, smoked chilli powder, black pepper
Yeast extract, Aivar, thinly sliced smoked tofu, mayo, avocado, smoked paprika, black pepper
Yeast extract, Aivar, thinly sliced smoked tofu, mayo, avocado, smoked paprika, black pepper
yeast extract, hemp butter, sliced banana
yeast extract, hemp butter, sliced banana
Yeast extract, crunchy (or smooth) peanut butter, sliced banana
Yeast extract, crunchy (or smooth) peanut butter, sliced banana
yeast extract, red pepper hummus, black & green olives, black pepper
yeast extract, red pepper hummus, black & green olives, black pepper
Yeast extract, hummus, sliced avocado, black pepper
Yeast extract, hummus, sliced avocado, black pepper
Yeast extract, tofu mayo, black pepper
Yeast extract, tofu mayo, black pepper
Yeast extract, hummus, with halved black olives & sliced grilled marinated artichokes & black pepper
Yeast extract, hummus, with halved black olives & sliced grilled marinated artichokes & black pepper
yeast extract, hummus, baby plum tomatoes & sundried tomato pieces
yeast extract, hummus, baby plum tomatoes & sundried tomato pieces
Yeast extract, vegan mayo, vegan cheese, mayo, sliced avocado.
Yeast extract, vegan mayo, vegan cheese, mayo, sliced avocado.

 

Baby plum tomatoes on hummus
Yeast extract, hummus, & baby plum tomatoes.
Yeast extract, sliced vegan sausage, baked beans,, thinly sliced red onion, vegan cheese, oregano, smoked paprika, microwave 1 min, grill 2 mins I'm on the fence on the onion....
Yeast extract, sliced vegan sausage, baked beans,, thinly sliced red onion, vegan cheese, oregano, smoked paprika, microwave 1 min, grill 2 mins. I’m on the fence on the onion….
Yeast extract, olive tapenade, Taifun tofu rosso, vegan mayo, sliced avocado, black pepper
Yeast extract, olive tapenade, Taifun tofu rosso, vegan mayo, sliced avocado, black pepper

vegan cheddar with apricot jam Yorkshire style

Yeast extract, almond butter, banana
Yeast extract, almond butter, banana

Natural Rise/Sourdough using a bread machine Riley

Natural Rise Bread & Starter creation in an easy to follow method. There's no endless stretching/folding/cossetting/extended messing about with this no-nonsense method. As long as you've got a bread machine, it's a bit of a doddle - you don't even need to get your hands wet. Just using flour, filtered water, salt and fat - you can't go wrong. Just make sure the water is filtered, and the flour is good quality and FRESH.
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for creating the starter
  • 200 g of wholemeal flour – starter creation
  • 200 g/ml of filtered water – for starter creation
Ingredients for a whole loaf.
  • 300 g of starter batter @ 100% hydration i.e. 100g of flour + 100g of water
  • 600 g of strong wholemeal bread flour – Dove’s farm or similarly high quality
  • 35-40 g of vegan margarine/olive oil
  • 9 g of sea salt
  • 445 g of filtered or bottled spring water

