by : Reiko Root Vegetables

Carrot Lox
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I’ve been interested in making this for a while.

I used to love smoked salmon, and when I first saw vegan lox, I couldn’t believe my eyes because it looked just like the real thing.

So when I found out it’s typically made with carrot, I was intrigued.

Carrot Lox adapted from this recipe

3 thick carrots
olive oil
3 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
black pepper
1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke
1~2 teaspoons maple syrup
1 1×2 inch dried Dashi-Kombu sheet

*I now double the marinade to ensure all the pieces absorb the flavor.

1. Preheat oven to 35oF.
2. Cover a baking sheet with foil. Place carrots (unpeeled). Sprinkle olive oil and coat carrots well. Roast for about 45 minutes or until fork-tender. Let cool.
3. Combine the rest of the ingredients in a container and mix well.
4. Peel skin of the carrots. Slice with peeler. Add to the 3 mixture. Coat carrot slices with the liquid mixture well. Refrigerate overnight.

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by : Reiko Breakfast, Sweets

Liege Waffles
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Several years ago when I had a yeast waffle for the first time at a fair, I fell in love with it.

I have since made yeast waffles a few times, but I’ve never tried Liege style waffles.

I bought this pearl sugar just for waffles a few years ago, but I’ve been afraid that my waffles might not turn out well or make a huge mess because I don’t have a Liege waffle iron.

But finally I decided to give it a try.

I didn’t know exactly how much the sugar was supposed to be caramelized.

I was both worried and amazed by the beautiful dark caramel color created on the surface.

My initial plan was to dip them into chocolate, but when my husband and I had the first bite, we both agreed that we did not need it, or should I say, we did not want it.

They were so perfectly delicious just as they were, and we didn’t want to take away the delicious caramelized sugar flavor from them by masking it with chocolate.

Liege Waffles – makes 8

130g lukewarm soy milk
1 tablespoon falx meal
5g dry yeast
1/2 ~ 1/3 teaspoon salt
30g sugar
100g bread flour
100g all purpose flour
50g vegan butter (I use homemade vegan butter), softened
25g plus more to coat surface pearl sugar; I used Lars Pearl Sugar

1. Combine soy milk, flax meal, yeast, and salt. Mix well.
2. Add sugar and flour.
3. Knead; I use bread mixer. Add butter.
4. Cover and let it rise, for about one hour, until it has doubled in size.
5. Add pearl sugar and mix.
6. Divide the dough into 8 balls. Coat them with pearl sugar.
7. Bake in waffle maker for about 4-5 minutes. I experimented with different temperatures and time to cook. I liked the batch which I baked for 5 minutes at medium-dark. I have a Calphalon waffle maker. Please note that as you can tell from the pictures, I like mine dark and with heavy sugar caramelization.

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