Saturday, December 22, 2012
CHRISTMAS CAPIROTADA (MEXICAN BREAD PUDDING) WITH RICH VEGAN CREAM FROM WORLD VEGAN FEAST
Something a little different for a Christmas dessert
I want to wish Merry Christmas to all of my readers, who keep me inspired. Here's one more holiday recipe I 'd like to share from "World Vegan Feast".
This inviting and unusual bread pudding (from my book "World Vegan Feast"), which is traditionally
prepared during Lent in Mexico, has its roots in old Spanish cookery. It is open to many interpretations and there are myriad recipes for it. Capirotada is quite different from what most North Americans think of as bread pudding-- it contains no milk or eggs. Instead, the liquid is a sweet syrup mixed with mild cheese, making it an easy candidate for converting to a vegan version. My rather unorthodox Christmas version utilizes some very Canadian, as well as vegan, ingredients, such as maple
syrup
instead of the sugar syrup made
from piloncillo (the traditional Mexican brown
sugar sold in cones), dried
cranberries instead of raisins, vegan mozzarella, and pecans instead of the usual peanuts and/or almonds.
instead of the sugar syrup made
from piloncillo (the traditional Mexican brown
sugar sold in cones), dried
cranberries instead of raisins, vegan mozzarella, and pecans instead of the usual peanuts and/or almonds. 
BRYANNA’S
CHRISTMAS CAPIROTADA (MEXICAN BREAD PUDDING) WITH RICH VEGAN CREAM
From my book “World Vegan Feast” © Bryanna Clark Grogan 2011
From my book “World Vegan Feast” © Bryanna Clark Grogan 2011
Serves 8
6 cups 1/2-inch fresh bread cubes (use a
baguette or light sandwich bread)
1 tablespoon melted vegan butter (try my homemade palm oil-free vegan Buttah)
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup dried cranberries
1 1/2 cups maple syrup
1/2 cup water
8 ounces vegan white cheese, diced small or
shredded
1 tablespoon grated organic orange zest
2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 cup chopped lightly-toasted pecans
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Spread the bread
cubes on two 10 x 15-inch baking sheets and toast them for 10 minutes. Toss the
bread cubes with the melted vegan butter and cinnamon. Combine them with the
remaining ingredients, saving 1/4 cup of the pecans to sprinkle on top.
Toasted bread cubes
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Vegan cheese mixed into the pudding
Lots of orange zest!
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Spread the mixture into an oiled 2-quart
round casserole. Sprinkle the remaining pecans on top. Bake the casserole,
covered, for 35 minutes. Let the pudding stand, covered, for about 15 minutes
before serving with your favorite commercial vegan creamer or Rich Vegan Cream (recipe below) or your favorite vanilla nondairy “ice cream”.
Makes 1 generous cup
1 cup rich, full-fat soy milk or nut milk
5 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/3 cup neutral-tasting vegetable oil
Mix the milk, sugar and vanilla in a
blender. With machine running, slowly add the oil in a thin stream. When all
the oil is added, the milk will have thickened up a little. Pour the mixture
into a container and refrigerate.
Happy Holidays!
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3 comments:
I so regret not making this during Christmas, it looks delicious! I really need to stop overlooking the dessert section of my cookbooks, I’ve made so many recipes from World Vegan Feast but had no idea this was there.
What kind of white cheese is this? Cream cheese?
I used Daiya Mozza shreds.
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