Method
 

Creating your starter.
  1. Add 50g of water to 50g of flour and mix – cover & leave in a warm place (24-26°C is ideal) for 24 hours – a folding proofing cabinet is ideal for this – Brod & Taylor make a good one:- see note at end of recipe for a link to a site selling them…..
  2. For 3 more days consecutively, add a further 50g of water and 50g of flour - mixing well each time.
  3. After the 4th day, you should have 400g of starter batter, which should be fairly active with a slightly sour smell and bubbles showing on the surface.
  4. This starter is then ready to use immediately – and although the first loaves will not be so well risen, with care and attention AND regular use, the starter will continue to improve with time and usage.
Pre-prep to making your very first loaf
  1. When you want to make a loaf (for the first time only), put 100g of this mix in the freezer as your back-up policy – or you can give it away to someone else as a starter primer. Use the rest to get the bulk fermentation going.
  2. For the very first loaf, the batter will already be at room temperature and active so this step can be omitted. However as you'll be storing the starter in fridge for subsequent loaves it will need to be taken out an hour or so before you want to make your loaf - to get it to the ideal temperature of 27°C so that it is active and ready to go again.
Making your first loaf
  1. Take the 300g of starter dough out of the fridge (or taken from your initial starter) and transfer to a medium sized mixing bowl. Leave at room temp for an hour so it warms up and becomes active.
  2. Once it's warmed up, add in a further 445g of water and 445g of wholemeal bread flour, and mix until it's a smooth thick even batter. Leave to ferment for 2 hours at 27°C if in a warming cabinet, or around 3 hours if around 21°C. You can play around with timings, but it wants to be around double the size..
  3. When it's doubled in size approximately, give it a bit of a stir and then into a clean bowl weigh out 300g of the batter. Try to be pretty accurate in this. Cover this and place in the fridge - this will be the starter for your next loaf.
  4. Transfer the rest of the batter to the bread machine pan - you're aiming to have 870g of batter to transfer - you'll always leave some behind, but 870g should be easily achievable.
  5. So just to be uber clear, the batter that’s waiting in your fridge will always be 300g, because as soon as you take out the 870g of batter to make a loaf, you are parking 300g back in the fridge to wait until you want to bake again – when you want to bake again - that’s when you “wake it up” by removing it from the fridge. The batter stored in the fridge is always at 100% “Hydration” – which means the water content versus the flour is 100% and exactly equal.
  6. Once the 870g of batter is added to the bread maker pan, add in 40g of fat, and 165g of flour and 9g of salt. Adding the flour will reduce the hydration level to 78%.
  7. Set it to the 45minute pizza dough setting or the shortest dough only program for your particular machine, and the bread-maker will do all the hard work and transform it into a very soft dough - which would normally require wet hands to knead effectively and be generally quite tricky to handle – but you’re bread-maker is doing it for you!
  8. Set a timer for 15 minutes - that's all the kneading it needs due to the fermentation assisting with some of the processes carried out by the kneading. While that's kneading, grease a 2lb bread tin.
  9. During the mixing of the dough in the machine, it may need a little bit of help with a non-stick spatula to make sure all the flour etc is incorporated into the dough ball.
  10. When the dough program has run for 15 minutes – stop the machine and immediately remove the pan and upturn it over the bread tin. If you leave it in the machine for more than a few seconds, it tends to spread and stick - so do it quickly, and it will drop straight in without sticking.
  11. If kneading by hand put the entire dough into the tin and gently push down so you have a reasonably flat surface. Ditto if you’re using the bread maker.
  12. Leave to rise until the dough is double in size/near the top of your tin - usually between 2 and 3 hours depending on how active your starter is and how warm the location - 25-26°C is a good compromise, but 27°C is best. Don't exceed 27°C though as off flavours and develop.
  13. It’s important not to let the dough rise for too long – you can estimate a doubling in size for the dough, or use the 2-finger method. Press the top with 2 fingers – if it springs back immediately, it’s still not fully risen – if the indentations linger and slowly come back – it’s ready to go in the oven. If the indentation remains – it’s probably over risen so give it less time in future.
  14. When up to temperature, carefully place the bread tin in the oven – avoid banging it or moving it violently.
  15. Bake at 195°C fan oven on middle shelf for 38 minutes.
  16. Leave for a 10 minutes then turn out and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Notes

  • Thanks to Richard Riley for the inspiration for this recipe. I'd almost given up on sourdough after my last lot went south...… but I'm totally back on board now thanks to Richard!
  • Always use filtered or bottled water – the chlorine will impede or even prevent the natural yeasts from becoming active enough. Use good quality Dove’s Farm or similar wholegrain BREAD/strong flour, and make sure it is fresh – no more than 6months as an absolute max.
  • This bread is nice just as bread, but can also be toasted. It will keep much longer than standard home-made yeasted bread as the natural ph. of the loaf tends to inhibit mould formation.
  • Toast it on a lower setting than normal for a really nice finish – don’t over toast it.
  • A brod and Taylor proofing oven as below is a useful tool, but is by no means essential. Natural Rise/sourdough doesn't require the same high temperature as yeasted bread - but it does help to keep times and results very consistent.
  • A note about times. The longer the bread takes to rise, generally, the more of a sourdough taste it will have..-
  • On water, you can increase the water content if you wish. It may take a little longer to rise and cook, but you can play around with that a bit to get exactly the results that you're looking for.
  • Sour dough starter can be frozen for long term keeping if you're going away for instance, but it will definitely last at least a month from the last feed in a cool refrigerator.
  • https://www.amazon.co.uk/Folding-Chocolate-Proofing-Fermenter-Multi-Cooker/dp/B01MQK1204/ref=pd_lpo_79_t_0/260-4067861-2030369?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01MQK1204&pd_rd_r=ca7be74e-9035-44f5-b729-0ab51ce26313&pd_rd_w=5N85O&pd_rd_wg=bT4Q6&pf_rd_p=7b8e3b03-1439-4489-abd4-4a138cf4eca6&pf_rd_r=67N9YV4CAEXWKG4Z1HQM&psc=1&refRID=67N9YV4CAEXWKG4Z1HQM
  • It is also possible to do some extra autolysing - this has some benefits - particularly with yeasted bread, but also with sourdough. Link explaining this at the end. 
  • The link to information on autolysing.....:- https://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2017/09/29/using-the-autolyse-method#:~:text=An%20autolyse%20is%20the%20gentle,occur%20in%20your%20bread%20dough.

