Creamy Whipped Tofu Feta with Smoky Hot “Honey”

I can’t consider that is tofu! This creamy, tangy whipped tofu feta with smoky, savory, candy, spicy ‘honey’ on prime takes simply quarter-hour. It’s excellent for snacking, potlucks, and vacation events! (gluten-free and nut-free with soy-free choice. 15g protein and 3g fiber per serving not together with sides)

This dip, it’s luscious, tangy, creamy, scrumptious! Topped with a smoky savory spicy candy topping. And it takes simply quarter-hour! When you do that dip, you’ll maintain coming again with I can’t consider it’s tofu! I can’t consider it’s vegan!

We make the whipped feta with a block of tofu, however no one will consider that it’s tofu-based. Even Dalana, my assistant, who’s a stage 10 tofu skeptic, mentioned that she will’t style the tofu on this vegan whipped feta in any respect. 

Then, we prime the dip with this spicy, savory, smoky, bacon-y, sizzling honey sort of scenario. After all, vegan. After which there’s a crunchy topping with crisp garlic, some toasty seeds, and pine nuts. 

This vegan tofu feta is simple to place collectively and it’ll disappear so rapidly. You simply add all the things to the meals processor for the tofu feta and it’s completed. You crisp up a bit of little bit of the garlic and toast the seeds, and that’s completed. Combine the new honey elements collectively, and that’s completed.

It’s simply an superior dip, and it’s filled with protein, from the tofu and the seeds on prime. A serving of this scrumptious dip has 11 grams of protein!

Whipped tofu feta is easy, creamy, and versatile. You may serve it as a dip with a facet of garlic bread, pita, veggies, or no matter else you want. You should utilize it to make sandwiches with crisp, recent veggies, and it’s so filling and scrumptious. You may unfold it on the bread with some onion and peppers and bake it to make excessive protein cheese toast. Or, add it to your charcuterie board with a few of my different dips, like my jalapeño popper dip, spinach artichoke dip, or French onion dip. So some ways to make use of it!!

Why You’ll Love Whipped Tofu Feta

• fast quarter-hour! and simple to make
• successful at potlucks, events, vacation events, and many others.
• creamy, protein-packed dairy-free whipped feta that nobody will consider is tofu
• crispy garlic and smoky-sweet vegan sizzling ‘honey’ topping
• naturally gluten-free and nut-free with simple soy-free choice

Elements

• tofu – That is the bottom for the whipped tofu feta. For soy-free, you need to use white beans as a substitute.
• miso and dietary yeast – Each of those give the tofu feta a tacky taste.
• lemon – We’re utilizing lemon zest and lemon juice for an incredible, zesty taste!
• garlic – Garlic provides much more umami to the feta. We’re additionally crisping up skinny garlic slices as a topping.
• dried herbs and spices – For the feta, you want oregano and onion powder. We’re seasoning the new ‘honey’ with gochugaru flakes (or Aleppo pepper flakes or crushed pink pepper flakes) together with some smoked paprika.
• further virgin olive oil – Provides creaminess to the feta, toasts the garlic, and infuses taste into the honey.
• pink wine vinegar – Provides further tang to the tofu feta.
• maple syrup – That is the bottom for the vegan sizzling honey.
• soy sauce – Provides umami to the new honey. Omit for soy-free or use coconut aminos.
• liquid smoke – That is non-obligatory however it ups the smokiness issue on the new honey.
• toppings – Prime this whipped tofu feta with toasted pine nuts, black sesame seeds, and pumpkin seeds or different seeds of selection. We’re additionally topping with some recent herbs, like thyme.

How you can Make Whipped Tofu Feta

Add the entire feta elements to a meals processor, and course of till all the things is easy. If the meals processor is struggling, add in 1 tablespoon of water to assist it transfer alongside. Additionally use a spatula to maneuver the combination in from the sides in order that issues like miso and dietary yeast don’t simply stick with the sides. Hold processing till all the things is easy and creamy.

Style and alter the flavour. Add extra salt or extra tang, if wanted. Then unfold this in your serving platter.

Warmth a small skillet over medium warmth and add the 2 teaspoons of oil. As soon as the oil is sizzling, cut back the warmth to low or medium-low and add the garlic. Proceed to cook dinner the garlic at low warmth till it begins to get golden and crispy. Take away the garlic slices from the oil, and place them into one other bowl.

To the identical oil, add the pepper flakes. As soon as the pepper flakes begin to sizzle and get aromatic, change off the warmth. Add the maple syrup, soy sauce, smoked paprika, and liquid smoke, and blend that in whereas the pan remains to be sizzling.

This may assist the flavors to meld . Deliver to a boil over medium low. Then, let the combination sit to chill down and thicken a bit of bit.

For those who haven’t toasted the entire seeds already, toast the pine nuts in a small skillet over medium-high warmth till they begin to decide up some shade, then change off the warmth. You can too toast the pumpkin seeds together with the pine nuts, and set them apart. Chop some recent herbs.

Drizzle an excellent quantity of the smoky sizzling honey over the whipped tofu feta on the serving platter. Prime it with the crispy garlic, recent herbs, the toasted pine nuts, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds or any seeds that you really want. Toasted pecans can even work nice, or some candied walnuts will work nice.

Serve whipped tofu feta with garlic bread, sourdough, toasted pita bread, cucumbers, crackers, carrots, or simply serve it nevertheless you want. It’s simply going to be so scrumptious.