Vegan Salmon Roe
 
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I'm going to show you how to make a vegan salmon roe in under 20 minutes! This plant-based salmon roe tastes / looks just like caviar but vegan!
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Vegan
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tbsp MSG
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp Annato powder
  • 1¼ tsp (2.5 g) sodium alginate (0.5%)
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 tsp (5 g) calcium chloride (0.5%)
Instructions
  1. Bring 1 cup of water to a boil. Add MSG and annatto powder and whisk until dissolved.
  2. Allow to cool completely.
  3. Add MSG-water and sodium alginate to a blender, and blend until well combined.
  4. Strain the mix and store it in the fridge covered in plastic wrap for a few hours to get rid of the air bubbles.
  5. When ready to use:
  6. In a medium size bowl, dissolve the calcium chloride in 2 cups water, and fill a second bowl with water.
  7. Using a syringe or a caviar maker like the Spherificator, make your caviar! (various techniques below)
  8. After a minute, remove the caviar spheres from the calcium bath with a slotted spoon, rinse them in the clean water bath and serve immediately.
  9. The jellification process continues even after removing the caviar from the calcium bath and will eventually convert into a solid gel sphere with no liquid inside.
  10. Store caviar in the fridge for up to 2 weeks
  11. Serve with vegan sushi (link ours) blinis, toast points, vegan creme fraiche, or butter.
Notes
Method/technique options:
Caviar Maker: Follow the instructions included
With syringe: Fill a syringe with the alginate mixture and expel it drop by drop into the calcium bath. The syringe needs to be high enough (about 3 inches from the bath surface) for the drops to sink and to prevent the formation of a tail. Don’t go too high or the drops may break into smaller drops creating “baby” drops.
Recipe by The Edgy Veg at https://www.theedgyveg.com/2023/08/04/vegan-salmon-roe/