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Creamy hummus dip

Creamy Hummus

A very easy recipe to make hummus that's heaps better than supermarket versions. It's just a case of weighing all the ingredients into the food processor and blending them in turn. Guaranteed great tasting hummus.
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Servings: 2.25 Supermarket tubs
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 62.5 ml lemon juice 1 large lemon
  • 70 g of light tahini (or a mix of light and dark) I think dark tahini is ok, but it's a little heavy, so 50/50 can be a good compromise.
  • 35 g of cold pressed olive oil Optional is to substitute 15g of olive oil with cold pressed avocado oil.
  • 20 g of garlic will be around 5, you can use less but raw garlic is such a powerhouse!
  • 6 g of sea salt - less if you prefer? I like to use smoked sea salt to add a bit of interest.
  • ½ rounded teaspoon ground cumin I’ve not been using this lately – but it's a nice addition.
  • 250 g cooked chickpeas. if you’re cooking them and freezing them or just 1 can's worth.
  • 20 ml of cold water adjust during final blending so it’s not too thick but not too runny – add slowly – so you don’t overdo it!

Method
 

  1. The order is important – it doesn’t turn out well if you do it in the wrong order.
  2. Weigh 70g of tahini directly into the food processor bowl – less mess that way.
    weighing tahini into bowl
  3. Squeeze the lemon juice until you have the 60ml – and pour into the processor bowl
    tahinin & lemon juice in bowl
  4. Blend the lemon juice and tahini for 60 secs (can do longer it’s not critical just needs to be well mixed).
    tahini & lemon juice blended
  5. Add in 15g crushed garlic, 6g sea-salt, 35g olive oil and cumin if using.
    adding in olive oil, seasalt & garlic
  6. Blend for another 60 seconds scrape and blend for a further 60 seconds (or until very smooth). Again – can be longer.
    blended tahini garlic, olive oil etc
  7. Add 250g of chick-peas, and blend for 5 minutes – if you use frozen chick peas, there's generally no need to scrape the sides etc as the frozen chickpeas do it. Check to see how well it's blended though.
    adding in the chick peas
  8. I love it extra smooth so I do it for even longer. However you don’t want it to get warm as this will alter the flavour. A trick here is to use the frozen chick-peas – so that the hummus doesn’t warm up in the blender! Use ear defenders though as it’s very noisy! Using ice cubes for the extra water content helps too.
    Creamy hummus dip
  9. Towards the end, you can dribble in some chick-pea juice if you have it or just water until you get that creamy (but not runny) consistency. Bear in mind it will thicken up in the fridge if not used immediately, so to maintain the nice creamy texture you will need to mix in extra water/ice cubes

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the finished red pepper hummus

Red Pepper Hummus

Make some hummus and then add the other ingredients, and blend some more.
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Servings: 5 servings
Course: Appetizer, Accompaniment, sandwich filling
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Vegan, Greek, moroccan
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 measure of standard hummus that's one can of chick-peas worth
  • 100 g roasted red pepper
  • 1 flat teasp paprika
  • 1 teasp chilli paste or ½ teasp chilli powder
  • ¼ teasp ginger paste nice if you have it.
  • ½ teasp soya sauce optional - & maybe a teaspoon!

