Using rennet to make LC desserts?

[chispita]

Does anyone have any recipes for custards, puddings or any other dessert that uses junket rennet?

[Nancy LC]

Huh! Never heard of it. But custards and such lend themselves to low carb. What's the rennet do in a custard?

From what little I could find it looks like a way to make pudding out of milk without egg.

[bike2work]

Haven't heard of anyone using rennet for anything other than cheese for decades. If it's eggs you're trying to avoid, panna cotta is delicious. It's like custard but thickened with gelatin.

To find an answer to your question I think chow.com would be the best place to ask. Then just substitute artificial sweetener for the sugar.

[cnmLisa]

Oh does that bring back memories of junket as a kid--my mom made it all the time (sigh)

[glendarc]

Oh does that bring back memories of junket as a kid--my mom made it all the time (sigh)
Mine too! She'd even put a few Nestles Chipits in it to make it a chocolatey pudding. I think it was quite common just after WWII when fresh eggs were still very hard to come by for civilians. As I remember, the recipe was on the package and yes, it's sorta like a custard without the eggs ... just milk and sweetener.

[Nancy LC]

Wow! That sounds really interesting. Too bad it has to be milk though...

[chispita]

It just seems like a simpler / faster way to make dessert. And whilst I do not have gelatin at home, I do have junket rennet and real rennet. So it's not so much avoiding eggs (which I'm not) but lazyness :lol:

I was also curious because doing a google search, some of the things I found is that using junket rennet you could use other fake "milks" (almond, soy...) which would be interesting for me as I've been told to limit milk.

[glendarc]

I'm not sure I would willingly use soy (thyroid issues, for one) but almond milk or coconut milk, maybe even rice milk, would probably work just fine! Is the recipe still on the package? As I remember it used to come in a tube in the form of tablets? And as kids, we loved it!!!!

[glendarc]

I just googled "Junket rennet" and there were loads of hits -- here's one with some recipes http://www.junketdesserts.com/recipes.aspx

(Mods, I'm not sure I understand the rules on commercial links so, if this is not forum legal, please remove and I'll PM "chispita" as soon as she has enough posts)

[chispita]

Thanks for the link - even if it ends up being removed, I've bookmarked it now :)

I'm not too keen on the idea of soy milk, but I am intrigued about almond milk, and coconut milk i sometimes use for making sauces.

[Nancy LC]

I would've though it would have to be dairy product since rennet curdles milk. All be darned!

[Rosebud]

(Mods, I'm not sure I understand the rules on commercial links so, if this is not forum legal, please remove and I'll PM "chispita" as soon as she has enough posts)
There's no problem with posting links. Our problem is with posting a recipe without posting the link. ;)
Read our kitchen forum rules (in the sticky at the top of this subforum) for more info. :)