Coconut Oil Type Substance with Less Coconut Smell?

[robh]

First, I am not down on coconut oil. I love the stuff! That fact that it is a solid at room temperature makes it very useful in recipes when I need that sort of thing.

It works fine when I am making something sweet. That coconut smell really jives with sweetness and gives a sort of tropical twist.

When I am making something salty or sour or anything else really, that first smell of coconut before you taste the food kind of throws you for a loop.

What other raw foods will return to a solid after being blended?

I know pectin occurs naturally in some raw foods. Is there anything with enough pectin to make a recipe set?

Also, what about the wax from raw honey? It stands to reason if you had enough raw bee's wax in your recipe that it would become a solid at room temperature. Is eating bee's wax even healthy? (putting aside the 'vegan' issue)

Anything else? Any solid oils or butters that are mild in smell and flavor?

[MysticTree]

Have you thought about Irish moss. It doesn't set hard but it does sort of go firm if you use a good amount. Be fine for savoury mousses and pates etc.

Wouldn't you have to heat beeswax quite high to get it to melt enough to use it? Then it wouldn't be raw.

I know what you mean about coconut oil though. Too coconutty sometimes.

[robh]

MysticTree, thank you. I never heard of this stuff. It sounds pretty cool.

http://www.rawfullytempting.com/2010/08/irish-moss-paste.html

[streetsurfer]

I don't know if mucilaginous will work for you, but if so you could go with flax, chia, or slippery elm. Cocoa butter firms up/melts at a bit under body temperature, iirc.

[MysticTree]

you could also try putting almonds through your manual juicer - it kinda comes out like a stiff, chunky butter when I put them through mine.

[robh]

I am trying to firm up raw cashew cheese. The coconut oil does a pretty good job. It's like a spread.

I would love to make something firm enough my 2 year old can hold onto it. He's addicted to traditional cheese sticks. He likes the cashew cheese but it's messy if I just give it to him.

Also, the smell of the coconut is kind of unexpected when eating "cheese".