- It's growing!
It's getting bigger and bigger!
Oh God, no, why does it look like that?
I need to drink some water.
Hello, everybody.
What's going on?
My name is Merle and today
I'm gonna be testing out
a vegan mozzarella recipe
that's been circulating the internet.
I've had dozens of people
send this thing to me.
The main ingredients are
psyllium husks and water,
and then soaked cashews.
So you're gonna start off
by soaking your cashews
in some warm water for about two hours.
I went ahead and did that already,
and I'm gonna add these to my blender.
This is advertised as a three
ingredient vegan mozzarella,
but the original video that I
saw also includes lemon juice,
garlic powder, and salt.
So we're gonna try it with
the seasonings and without.
Okay. So the next thing you wanna do
is take two tablespoons
of your psyllium husks
and add that to one and
three quarters cups of water
or 400 milliliters of water.
Then you're gonna let that
sit for about two hours.
So you wanna do the cashews
and the psyllium husks
about the same time.
First of all, it was
about $15 for this bag.
So that's a little pricey.
Psyllium husk powder is derived
from the plant Plantago ovata.
So the water and the
psyllium husk have formed
this kind of jelly consistency.
You know, it's got the little bounce.
Bong, bong, bong.
I'm gonna add this to my blender.
So basically this person said that
it could just be these three ingredients,
water, psyllium husks, and cashews.
I'm gonna blend that up first
and see what that comes up with.
(blender whirring)
Oh, come on, get along you two.
He called it a three
ingredient mozzarella,
but then he used six ingredients.
So, you know, I'm really
trying to keep this
true to the name.
It's turning into a nightmare ball.
Okay y'all, I tried to make
this three ingredients.
I'm gonna do what they did in the video
and I'm gonna add the lemon juice
and some salt and some garlic powder,
'cause I don't see this
coming together as is.
I also don't think it would taste good
without these other seasonings,
so I'm kind of relieved.
(blender whirring)
Whoa, it turned white!
That's really cool.
This thing is tripping me out. (laughing)
So I'm gonna toss this in
the fridge for about an hour,
and then we're gonna take her back out
and put her to the test.
You know, it looks pretty
much like mozzarella.
Okay, if feels like mozzarella.
Smells like cashews and garlic salt.
Ooh, wow.
Wow, it really looks like it.
It's cool.
I'm gonna ake a little piece.
Wow.
Okay, you know it's got a funky texture,
feels a little rubbery.
I'm just gonna try it.
(soft playful music)
Guys, this isn't it.
I feel like the experience of eating it
reminds that it's a natural laxative
and it tastes exactly like cashews.
I mean, it's not like horrible.
It just doesn't taste like mozzarella.
Two out of 10.
Okay, so let's see how it melts.
Let's give it a little bit of a chance.
A lot of vegan cheeses
aren't always great when you eat them raw.
So there's still hope for you yet.
Okay, it appears to be
sort of breaking down.
It's looking more like a spread
and it kind of looks like it's sticking
to the bottom of my pan.
I'm gonna give it an even better chance
and I'm gonna put it in the microwave.
Ooh, definitely looks better
than what it was looking like in the pan.
It's got a meltier consistency,
little bit of a stretch,
but it is also forming
just a giant pasta glob.
Hmm, the texture is much
better when it's melted.
Three and a half out of 10.
All right, I'm gonna pop our little toasty
into the toaster oven.
Good luck.
It's definitely doing something.
Oh God. Oh, oh no.
It's growing!
It's getting bigger and bigger!
Oh God, no, why does it look like that?
I need to drink some water.
(beeping)
Oh, okay.
What is happening?
It overflowed in my toaster.
What is this thing?
Oh, no, no, no.
It looks like a Ziploc bag full of gruel.
It does not look like melty deliciousness
that I wanna bite right into.
I don't wanna eat it.
I don't wanna eat it.
I started something I don't wanna finish.
(toast crunching)
Delicious. I'm kidding.
No dude. No.
I think I have to give it a zero.
I have to give it a zero out of 10.
Let's just be fair.
The video I watched that
made this mozzarella
did not bake it.
They did not microwave it.
They just ate it raw.
Listen to the person who made this recipe
it's great that you're
thinking of innovative ways
to make vegan versions of things.
But this recipe I think
needs a bit more work.
Thank you guys so much for watching,
please like and subscribe,
and let me know what
you'd like me to try next.
Go drink some water.
