I’m SO EXCITED to share this recipe with you guys! I present you the most astonishing vegan foie gras, taste and texture-wise.
Making foie gras vegan is quite a challenge, the real one has a silky and soft texture with a buttery and subtle taste. This vegan foie gras has that rich and creamy texture that melts in your mouth just like real foie gras. This recipe is the result of over 10 trials, testing with tofu, flavorings, herbs, agar-agar, mushrooms, chestnuts, and many other ingredients until achieving what I believe is the most accurate vegan foie gras.
I’m not going to go into details, you know how foie gras is made, the ducks are force-fed with a metal tube that is inserted into their mouths and then killed. If you have never seen how the ducks are treated, make a quick search on Google images, I guarantee you will feel disgusted or might even shed a tear. It really pisses me off that some people have no problem inflicting such treatment to animals. I did eat foie gras in the past, and I really liked it but I was not aware (or maybe didn’t want to know) of what was really going on.
It’s crazy how much advertisement there is for foie gras on TV, papers and radio in France during the Christmas holidays. I have to admit I feel sad to live in a country that is proud of doing this.
Thankfully, this “foie gras” is completely vegan, made from plant-based ingredients. The base for this recipe are cashews.
Once you cashews have soaked for a few hours, you blend them with all the other ingredients until completely smooth, fill a springform pan and let it harden in the fridge for at least 24H. Cocoa butter and refined coconut oil are essential to create that melt-in-your-mouth texture, while the other ingredients combined together recreate the famous taste of foie gras.
To make it look even more authentic you can recreated the yellow grease on the outside, it’s a mix of refined coconut oil with turmeric for the color. It’s completely optional and has absolutely no impact on the taste, it just make it look more like real foie gras. I didn’t do it on the one on the photos.
If you are looking for a vegan foie gras recipe, look no further! This is the best recipe you will find! This vegan foie gras will definitely be on our table on Christmas eve!
Let me know in the comments if you try this recipe and if you liked it!
The Best Vegan Foie Gras
Yield: 1 loaf 1x
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- 2 cups raw cashews
- 1/4 cup deodorized cocoa butter, melted
- 1/4 cup refined coconut oil, melted
- 2 tbsp water
- 3 tbsp white miso
- 2 tbsp and 1/2 tsp cognac
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 2 tbsp tahini
- 1 tsp truffle oil
- 1/2 tsp shiitake powder
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper (or white pepper if you prefer)
Yellow fat (optional)
- 3 tbsp refined coconut oil
- 1/8 tsp turmeric
Instructions
- Soak the cashews overnight or bring a large pot of water to a boil, pour over the cashews in a bowl and let sit for 3 hours. Drain and rinse the cashews.
- To make the shiitake powder: Grind 3 dried shiitake mushrooms in a small grinder or food processor until you get a very fine powder. Set aside 1/2 tsp powder and keep the leftover in a airtight container for other uses.
- Add the cashews to the bowl of a blender with the water, white miso, cognac, nutritional yeast, tahini, shiitake powder and truffle oil.
- Melt the cocoa butter in a small saucepan and mesure 1/4 cup of melted cocoa butter, add them to the blender. Do the same for the coconut oil.
- Add the salt and pepper and blend until completely smooth, scraping down the sides from time to time. The mixture will be very thick, if you don’t have a powerful blender, use a food processor.
- Line two 3-inch round pans (I used two cookie cutter rounds stacked) with parchment paper (sides and bottom) and divide the mixture into the pans. Press firmly. Alternatively, you can use any pan you have on hand: round, rectangular, etc. Smooth the top using a knife and cover with plastic film.
- Place in the refrigerator for at least one day, it will become a lot more firmer and the flavors will have time to merge.
- For the yellow fat (optional): Melt the refined coconut oil and turmeric over low heat and mix well. Let sit at room temperature until the coconut oil becomes spreadable again. Using your fingers, spread some colored coconut oil around the foie gras to make it look like yellow fat.
- Serve cold and spread on toasted bread, crackers, etc. This vegan foie gras pairs well with sweet white wines.
Notes
You must absolutely use a deodorized cocoa butter, otherwise the cocoa butter taste will cover the main flavors.
The miso is important in this recipe, use white miso (with a pale yellow color), if your miso is darker use half the amount and reduce the salt. Using a strong miso will make the foie gras too salty and cover the taste of all the other ingredients.
This foie gras has the same texture as the real one, this means it will soften at room temperature.
No nutritional information for the foie gras, just enjoy!