Equipment

  • Food processor

Method
 

  1. You can make a douple lot of hummus as in the main recipe - and set one aside as plain or for caramelised onion hummus
    making a full amount of hummus
  2. If you're making a double quantity of hummus, put one quantity of the plain hummus aside in a bowl and leave the rest in the blender.
  3. weigh out 100g of roasted red pepper and drain to avoid the hummus becoming too wet. I find if I don't then immediately freeze the other 200g of red peppers, then they jsut go off in the fridge - so freezing them is the smart move.
    weighing & draining the red peppers
  4. Add the peppers to the one lot of hummus in the blender.
    adding the drained red pepper
  5. Add the chilli paste, the ginger, and the paprika & soya sauce if using that.
    adding the ginger, chilli paste & paprika
  6. blend the red pepper in the food processor
    blending the red pepper
  7. it will be slightly more sloppy than regular hummus, but will firm up in the fridge
    the finished red pepper hummus
  8. be careful when transferring as it will be more difficult to get into the bowl
    Red pepper hummus in the bowl

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tofu amayo in a bowl super crop

Vegan Tofu Mayo Sandwich Filling

An easy to prepare nutritious and tasty sandwich filling. Prep the tofu with some quick chopping and microwaving to remove excess water, add seasonings, mix well, and you're done. Makes enough for 8 rolls.
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Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 8 minutes mins
Servings: 8 rolls/sandwiches
Course: sandwich filling
Cuisine: American, English
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 600 g Medium Firm Tofu this is a whole pack – best from Tofu King or one of the Chinese brands.
  • 75 g Red onion - finely chopped Approx 1/2 a medium onion
  • 2 - 4 teasps Dijon mustard approx 20g
  • 2 - 3 teasp turmeric possibly more.
  • 8 rounded teaspoons nutritional yeast 20 g
  • 1 teasp veg stock powder optional - but adds depth of flavour
  • ¾ teasp kala namak black salt - could add up to 1 teasp
  • ½ pack chopped chives Approx 15g
  • 120 g vegan mayo I prefer the Follow Your Heart brand. However I've just tried the Hellman's Vegan Mayo, and it's really good too. Can add up to 150g but less is healthier

Equipment

  • 1 medium sized pyrex bowl
  • 1 collander or sieve

Method
 

  1. Chop the tofu into ½ cm sized- pieces.
    cubed medium firm tofu 1/2 cm
  2. Heat in microwave on half power for about 10 minutes. This will cause a lot of water to come out of the tofu - especially when you drain it. It's best to do it in 2 to 3 minute lots and stir gently in between.
  3. Leave to drain in a colander to reduce the water, and for the tofu to cool down - it will be quickest in the fridge.
  4. Chop the red onion finely.
  5. Chop or cut the chives with scissors into fairly small pieces.
  6. When the tofu has cooled - put in a medium sized bowl.
  7. With the cooled tofu in a medium sized bowl, add in the chopped chives & finely diced red onion and mix briefly
    Cubed drained tofu with chives and red onion
  8. Add in the spices etc: mustard, turmeric, nutritional yeast, kala namak, diced onion, chopped chives, black pepper and vegan mayo and gently combine.
    vegan tofu mayo in a bowl crop
  9. You can use a fork or a spoon to stir it – you want to mix it and break the tofu pieces up a little, but not too much.
  10. It may work well with firm tofu – although I haven’t tried that yet - but definitely NOT extra firm.
  11. Use as a sandwich or roll filling: This was perfect for 6 of the small round pre-cut Kingsmill wholemeal rolls, with plenty left over for toast as it will keep for a few days.
    Tofu mayo on a roll crop
  12. Or you can have it on toast with other things like vegan smoked ham......
  13. or avocado......

Notes

This is a super quick, super tasty summer party/day out sandwich/roll filling that really will go down well - with vegan or non-vegans. Children love it too.
This makes 750g of filling. 60g per roll will give 12 rolls.
If you want to make less, just adjust the amounts accordingly.
I've gone for a quite a prominent flavor as otherwise it might be a little bland, but I like strong flavors, so if you prefer it less flavorsome, just adjust the quantities to suit your palate.

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Tofu Florentine & Hollandaise

Hollandaise Sauce & "tofu eggs" Florentine.

