Dairy-free adaptations

[ElizabethinherGermanGarden]

Not vegan, but trying to adapt a recipe for dairy-free (cows' milk protein allergy) for SIL. Can anyone give me recommendations for the best substitutes for butter, milk and cream? Luckily no problems with eggs or nuts (but sadly also gluten free), which makes it slightly trickier.

I am thinking of making a chocolate and pear frangipane. If I can't adapt it (recipe says 85g butter but that's the only dairy and I'm hoping oil will do), it will be poached pears, but sometimes you just want something a bit stodgy at Christmas!

DD is dairy free and we have found oatley whipping cream great for puddings, also vegan block (we get it from Sainsbury’s) looks and works just like butter

Use Plant based Flora for baking and Naturli Egan Spreadable for eating as is. I use both regularly and fool everyone with these too - both are just like the 'real' thing 😄.

Oat or Hemp milk are the best cows milk substitutes . Oat is better in hot drinks.

Naturli Vegan Spreadable!

Brilliant, thank you!

Tesco do a vegan squirty cream (black can) its lovely!! Also second the flora plant butter in a block. Soya milk works well in most recipes as a milk sub.

I use Pure margarine instead of butter all the time. If its something sweet I often add a dash of vanilla extract to add an extra bit of flavour.

For milk, I use Oatly Barrista. It works well for everything I have tried, especially Yorkshire Puddings.

Dairy free butter is fine for baking. I use Aldi’s or Pure most of the time. Stork in a wrapper (not a tub) is also dairy free. I also recently discovered that oat milk is an excellent substitute for Yorkshire puddings

Goats milk and goats milk butter are easily available at Sainsbury's and other supermarkets, as is goats and sheeps milk yoghurt. I haven't seen goats cream though (not sure if it's ever sold!)
DD can manage lactose-free cream, and the arla one is in most supermarkets too, though obviously she couldn't have that if cmpi.

Check with DSil if she can do soy. The proteins are very similar so many CMPA people avoid soy.

Oh yes I would also suggest checking if she actually likes substitutions. I’ve been to many a dinner party where the host has very kindly bought me some soya cream or ice cream when actually I’d much rather and will happily have my pudding dry rather than eat those.

@Postdatedpandemic

Check with DSil if she can do soy. The proteins are very similar so many CMPA people avoid soy.

Good point. Checked: no soy allowed.

@Sunsetsupernova

Dairy free butter is fine for baking. I use Aldi’s or Pure most of the time. Stork in a wrapper (not a tub) is also dairy free. I also recently discovered that oat milk is an excellent substitute for Yorkshire puddings

Good news @Sunsetsupernova- they’ve changed the recipe for Stork in a tub so that’s now dairy free too. Happy days!

Almond milk is much nicer tasting than soy, although not very environmentally friendly. Make sure you check that your milk substitute has calcium added to it. It works well in recipes too eg cheese sauce or Yorkshires

Does Stork taste okay as a butter replacement? I remember always using it for baking as a child but don't know whether I just didn't know any better! If so that would be ace.

It's fine for baking. I haven't cracked a good dairy free choc /buttercream icing yet. They all taste oily. There is a good Betty crocker fudge icing which happens to be dairy free though. I'm going to try a df ganache with oatly cream but otherwise will just use that.