Mon dieu! It looks like you managed the impossible, Thomas – Bravo! I’ve never had foie gras (thankfully!) but I have plenty of omnivore friends who have. I plan to test it on them. Thank you so much! ps – I have made the Camembert and it was marvellous!
Thanks Monique! And I’m glad to hear you loved the camembert! 🙂
Hi again Thomas, could dried porcini be used instead of shiitake or would that change the flavour profile too much?
I don’t think it would really change the flavor.
Hello Bonjour , I am french and I Want to thank you SO much for the recipe !!!! I did it and it was Fabulous ! I just have à question.I did not used tahini because I forgot it and now I hesitate to add it next time because I really liked thé recipe without.what add thé tahini to the taste ? Do you think I have to try with ?
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Hi, I’m really glad to hear your like the recipe! 🙂 Tahini adds more fat and improves the taste, it adds a very subtle nutty flavor. You should try the recipe with all the ingredients, but if you like it without tahini it’s okay too.
Hello ! I am French and I really want to try this recipe but I don’t have any cup measure. Is it ok to convert the measures online? If not, do you know what would it be in grams or centiliters? Thanks a lot !
Hi Laurène,
You could convert the measures online yes, but I’m not sure it’s always very accurate. I recommend you buy some measuring cup, you can find some on Amazon France.
Hi Thomas
Thank you so much for all your recipes I’m really excited to try your cheeses as well I just received the mould 🙂
I just made this “faux gras” and it taste really bad… I followed the recipe and I don’t understand why you can only taste the cacao butter…
The texture is fine, the colour as well, I didn’t forget anything but it didn’t work out well…
Any idea?
I was so happy to bring it today to a Christmas function…
Hi Maeva,
I’m very surprised to hear you could taste the cocoa butter, I made this recipe three times last month and it turned out great each time. I think the problem might come from your cocoa butter, what brand are you using?
I use cocoa butter from Barry (I’m sure there are several other great brands), it has a pale yellow color and a very subtle smell. It is undetectable in the final recipe.
I have no idea for the brand
I live in Australia and bought mine from “the source bulk food store”
I might go and ask them if there is something special with it…
The measurement is correct it’s 1/4 cup of cocoa butter right?
I would advise to try to try another brand then, yes I double checked the recipe and the measurements are correct. 1/4 cup melted cocoa butter.
Thank you
I will let you know if I try it again with another brand
Just FYI
Cocoa butter is sold in (at least) two variants: crude and deodorised. Crude is just filtered after the butter is separated from the cocoa mass and still contains lots of flavours and aromas. Deodorisation is done with steam. Chocolate makers typically want to add deodorised cocoa butter to their chocolate recipes, because they don’t want to introduce an additional flavour offset (they want to let the flavour be defined by the cocoa mass and additional flavourings only). Also, deodorised keeps better, which is important for the food industry.
Since plenty of people interested in the type of recipes on this blog are probably buying from organic/raw/whatever sources, chances are high you indeed bought an unrefined butter. Like Thomas writes: deodorised shouldn’t have more than a faint cocoa aroma.
Thanks for the additional information!
I just checked online and it seems the cocoa butter I’m using has been deodorized, even if it’s not written directly on the packaging. I updated the recipe and amazon link to a deodorized cocoa butter.
Thank you for the tip!!
I just bought some deodorized after your advice 🙂
Hope the next one will be better!
Thank you for this!
I tried 4 other recipes before finding your version, but none taste as close as yours.
Your title isn’t false advertising, it is really the best vegan foie gras.
Bravo!
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Thanks, glad to hear you liked it!
Bonjour. Quelle est la quantité d’eau nécessaire pour cette recette? Ce n’est pas indiqué dans la liste des ingrédients. Merci par avance.
Bonjour Cindy,
Merci de me l’avoir fait remarquer, c’est rectifié (2 cuillères à soupe d’eau).
Merci! Je le fais ce soir 🙂 .
Bonjour Thomas!
Merci pour ta recette! J’aimerais la tester pour le repas de Noël de samedi mais j’ai couru tous les supermarchés bios et les boulangeries, impossible de trouver du beurre de cacao desodorisé.. J’en ai commandé sur internet mais pas sûr qu’il arrive à temps..
Pense tu que je puisse faire sans? Ou bien en le remplaçant par plus d’huile de coco, ou bien un autre ingredient qui ferait l’affaire?
Bonjour Lia,
Il n’est pas toujours noté sur l’emballage que le beurre de cacao est désodorisé, par exemple la marque Barry ne l’indique pas.
