I decided to make an allergen-free veggie pizza, with the mozzarella style Daiya. Made primarily from tapioca, arrowroot flour, pea protein, and oils (including coconut oil), this product is vegan, gluten-free, and top eight allergen-free (except for coconut). It boasts the ability to melt like traditional cheese, and it does. While you don’t get the stringy effect like traditional cheese, Daiya does provide a nice soft melted layer.
That said, my family was less than thrilled with the taste, which is more reminiscent of beans than cheese.
Despite being quite willing to try just about any new product, my son’s assessment was that he’d rather have had the pizza without the cheese. Oh well, you can’t win them all.
The pizza was made with Miss Roben’s pizza crust mix.
Have you tried Daiya yet? What did you think?
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8 comments:
I haven't tried it, mainly because a vegan health store employee told me she found it disappointing. I don't miss cheese on my pizza -- I just use extra sauce and make a nice sauteed mushroom, garlic, wine, & herb topping.
Anonymous, it sounds like you have come up with a great solution!
Colette, I haven't tried it yet. When I'm going dairy-free or cooking for some friends with definite milk allergy, I usually just skip cheese altogether. Was recently thinking about trying some soy cheese. Think I'll give this product a miss. On the other hand, I love the taste of beans.
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Jean, yup -- skipping the cheese is often the easiest answer!
I've never tried Daiya, because I've never found a vegan melting cheese that wasn't flat out disgusting!
For my son's dairy free pizzas, I spread garlic & herb flavor Tofutti "cream cheese" than cover it with sauce and toppings. (Thinly sliced zucchini is wonderful, btw.) It gives it a nice creaminess and cheesy flavor, even though it doesn't melt.
Libby, what a great idea for those who can have soy. Thanks for sharing!
We were super excited when daiya came out and we tried daiya cheese according to a recipe that specifically called for it. I thought it was disgusting, my husband said he would prefer not to eat it again but my daughter (who has a dairy allergy and has never had real cheese) seemed to like it. Since she is still so young and doesn't know what she is missing, I will continue to buy it for her. Hopefully in the future she might outgrow her dairy allergy and can enjoy all the fabulous dairy products, until then its daiya cheese and coconut milk yogurt :)
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