[Sca-cooks] Almond milk cheese

[Susan Fox]

Antonia Calvo wrote:
> Terry Decker wrote:
>
>>
>>> euriol wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was playing and reading on almond milk just last week. You should 
>>>> be able
>>>> to take any cheese recipe and just substitue the almond milk for 
>>>> the amount
>>>> of milk called for.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Are you sure?  Does rennet set almond milk?
>>
>>
>> I doubt it, since I don't believe almond milk contains casein.  
>> However, the cooked almond milk can gelatinize.
>>
>
> That's what I thought-- you can make a "cheese" from almond milk, but 
> you don't use the same method as for animal-milk cheese.
>
>
I thought that the acid method worked for bean and nut "cheeses".  I 
have made tofu from soy milk plus lemon juice, after all.

Selene