How To Cook Replace Some Products With Others - Part II - Recipe

Author: Marko Balašević Time for reading: ~1 minutes Last Updated: August 08, 2022

Learn how to cook "Let's replace some products with others - Part II". Delicious recipe.

Here are some more products and their possible substitutes in the preparation of dishes:

Shallots - replace with ordinary small onions;
Leeks - again we use ordinary onions, maybe the opposite: for a softer taste instead of onions - leeks;
Olive oil - with any vegetable oil, but dishes with olive oil are more useful;
Oregano and marjoram are interchangeable;
Tomatoes - sometimes ketchup and tomato paste do the same job;
Chocolate - instead of a piece of chocolate use 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder and 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil;
Agar or gelatin;
Asparagus - replace with broccoli in salads and sauces or any other vegetable with a delicate taste and texture (cauliflower);
Wasabi (Japanese spice) - instead we use horseradish (or sauce from it) or mustard, but the color can not be replaced by anything;
Daikon - with ordinary radishes or turnips;
Carambola - the taste of this fruit resembles a harmonious combination of green gooseberries, apple and cucumber. We use some of the listed plants, depending on the dish.
Quark (soft German cheese that looks like cottage cheese) - replace with cream cheese;
Pomelo (a variety of grapefruit with a milder taste) - we replace it with orange, because its taste is closer to orange;
Papaya - the closest is the taste of melon;
Parsnip is a creamy yellow long root resembling a carrot. It can be replaced with celery root;
Sake (alcoholic beverage obtained by fermentation of rice) - replace with sherry wine (light, dry);
Tangerine - a fruit very close to the mandarin;
We replace spinach with sorrel.

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