Je n’ai jamais essayé mais je pense que tu peux remplacer par de l’huile de coco, le foie gras risque d’être un peu plus mou, il faudra dans ce cas le sortir vraiment au dernier moment. Bonne chance !
Merci pour ta reponse! Au final le colis vient d’etre livré donc je m’y mets 🙂
Bonjour Thomas,
J’ai très hâte d’essayer votre recette. Je me demandais si vous avez essayé de le cuire?
Bonjour Yanick,
Non je n’ai pas encore essayé de le cuire, je pense qu’il aurait tendance à fondre.
WOW tried this for christmas and it was delicious, thank you so much for the recipe!! Everyone loved it 🙂
The texture is perfect, tender and firm, melting in the mouth.. The flavors are fine and the mix of those different ingredients really reminds the taste of foie gras!
Bravo Thomas!!
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Thanks for the great feedback Lia! I’m glad to hear you liked it 🙂
Thank you for this amazing recipe: truly a culinary accomplishment! I just made it and it is already delicious – I cannot wait to see how it tastes after 24 hours. I plan to serve it at parties and special occasions in the future.
I followed the recipe exactly except that I forgot the pepper, oh well. I don’t miss it but will add it next time.
Just in case anyone is curious, these are the gram measurements I ended up with (I didn’t weigh the liquid ingredients, the salt or the shiitake powder):
230 g cashew nuts
45 g deodorised cocoa butter
45 g deodorised coconut oil
53 g white miso (Hikari shinshu shiro)
31 g tahini
7 g nutritional yeast flakes
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Thanks Jen!
Pepper is optional, I also forget to add it sometimes.
Thanks for giving the measurements in grams, I’m sure it will help other people that don’t use cups.
Hi Thomas,
I don’t drink alcohol. If I don’t use the Cognac in the recipe will it make a big difference in the finished product?
thank you…can’t wait to try making your cheeses, thank you for all your hard work and kindness!
Hi Susana,
It does make a difference in the finished product, I grew up eating foie gras that had cognac in it, so I’m used to this taste, but I think it would still be very tasty without it, I never tried though.
If it’s because of the alcohol content, you can bring the cognac to a boil and let it cool completely. The alcohol will evaporate and you will still have the flavor. Also it’s easy to find small bottles of cognac, you don’t have to buy a large one. Good luck!
Hello Thomas,
thank you for responding so quickly. That is excellent helpful information and good tips.
Keep up the amazing work!
Hey Thomas !
Your recipe looks amazing ! One quick question though, regarding the Cognac : shouldn’t I reduce it in a pan before adding it to the mixture ? I’m afraid it’s going to give a very strong alcohol taste to the whole thing, and after all, when making foie gras, the Cognac (I usually mix it with White Porto) is always cooked with the liver, and only the sugar remains.
What’s your opinion on that?!
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Hi Solène,
For different reasons, I didn’t want alcohol in this terrine, so I bought a little bottle of cognac and flambéd it (watch out for your hair, the stuff goes up much more quickly and much higher than, say, port wine). You can keep the leftover flambéd booze in the fridge and use it for other recipes.
Hope that helps and that you’ll enjoy this treat as much as we did.
Thanks for sharing this technique Carole! 🙂 It will be useful for people avoiding alcohol.
The safest way I’ve found is this: pour your cognac into a small, high-sided saucepan, bring to a boil. TURN OFF the heat, after having first ignited the end of a bamboo skewer (I suppose long fireplace matches would work as well). Stand back and lower your lit skewer down towards the surface of the cognac — and watch the flames.
Hope this helps!
Hey Solène,
Thanks! You don’t have to reduce it, I have made this recipe many times and never found it to have a strong alcohol taste. I guess it all depends on your tastes though, before going vegan I had several different foie gras and some had a stronger cognac/porto flavor than others.
Before I attempt making the Vegan Foie Gras, I have a question. My daughter has a terrible aversion to coconut oil. Can I substitute avocado or grape seed oil? Or, can I double the amount of cocao butter? I’m terribly excited about making this as I have never tasted the original.
Thanks so much.
Hi Janet,
I’m afraid a liquid oil won’t work the same way as coconut oil. Maybe you could try replacing the coconut oil with 2 tbsp of grape seed oil + 2 tbsp cocoa butter.
I am very excited to try this recipe. I ordered the deoderized cocoa butter wafers following your link to Amazon. I just received them and the package says “use externally either alone or as an ingredient in homemade natural soaps, body butters etc..”. Is it okay to eat? It seems to be for body products only, not food. Please advise. Thank you!
