Vegetarian equivalent for gelatine?

Vaila

the angel food mix turns out like this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59021654@N00/2710598825/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelfood/2094356298/
they look so yummy but i buy them already made as i find the mix rather pricey

Justamum

elainem10 wrote: »

I just bought some agar flakes in my local shop because they didn't sell gelatin. Does anyone know the conversion between the two? I have a recipe for turkish delight that asks for 23g of gelatin powder.

I've never heard of turkish delight being made with gelatine. As far as I'm aware all the ready-made is vegan. There's a recipe here which doesn't use it http://thefoody.com/sweets/turkishdelight.html

Vaila

Justamum wrote: »

I've never heard of turkish delight being made with gelatine. As far as I'm aware all the ready-made is vegan. There's a recipe here which doesn't use it http://thefoody.com/sweets/turkishdelight.html

i thought the same too

i had some lovely violet turkish delight,wouldnt make my own though

stumpycat

Justamum wrote: »

I've never heard of turkish delight being made with gelatine. As far as I'm aware all the ready-made is vegan. There's a recipe here which doesn't use it http://thefoody.com/sweets/turkishdelight.html

Yes, some Turkish delight has gelatine in it. You really have to do a lot of packet-reading with sweets - some brands seem to cope perfectly well without gelatine, whereas others shove it in everything.

I would have thought that the combination of veggies/vegans, people avoiding it for religious reasons and squeamish meat eaters who don't fancy boiled up tendons would have led to a reduction in the use of gelatine, but I haven't noticed it yet.

ETA - Just seen the post about Violet Turkish delight - where do you get it?? I'm drooling at the thought!

Vaila

i got it in dobbies garden center, trying to track down an internet seller though

it is yummy scrummy x 100000000000

stumpycat

Violet Turkish delight is definitely going on my Christmas list - thank you for mentioning it!

Doom_and_Gloom

Commercially made Turkish delights also have the unfortunate use of cochineal * usually as the red colouring. As most people know cochineal is ground up beetle meaning it isn't vegetarian or vegan friendly. So no Turkish delights are not usually okay for vegans or even vegetarians.

*otherwise known as carmine or E120

stumpycat

I've just studied the box of Julian Graves Turkish Delight (pistachio, hazelnut, rose & lemon) I happen to have lurking in my cupboard, and it's veggie and vegan friendly.

It uses E124 as a red colour - also called Ponceau 4R or Cochineal red A, so some cochineals are synthetic now, but of course it's not always clearly marked...

Oh dear, I may have to eat some now! :rotfl:

laura95

which marshmallow recipe did you use? i have been trying for ages but my marshmallow just isn't whipping up as it should do. PLEASE PLEASE help me.

Seakay

found this by Googling

http://www.inhabitots.com/how-to-make-homemade-vegan-marshmallows/

- haven't used it myself but looks ok. As this thread is 4.5 years old the original contributors may no longer be keeping an eye on it to provide replies.