Has no one managed to invent veggie marshmallows yet?

[bohemianbint]

Watching Nigella making rocky road last night had me dying to make it, but I dunno if it would be quite so exciting without the marshmallows...

you can get them in america. google it, you might be able to get them shipped over.

or, if you are ok in the kitchen you will find lots of recipes to make your own online

make your own marshmallows?! That would never have occurred to me - am intrigued as to how that works, off to google. THanks!

halal ones here

Cool veggie marshmallows - How would you make them?

With what ingredients I wonder - egg whites Im guessing

How intriging!

what are they usually made of then? meat???

pork gelatine usually

my googling has just told me that halal ones may have fish crap in them. And making them sounds a bit complex, anything requiring a sugar thermometer is more faff than I can be arsed with. Might try to find some to buy...

recipe

they have gelatine in them

Gelatin.
The bastard stuff is in loads of sweets: marshmallows, haribo types, etc.
They only stopped putting it in Polps a few years ago - yes, really!
It could easilt be replaced with Agar, but it would cost more.

There's a thread somewhere on here with a recipe for a marshmallow cake topping (which is veggie). I wonder if it could work for Rocky Road (it's runnier than packet marshmallows). can't find the thread, but here's the recipe

Polps=POLOS!

Yhey put it in bloody yogurts and chocolate mousses as well. Really annoys me!

www.veganstore.co.uk used to stock them intermittently, dunno if they have any in stock now...

Ah, they are out of stock atm BUT they do have a kit to make your own: here

That sounds a bit more do-able, cheers for the link Meg!

you;'ll still need that sugar thermometer though! lol

gaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

i might start making them actually. i could go into business, seems like a lot of pepole are after them

I'd buy 'em.

:D well i shall get marshmallow making then lol

seriously though, i wonder what I would need to do if I wanted to make them to sell. do you reckon i'd have to have health and safety round to inspect my kitchen and stuff??

yeah, I think you do. I've a friend who caters from home and she had to jump through all kinds of hoops. It's a shame, because I was thinking about doing something food based from home recently, but am not sure I can be bothered.

Still, it may not be that tricky, and you might not be as fickle as me. Give it a go!

You can use Irish Moss as an alternitive to Gelatin.
You can buy it from most good herb shops.

Hugh Fernly Whittingstall did a really good recipe for marshmallows a few months ago on his River Cottage prog.
I'm sure it could be adapted for vegetarians.
Will try to find it.

jumping through hoops not my forte either! lol

still, might lkook into it

Here it is
and Irish moss