Hi Kari,
Since it’s 100% cocoa butter I think it can also be used as an ingredient for food, a reviewer of this product said he used it to make chocolate. I can’t find any article stating there are two types of cocoa butter.
There is a HUGE difference between food grade and cosmetic grade products. The most obvious is that the solvents and other processing chemicals may not be safe to consume. The equipment, transportation and packaging also have different requirements and may contain unsafe chemicals. Do not trust reviewers, be sure to eat only products labeled as being safe to eat, period!
Thanks for the useful info Lisa, the link has been changed to a food safe cocoa butter.
I love the creativity and it looks great, maybe you should call it “Mock-Foie Gras” instead? Since the definition of the word means “fatty liver”. Anyway nice job!
Hey Thomas! Just wanted to say thanks for the recipe! It’s absolutely amazing!
Thanks Elena! 🙂
I’ve made this and it is real tasty. I do want to know how long it will last in the fridge and if it can be frozen? Thank you.
Your recipies look amazing! I can’t wait to try them! Thankyou for sharing your wonderful creations you are truly inspiring!
Would love to try this recipe. But I’m just wondering why there are ads from Kroger featuring Perdue Chicken (clearly not vegan) inserted into the text of the recipe…Hmmm. Don’t fault you for trying to make some money off of your blogs and fab recipes, but is there something that could be done about this (especially in the middle of a recipe)?
Hi Susan,
Sorry about that. You are the first one to tell me about it, and since ads are not the same depending on the country you live in, I have never seen any ads like that.
I will investigate with my ad network to see if I can block some advertisers.
Hi Susan,
I just wanted to keep you updated on this. I blocked the ads featuring animal products from displaying in the recipe text.
Was excited to try this recipe but researching where to buy “truffle oil” it turns out to be just a petro chemical, 2,4-Dithiapentane. Will look for a substitute.
Thank you for the inspiring recipes, Thomas!
Keep up the amazing job! Love every single post you make.
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Hi Thomas, Can your Vegan Foie Gras be seared?
Hi Pat, yes it can be. You obviously need to fry it in some oil or vegan butter so it doesn’t stick too much, but it caramelizes well and I personally like it seared. A recipe with seared foie gras will probably come in the future 😉 Good luck!
Hi Thomas, this sounds great. Can I pan fry it to achieve a little caramelisation and serve it warm.
Can’t wait to try this. Many thanks David.
Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to your seared foie gras recipe!
Hi David,
Yes you can pan sear it and serve warm.
Thank you, looking forward to making it.
For affordable “truffles” which could be added to the “foie gras,” you can wash and rinse canned California black olives (which come in a very mild and bland “brine”) then marinate or simmer them in some truffle oil until they absorb the truffle flavor. You can then chop the olives extremely small, if you like your paté flecked with little bits of black “truffle,” or use the largest size whole pitted California black olives if you want to want to create a black “truffle” center down the middle of your bloc or torchon of paté! Be sure to use the California-style canned olives for this. They are extremely bland and boring in flavor, which makes them perfect for marinating in truffle oil to change their flavor! European black olives are brined in much saltier, vinegary solutions and will end up tasting like olives rather than “truffles.”
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Another variation you might like to try would be to substitute port wine for the cognac (many traditional foie gras recipes call for the livers to be marinated in port wine).
Also, real foie gras terrines and torchons have a slightly pink color. I suspect this can be achieved by adding a slice of cooked or canned beet to the mixture as it is being blended. It would be worth trying!!!
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You are correct, foie gras is also made with port wine. I used cognac here because it is stronger in taste and gives this vegan “foie gras” a richer flavor.
Oh my gosh, I just discovered your website and all of your recipes look SO good! (-*-*-)
This is magic, it’s like I finally received my Hogwarts acceptance letter: maybe I could become a witch too! (thank you)
I’m actually french,
I live in England at the moment and I, too, often dislike the pride most of my people take from French gastronomy… Don’t get me wrong : Some aspects of the French culture which evolves around food I think are super nice!
But what is this pride about? People didn’t come up with the recipes themselves!
And as you say: it’s all about Meat, Cheese and Tradition at all costs… >_<
… But then I guess this is a big generalization and cruelty against animals is an issue everywhere anyway.
Enfin ! Bonne continuation à toi ! (Et pardon pour mon anglais imparfait.)