This is a verstile hollandaise sauce that just requires a high-speed blender and a pair of scales. The other elements pan fried tofu, spinach, avodado and grilled tomatoes are easily prepared.
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Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Servings: 10
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: English
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Hollandaise Sauce dry ingredients - enough for 10 portions - freeze the rest of the sauce
  • 20 g Nutritional Yeast
  • 1 level tsp Turmeric
  • 1 level tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 level tsp Onion Powder
  • 1/2 level tsp Black Salt Kala Namak*
  • 1/8 level tsp Cayenne Pepper
  • 1/4 level tsp white pepper
Hollandaise Sauce wet ingredients - enough for 10 portions - freeze the rest of the sauce
  • 150 g Raw Cashews soaked in hot water for 1 hour
  • 2 Tbsp 30ml Lemon Juice
  • 1 tsp 5ml White Vinegar
  • 240 ml of oat milk maybe a little less - consistency is key.
  • 1 level Tbsp 20g Dijon Mustard
  • 30 g vegan margarine
Ingredients for the dish itself - enough for 4 slices of toast
  • 600 g of blocks of medium firm tofu you can use firm, which is easier to pan fry - but medium firm is best. Tofu King
  • 1 whole Avocado
  • 200 g of Spinach
  • 8 cloves of garlic
  • 2 whole Beefsteak tomatoes or 4 large vine tomatoes

Method
 

  1. Make sure the cashews are well soaked or it will take ages to blend – unless you have a Nutribullet. But a Nutribillet is the best way to blend this supersmooth.
  2. Add all the ingredients into your food processor (or Nutribullet) and blend thoroughly so that it is completely smooth.
    Hollandaise ingredients in blender
  3. Pour enough of the finished blended sauce into a heatproof bowl - pyrex is best. Allow 50g per person should should be enough.
    finished hollandaise in a pyrex bowl
  4. Meanwhile, take some blocks of tofu, and slice about ¼ inch/ 5mm thick - this is each block sliced into 4
  5. Put a layer of soy sauce, chilli sauce, etc, kala namak in a large pyrex baking dish. Pour soy sauce & chilli sauce on top. After 10 mins, turn over.
    Sliced tofu marinating
  6. Pan fry this on a griddle or similar, on a medium heat in olive oil for a few minutes either side.
    Pan frying the tofu
  7. Sauté some crushed garlic, then add in spinach and soy sauce and wilt the spinach until nice and soft.
    Pan fried spinach with garlic
  8. Slice beefsteak tomatoes – Turkish ones are best. Oil a baking try, and brush the top of the tomatoes with oil. Sprinkle some oregano and BBQ or Cajun spice on top and grill 5 mins or so.
    grilled beefsteak or large vine tomatoes
  9. Peel and thinly slice some nicely ripe avocado pear.
    peeled sliced ripe avocado
  10. An alternative to avocado or tomato is to slice & pan fry portobello mushrooms
  11. Heat the hollandaise sauce over a pan of hot water in a glass bowl or on low power in the microwave until warm, but don't let get too hot or it will thicken too much. I find the microwave on 30% for a few minutes at a time - then stirring - gives the most consistent results.
    warming the hollandaise sauce over warm water
  12. Make some toast, butter it, and if you like it, spread some Marmite or Natex on one side.
    buttered toast with natex/marmite
  13. then carefully place the pan-fried tofu, to cover the slices of toast. I prefer my sourdough, which uses less tofu, but on a standard wholemeal loaf you will need the whole 600g pack.
    pan fried tofu on the spinach layer
  14. Spread a layer of spinach, on that if you like spinach
    toast with a layer of spinach
  15. Then place the tomato,
    grilled tomatoes on top of the tofu
  16. finally place the thinly sliced avocado.
    thinly sliced avocado laid on top
  17. Heat the stack in the microwave oven for around 30 secs to warm it all up nicely
  18. Then drizzle the warmed hollandaise sauce on top generously.....
    Stack with hollandaise sauce drizzled on top
  19. Finally sprinkle with smoked paprika and black pepper
    Stack with hollandaise sauce and smoked paprika

Notes

  • I'm testing if this can be frozen sucessfully.
  • Quantity of sauce should be enough for a generous serving for 9 to 10 people - so either make less or freeze or use the rest in a different dish.
  • Quantities of avocados, tofu, spinach & tomatoes are approximate and depend on individual preferences.
  • I usually make a double lot and freeze what I don't use in 130g  for 2, 200g for 3 & 260g for 4 lots so it's easy to defrost enough for how many slices  you're making.

