Can anyone reverse engineer these Ikea plantballs? I’m absolutely obsessed with these. They’re sooo delicious. I have not found any recipes online including these ingredients:
Pea protein, Water, Vegetable oil, Potatoes, Binding mixes (crumbs [rice flour, dextrose (maize), salt, mono and diglycerides, pea starch, pea protein], methyl-cellulose), Onion, Oat bran, Natural flavouring, Mushroom concentrate, Dried apple, Salt, Tomato powder, Premix vitamins and minerals, Black pepper, Allspice.
Contains: Oat.
by Thismommylovescherry
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They are so good indeed, they are much cheaper than most meat alternatives and much tastier but rarely discussed in vegan forums. I always have them in my freezer because they are a nice addition to a lot of meals, especially when I don’t have time to make something complicated.
Sorry, no clue on how to make them in your kitchen…
agreed they are very good
Found a copycat recipe here:
https://highcarbhannah.co/recipes/ikea-veggie-balls/
Trader Joe’s sells pea protein, the rest are binders and flavoring. The methyl cellulose is the real key to the meaty binding texture. You can buy it on Amazon, it looks like you’d use 2% of total weight for methyl cellulose so for a 500g batch you’d use 10 grams.
Yeah those are fucking amazing. Go through like 5 bags a month.
For the meat flavour you do need to buy refined pea protein or nutritional yeast but essentially the rest of the ingredients are for flavour, texture and nutrition. They arent really much different than bean or veggie meatballs apart from the added fat and oil content.
They’re *chef’s kiss*
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