Je vais suivre le blog à partir de maintenant et tester toutes les recettes !! 🙂
Merci Léa! 🙂
I can’t agree more! The worst is when you see foie gras makers proud of what they are doing, saying on TV they treat their animals well when it’s totally not the case.
Fortunately, things are really starting to change in France, slowly but surely. Most supermarkets are now offering vegan products and their product line keeps growing, it seems media are also less reluctant about talking about veganism in a good way.
Oh yeah that is the worst. My granddad made foie gras once when I was little, in his small family farm. He never went on TV but he also says that he’s always treated his animals well. He really believes what he’s saying… It makes me sad. x)
Ah that’s true actually! Each time I come back to France I see some nice change, it’s encouraging!! :’)
I just found you and you are quite simply a genius! I also live in France and hate the way some animals are raised, especially the poor ducks, our area (Dordogne) is the foie gras kingdom so I am thrilled to find this inspirational vegan substitute. Keep on the good work, you are truly inspirational and thank you very much for sharing so generously
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Thanks for your message Nia 🙂 Seeing farmers being proud of their work and “products” on TV is really the worse. I still don’t understand how such practices can be allowed…
In defense regarding duck and geese livers, I would like to point out that you can have perfectly decent foie gras without the abuse. I live in Alaska where being a vegan is very difficult if you have to subsist for your food (forage your local surroundings, and I doubt you’ll find chickpeas or cashews lying around). In the fall right before the Canadian geese leave for Down South, they gorge themselves silly with food. If you’re lucky to get a few, you’ll discover their their livers are HUGE, just as the force-fed geese. I am not defending force-feeding. I feel it is not natural and definitely cruel. However, I don’t mind if the geese do it as a natural behavior (getting ready for a long flight). Before you remove this comment from a vegan page, I do want to point out that I, as a carnivore, do visit vegan sites for recipes because I happen to like what I see. Do not condemn me or my food choices because I live in a place where I couldn’t possibly eat enough calories to keep my internal combustion engine going, let alone the calories needed to do everyday things. (2000-3000 kCals are required just to not to go hypothermic living in Kotzebue, AK.) And I still lost weight living up there.
Anne Hupe your comment is not relevant, not interesting and completely out of line. Eat your calories as you want, who wants to hear about that !!??
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Don’t worry Ann, I’m not going to remove your comment, everyone has their own opinions. I’m not preaching the vegan lifestyle and prefer to let people make their own choices.
Even if ducks are feeding themselves, they are still being killed though. However, I don’t know how it is to live in Alaska, and what kind of food you have access to, so I cannot judge.
Hey Thomas!
I really want to try this recipe but I can’t stand the taste and smell of coconut. Can I replace it with cacao butter and normal oil?
Thank you very much!
Sarah
Hey Sarah,
I recommend using refined coconut oil in the recipe, it is odorless and has a bland taste!
Bonsoir Thomas !
J’ai testé cette recette (sans les shiitakés malheureusement, je n’en avais pas et j’étais trop pressée d’essayer) et le résultat est loin de ressembler à vos photos. J’obtiens un bloc dur et cassant, même en le gardant à température ambiante.. Ce n’est absolument pas onctueux, la texture rappelle plutôt celle d’une margarine très solide.
Je n’ai rien modifié sinon les champignons. Avez-vous une idée d’où peuvent venir ces différences ?
Merci d’avance 🙂
J’espère que le fait que j’écrive ce message en français ne pose pas de problème !
Bonne soirée 🙂
Bonjour Anaïs,
Je pense que cela doit venir de vos proportions car j’ai réalisé cette recette plusieurs fois sans problème. Pour ce qui est du beurre de cacao et de l’huile de coco, ils doivent être mesurés fondus. 1/4 cup de beurre de cacao doit être est égal à environ 50g je pense. Concernant les noix de cajou, 2 cups font à peu près 300g.
Normalement le foie gras devrait avoir une texture fondante, très ressemblante au vrai.
Merci beaucoup pour cette réponse rapide ! J’avais pesé 55 grammes d’huile de coco et de beurre de cacao, je vais réessayer en diminuant les proportions.
Je pense que le problème doit être ailleurs alors car 5g ne devraient pas changer beaucoup la texture en principe.
Bonjour Thomas,
I’ve just stumbled upon your blog, this post in particular, and am extremely excited at the prospect of trying this. The beurre de cacao doesn’t seem so easy to find. Since I am not vegan, do you think I could just use regular butter in its place?
Thanks again so much for posting, I’m sure it will be delicious.