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Scrambled tofu on toast

Scrambled tofu on toast a la florentine

very nutritious and tasty alternative to trad scrambled hen's eggs - easy, foolproof and cruelty free.
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Prep Time 45 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Servings: 8 people
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Southern USA
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 5 tbsps heaped heaped tablespoons Marigold nutritional yeast was 3 but I upped it - tastes better now!
  • 3 teasp flat turmeric
  • 1½ teasp flat flat teaspoons ground cumin.
  • 3 teasp flat paprika or smoked paprika or a mixture of the tea
  • ½ teasp flat flat teaspoon white pepper
  • 1 teasp flat flat teaspoon of Kala Namak black salt - was ½ but I upped it!
  • 2 teasp flat flat teaspoons Marigold Stock powder.
  • 1 teasp flat onion powder
  • 1 teasp flat garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp of soy sauce was 2 teasps - can use less but I like it this way
  • 4 tbsps water add enough so it's a thickish mobile paste.
  • 1 whole medium red onion finely diced or thin strips
  • 1 whole small aubergine my kids don't like it so I don't bother
  • 1 whole medium pepper cut in thin strips, then in half
  • 25 individual baby plum tomatoes – optional – half a box roughly cut in half
  • 150 g Mini portobellos/chestnut mushrooms – Half a box sliced fairly fine. Optional - I'm on the fence on this.
  • 1 whole small courgette cut in narrow segments.
  • 6 cloves garlic in a garlic crusher or sliced finely.
  • 600 g medium firm tofu 1 whole pack of tofu king tofu
  • 300 g firm tofu ½ pack of tofu king tofu
  • 1 tbsp drained capers. optional - but I love them
  • 2 tablespoon or a pack of chives chopped into half cm lengths
  • 3 whole finger chillies chopped finely.
  • 500 g baby leaf spinach 2 average packs
  • ⅓ teasp chilli powder optional but adds a nice heat

Equipment

  • 1 Wok
  • 1 collander
  • 1 Actifry not essential but useful

Method
 

  1. In a half litre jug, add nutritional yeast, turmeric, cumin, paprika, , salt, and pepper and all the other spices.
    various spices for the scrambled tofu mix
  2. Add water and mix well - using the back of a wooden spoon to remove any lumps
    spices mixed up ready to use
  3. Cook off all the veg in the appropriate order in the Actifry or a wok - around 15 minutes for each batch – you can do peppers and courgettes together, and chuck the halved tomatoes in halfway. Onions & mushrooms work best in a wok…..
    sauteed veg to include with the tofu
  4. While your doing this, crush around 7 or 8 cloves of garlic into a large pan with a little oil and sauté until browning nicely.
    cooking the garlic
  5. Add in the washed spinach and sauté until nicely wilted – add in some black pepper and a sprinkle of soy sauce as you do.
    wilting the spinach
  6. Drain the tofu, then use fingers to break up the tofu in a separate bowl – not too much though – just one squidge through the fingers - enough to resemble scrambled eggs.
    draining the microwaved soft tofu
  7. Transfer to a microwave safe bowl – I prefer pyrex….. and heat on half power for 5 minutes - drain and repeat. You want to get it up to around 80°C – each time tip into a colander to drain the water released and repeat if necessary. Don't overdo it though as you still want it to be soft, just not too wet. Around a maximum of 5 or 6 minutes twice seems to work well. If you overdo it, the tofu looses its softness.
    heating the tofu to remove the water and get it nice and hot
  8. Tip into the pan with the cooked veggies and capers and pour seasoning over tofu & veg mix and combine well – but not vigorously – more gently turning it over - colouring as much of the tofu mix as possible.
  9. Toss in chives at this point and then continue to stir gently as necessary for another 1 to 2 minutes to heat them all through. You’re just aiming to get the tofu mix hot throughout (you’ve already heated the tofu in the microwave which helps with this bit). Cover and heat gently making sure it doesn’t stick or burn while doing the wholemeal toast.
  10. Put a bed of spinach on each slice of toast,
    toast with a layer of wilted spinach
  11. Add a generous helping of the scrambled tofu mix on top. Add some sliced avocado if you fancy, then spread some chilli sauce on top if you like, and ground black pepper.
    Scrambled tofu on toast

Notes

  • This will served 5 very generously, or 6 comfortably.
  • I've used an extra block of firm tofu and adjusted the veggies and spices to suit so now, it will make 1.3kg so a standard batch will be about 1.05kg.
  • So that's a whole 600g of soft and 1 1/2 blocks of firm.
  • so a generous portion is around 210g for a medium sized piece of toast. 180g is "adequate".

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