Most desserts are suitable for vegetarians, except those made with gelatin or lard. Sherbet is a vegan-friendly dessert. Vegans avoid all animal products, including milk and honey.
Luckily for vegetarians, most desserts are already suitable for their diet. Ice cream, pies, cakes, cookies and most desserts are made without the use of meat, poultry or fish. These dishes are made primarily with flour, eggs, milk, sugar, fruit and sweets, all of which are acceptable within the parameters of a vegetarian diet. Therefore, veggie dessert is pretty easy to find.
The only desserts vegetarians generally need to be careful of are those made with gelatin. Gelatin, which is used to make jelly and other sweets, is made from the bones, tendons, and skin of animals. For this reason, gelatin is not suitable for vegetarians. There are a number of plant-based products that can be used to replace gelatin. For example, agar-agar is a seaweed-based product that can be used as a substitute for gelatin.
Gelatin is also sometimes used as a thickening agent in dairy products such as sour cream. While sour cream made without gelatin is acceptable for consumption by vegetarians, gelatin-thickened sour cream is not. Some baked goods like pies and cakes call for sour cream; therefore, in order for these delicacies to be prepared in a way suitable for vegetarians, they must be prepared with sour cream that does not contain gelatin.
Many traditional pie crust recipes call for lard, which is made from animal fat. Any lard-based products are not suitable for vegetarians. To make a cake as a vegetarian dessert, the recipes need to be modified to be made without this ingredient. Because lard is less commonly used than before, this isn’t usually difficult for anyone trying to bake a pie for a vegetarian dessert.
It is important to note that many desserts suitable for vegetarians are not suitable for vegans. This is because vegans are restricted to foods made without any kind of animal products, including milk. Some vegans even abstain from consuming honey as it is produced by bees. While dairy-based ice cream and chocolate cake are fine for vegetarians, they cannot be consumed by vegans.
There is a type of vegetarian dessert that is also almost always suitable for vegans. This dessert is sherbet. Sherbet is usually made simply with fruit, sugar and water. This vegetarian dessert is completely free from any kind of animal products, which means it can also be considered a vegan dessert.
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