Thursday, March 22, 2012

AltSweet THEME: Tricks and Tips for Cooking With Agave Syrup

Agave is my go-to for sugary-sweet flavoring in baking. BUT, I need to remember several things: first, bake at lower temperature, for a little less time--otherwise, whatever you are baking, tends to dry out, burn and taste over-done. Equivalency is also important: about 3/4 of sugar, but you can find translation measurements all over the web (see below). An earlier attempt at Chocolate Walnut Pie went great--then, I got careless, and the next attempt was dry.

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There are lots of tips about using agave on the web:

--Chowhound has a nice discussion thread on the subject.
--VegFamily offers tips AND some recipes.
--Eating Well has some good advice, too.
--French for Foodies blogger highlighted her agave cookery attempts.
--Foodista has an assortment of agave-centric recipes.

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