Bonjour Carole,
Le beurre de cacao est très facile à trouver ! Il te suffit de rechercher “beurre de cacao barry” sur google et tu devrais en trouver sur des sites comme Cuisine Addict ou Amazon.
Je ne pense pas qu’utiliser du beurre donnerait la même texture, le beurre de cacao a la particularité de devenir très dur quand il refroidit (encore plus que du beurre).
Thank you, Thomas, for your quick reply. I shall try to find the beurre de cacao in smaller quantities than 700g, considering that your recipe only calls for a few tbsp.
Une dernière question quant à l’huile de coco raffinée (je ne trouve que de la vierge dans mes boutiques bio): pourrait-on envisager — sacrilège! — du gras de canard à sa place?
Merci de ta patience!
J’ai peur qu’avec autant de changements le résultat ne soit pas très satisfaisant… De plus, c’est une recette vegan donc si c’est pour y ajouter du canard je ne vois pas trop l’intérêt 🙂
L’huile de coco raffinée est aussi disponible sur Amazon, elle est d’ailleurs moins chère que l’huile vierge.
N’ayez crainte, je vais essayer de mettre la main sur du beurre de cacao, de préférence chez un commerçant du quartier, plutôt que de faire appel à Amazon. Si nécessaire, l’huile de coco itou. Comme j’ai mentionné au passant, je ne suis pas végan, mais les abats de toutes sortes sont interdits pour mon mari. J’essaie juste de faire en sorte qu’il ne se sente pas trop brimé pendant la période des fêtes.
Merci encore de ta patience. J’ai vraiment hâte de tester avant de le servir aux copains du sud-ouest!
J’éspère que la recette te plaira !
Hello Thomas,
Well, after all this time, I finally made this on Friday and we tasted it tonight. Pretty brilliant! I copied your trick and used two stacked pastry circles and my (very) French husband was fooled by the appearance. I’d held back on the salt, but won’t on the next round; I’d also used port wine, since that was all I could find at the moment. The cognac may give it just the little oomph it needs.
We had this tonight with your king oyster scallops, and will probably have it again tomorrow in a “salade riche”.
Thank you so much for having developed the recipe, and have a lovely Christmas.
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Hi Carole,
Thanks for the feedback! 🙂 Enjoy the holidays too!
Bonjour Thomas,
Combien de temps peut-t-on garder un Vegan Foie Gras au frais ? Je compte tester cette recette et en faire directement pour mes proches.
meilleures salutations
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Bonjour Sandrine,
Vous pouvez garder le foie gras 4-5 jours au frigo et plusieurs mois au congel. Pour décongeler, il suffit de le mettre au frigo la veille et le laisser décongeler tranquillement.
Hey!
Another french 😉
Thank you for all your amazing work!
I have the same question than Janet Paula… can it be frozen? how long can i keep it in the fridge??
I can’t wait to have the cocoa butter to try it!
Oh and another question, i guess someone else asked it but i couldn’t find the answer again… is it such a blasphème if i put olive or sunflower oil without truffe??
Thank you again!
Hey Alice,
It can be frozen and will keep for months in the freezer. You can keep the foie gras in the refrigerator for up to 5-6 days.
Yes, you can use sunflower oil instead of truffle oil, or simply omit it.
can you freeze it?
And how long does it last in the fridge?
Thank you !!
You can keep it in the fridge for up to 5-6 days. Yes, you can freeze it and thaw in the refrigerator overnight.
Hello, where can i get shiitake powder and truffle oil?
Thank you!
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Hi Ann,
It depends on where you live, maybe try searching on Amazon. I don’t buy shiitake powder, I just buy dried shiitakes and grind them into a powder.
I’ve just put it in my Fridge to harden it. The color and texture is more like a hazelnut spread, due to the use of dark miso I guess, even though I cut the quantity in half as indicated.
I have bought cashew already mixed, which turned out to still have very small bits of cashew.
I have used the quantities in grams shown above by another user and the mix turned out too liquid, so I have added a bit of tahini and more cashew mash + more cocoa butter, also to correct the powerful taste of dark miso.
I have reduced the Salt.
For the Time Being, i just want to go buy cashew nuts and white miso to try it all over again the right was, but i will wait to taste it first!
What do you mean by cashews already mixed? If you are talking about cashew butter, then it’s not really a substitute for raw cashews, and it’s probably why your mixture turned out too liquid.
It is not à butter, It is called Cashewmus in german, purée de cajou en français.
I found it on Nu3.
Yes, it’s cashew butter. Next time try using raw cashews, the texture and taste will be very different.
