Vegan Hemp Cheese

Vegan Hemp Cheese

Ingredients

• ½ cup Hemp Connect Hemp Hearts

• ¼ cup pumpkin & sunflower seeds (soaked)

• 220g chickpeas (1 can)

• 3 Tbsp lemon juice

• 15g nutritional yeast

• ¼ tsp ground turmeric

• 1 Tbsp soy sauce (optional)

• 1/3 tsp garlic powder

• 1 tsp salt

• 150ml hemp milk (or other unsweetened plant based milk)

Agar Gel

• 200ml cold water

• 2 Tbsp agar powder

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Instructions

1.      Place all ingredients (beside Agar gel) in a blender and process until smooth

2.      Make Agar gel:

1. Whisk powder into cold water in a saucepan

2. Let it soak for a couple of minutes

3. Then bring it to boil, lower the heat and whisk it thoroughly about 5 minutes)

3.      Quickly transfer the gel into your cheese mixture in the blender and process until it becomes a homogenous texture

4.      Pour mixture into a container and cover it

5.      Refrigerate until firm – about 3-5 hours

Enjoy!

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