Guys. This cheese blew my mind. I didn’t think my mind was capable of being blown by vegan cheese at this point. Not that I’m the vegan cheese queen or anything, but after 5 years of blogging vegan recipes, many of them cheesy, I thought I had a pretty good handle on the concept. This cheese though. OMG. Feed this to anyone and they’ll not only never know it’s vegan, they’ll think it’s some fancy pants cheese platter cheese you eat at a cocktail party. Like Camembert. Is Camembert fancy? I know very little about non-vegan cheese! Truffle oil is the secret ingredient. You may have to splurge for that (it’s not that bad — ten bucks or so for a little bottle), but you’ll probably want to eat this cheese for breakfast, lunch and dinner for a long time. So it’ll get used up. Seriously though, this stuff is good. My husband told me it gave him his first ever food high. Wow. And it’s not my recipe. (I told my husband I forgive him.) I got this one from This Cheese Is Nuts! by Julie Piatt. The book is appropriately named because (1) the cheeses contained within are made from nuts, and (2) both recipes I’ve tried so far have been insane. (Check out my review of the smoked almond cheddar here.) I even fudged the recipe a bit, because I don’t have a humidifier and my dehydrator won’t fit a cheese wheel. Honestly, you could just make this as an instant spreadable vegan camembert and it would be awesome. The recipes in the book vary from quick and easy (the smoked almond cheddar falls into that category) and super elaborate, involving fermentation, molding, and all kinds of crazy business to make a super realistic vegan cheese. I for one plan to put the book to good use by exploring some of the more involved aspects of vegan cheesery. I’m really excited about trying the cashew bleu cheese, Japanese miso cheese, and provolone in baked phyllo dough. Like this recipe? If so, please stop back and leave me a review and rating below if you try it! Also be sure to follow me on Facebook, Pinterest or Instagram, or subscribe to my newsletter for more recipes like this one!