You named this one right but it is so great you could of called it The Very Besy Vegan Foie Gras. It is truly very best we have tasted
I’m glad you liked the “foie gras”! Thanks for the feedback!
I like the log shape you used in your pic, do you have a link for that mold please?
I used a few cookie cutters stacked together. You could also use 2-3 small springform pans stacked, or maybe cut a bottle to make a tube and use it as the mold.
I’ve also just removed both ends from an empty tin (think 400g of tomatoes), and have had pretty good results. If you don’t fill them all the way to the top, you can actually get two lovely logs. Just make sure that the inside is well-lined with parchment, and that it doesn’t shift as you’re filling your mold.
Brilliant recipe, Thomas!
I used to love pate with black truffle pieces. Can I use that instead of the oil and if so, how much of it do you suggest please?
Of course, you can add a few pieces of black truffle if you want. I used oil as a flavoring to get a very subtle mushroomy flavor, it’s not essential to the recipe but it gives the foie gras a more complex flavor. If you use fresh black truffle, I would recommend not using too much so it’s not overpowering.
This recipe is nothing short of genius, thank you so much! I recommend leaving it in the fridge for a few days, it really improves the taste. Also, if you’re over the age of 40 I would add extra cognac and salt 😉
Thank you so much Lisa! I’m super happy you liked it 🙂
I had all but two of the ingredients to make this dish (cocoa butter and truffle oil) yet it still took me a few weeks to make it. I’m glad I finally did. I made it yesterday and we are eating it now so it’s been over 24 hrs. The only thing that is missing is a little fresh garlic. I will add some next time, two small cloves will probably be plenty. Thank you for this wonderful recipe. It will be perfect for parties and holidays.
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Thank you for the feedback Gigi! Happy to hear you liked the “foie gras” 🙂
Dear Thomas,
I’m meat-eater and I use Foie Gras sometimes, knowing the texture and taste very well. So, I can compare this recipe with the real thing. It amazingly identical! 🙂
Congratulations, this is great (and important) recipe!
P.S. I didn’t have cocoa butter so I used coconut – and it worked well. I will look for coco next time.
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Hi Vitki,
Thank you so much for your feedback and rating! I’m so happy you liked it, especially as a meat-eater, that is awesome!
Hey Thomas, thank you so much for this! Question: do you know if this would sear if I tried to or if it would just melt into a mess? By the way, my blue cheese worked out and tastes delicious – thank you!
Hey Lucas,
It can be seared but just like real foie gras it becomes quite soft and a bit hard to handle, but it doesn’t melt completely and keeps most of its shape. If you pan sear it, make sure to use a non-stick skillet.
Glad to hear you successfully made the blue cheese! 🙂
Hello, this recipe looks good. However I sometimes cook for a reformed alcoholic. Is there a replacement for the cognac>
Thank you,
Elaine
Hi Elaine,
That is a difficult one. You could boil the cognac for 1 minute to remove the alcohol content and you will still get the flavor (but I’m not sure if it’s okay if it has an alcohol taste?). Or you could simply omit it, it will still taste very good.
I am wondering if a chickpea miso would work?
I haven’t tried but I think it should work!
Salut Thomas,
J’adore tes recettes, je galère cependant pas mal avec les mesures en cup, très américaine je le sais bien mais au combien impressises et nécessitant la fameuse cup. As tu les masses de chaque ingrédient ?
Hi Thomas,
I love you’re recipes but I’m strugling a lot with the cup “unit”. I know it is what americans use but it requires the cup to succeed ^^Do you have the weight for each ingredients ?
Thanks Julie
Salut Julie,
Merci ! J’essais désormais de mettre les mesures en grammes dans les nouvelles recettes mais effectivement certaines n’ont que les mesures en cup.
Cette recette sera surement mise à jour bientôt avec les grammes quand j’en referais pour les fêtes. En attendant, tu peux trouver les équivalences cups/grams/ml sur Internet.
Just made this yesterday—the flavor is phenomenal! I found a great way to make a cylindrical mold: my Diamond kosher salt shaker was almost empty. I popped off the metal bottom, used a carton knife to cut off the top, and lined it with freezer paper (coated side in). After stuffing the carton, I wrapped both ends tightly with plastic wrap.
I’m so glad you liked the “foie gras” Jill! Thanks for sharing your mold technique!
Hi Thomas,
This recipe looks amazing! I would love to be able to try it but unfortunately I’m allergic to nuts. You mention trying with tofu, chestnuts and other methods, were there any I could try that came close?
Thanks,
Felicity
This recipe is not really versatile honestly, all the ingredients are important here. You could try using chestnuts, the flavor should still be pretty good but I’m afraid it won’t taste as close as the original.
Hello there! I made this dish over the weekend. Loved the flavors. Thank you for creating an amazing recipe!
I am wondering how long I can store it in the fridge? Is a week too long? I am hoping to bring it to a party on Thursday. I made it on Saturday. So, that’s 5 days. Do you think the dish would still be good?
Thanks so much!
Anzela.
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You’re welcome Anzela!
I would say about 3-4 days. A week will be too long and it won’t taste the same, I found that the flavor tends to ease after 3 days.
Nooooooo, I used not desodorized cacao butter… :'(
I was thinking when I tasted it, that I must have been wrong with conversion from cups to grammes as some websites gives different result… but here is my mistake ^^
Has the coconut oil has to be desodorized or not also ? I don’t know if refined = desodorized
Yes, it’s better if the coconut is also deodorized. Refined coconut oil is usually deodorized.
Sorry to hear about that! That’s why I’m recommending using only the deodorized one.
Hi 🙂 I had a heck of a time finding deodorized cocoa butter last year, this year subbed vegan butter and it turned out great. I think the buttery flavour working really well. Adding tahini is such a master stroke! It definitely tastes better than most of the foie gras peddled in French supermarkets.
Thanks for the feedback Lisa 😉
Hello! I am extremely interested by your recipe but in Bosnia in my town I do not find miso or deodorized cocoa butter. My issue is not about being vegan. I just don’t want to use the duck liver. Do you think I can replace the cocoa butter by butter and what about the miso? Thank you!
Hi Flore,
Well the thing is this recipe is not versatile…You can try using butter instead of cocoa butter but the texture won’t be the same, it will probably be a lot softer.
Regarding the miso I’m afraid there is no good substitute.
I understand ! Will keep on searching here. thank you for your answer.
Salut ! Je pense faire cette recette pour les fetes mais je ne supporte vraiment pas le gout ni l’odeur des truffes, peut-on le remplacer par autre chose ou juste l’omettre ?
Salut Julie,
Oui bien sûr, il suffit de ne pas en mettre, ça ne devrait pas jouer beaucoup sur le gout.
I’m going to make this for Christmas with my omnivore family, really excited! But I’m so afraid of messing it up with the wrong ingredients! For the miso I have Clearspring Sweet White Miso (https://www.clearspring.co.uk/products/organic-japanese-sweet-white-miso-paste-pasteurised), and for cocoa butter I have this one from Rapunzel (https://www.rapunzel.de/en/organic-product-cocoa-butter-mild-hand-in-hand–1435020.html). Is this okay?
Hi Tine,
I have never tried those brands but from what I read it should be okay! As long as the cocoa butter doesn’t have a strong smell it should work!
Hello, what product i can replace cocoa butter? In Poland I cant find it anywhere. If I will add again coconut oil instead cocoa butter , it would be everything taste? Many thanks for your answer. Best regards!
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Hi Natalia,
If you use only coconut oil then the texture will be softer, you probably won’t be able to make slices but it should still taste great!
Bonjour !
Au vu des commentaires, j’imagine que cette recette a ete publiée il y a un moment déjà. J’espère que vous verrez tout de même mon commentaire.
Je souhaitais savoir s’il était possible de remplacer le beurre de cacao par du beurre de karité (qui est plutôt neutre en goût)?
Aussi, puis-je conserver mon foie gras dans un pot en verre ? Je n’ai pas de cercles à pâtisserie 🙁
Merci !!
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Bonjour Eva,
Honnêtement je ne savais même pas que le beurre de karité était utilisable en cuisine ! Dans ce cas, oui il est tout a fait possible de remplacer le beurre de cacao, à condition bien sûr que votre beurre de karité soit consommable et pas uniquement utilisable pour les cosmetiques.
En ce qui concerne le pot en verre, aucun problème 😉
I bought the cocoa butter off of your link, but it’s non-deodorized. I haven’t yet made the recipe but, based on other comments here who used non-deodorized cocoa butter, I’m concerned this will not go well.
Did you use the exact stuff you’re linking to in your recipe?
I will check the link as sometimes products change on Amazon. For this recipe, you need deodorized cocoa butter, you are right.
I’m not always using the exact same brands as I don’t live in the US and some brands are not available in Europe.
Will this foie gras roast in a pan well?
Yes it will! Be careful though as it will soften like real foie gras if heated.