Margarine – vegan butter

Margarine is the best solution to replace butter in recipes, and if you don't want to buy it, you can make it at home with just a few ingredients.

Margarine is simply an emulsion of water and oil. To create it and achieve the same consistency as butter, simply replace the animal fat percentage with vegetable fats.

This way you can replace butter with margarine in equal quantities without having to rebalance the recipes. 

Procedure with video lesson

Weigh the cocoa butter in a jug and melt in the microwave, bringing to 40/45°C.

Add the seed oil, lecithin, and water and blend with an immersion blender for a few minutes until the ingredients are well combined.

Cover with plastic wrap and let rest in the refrigerator. Blend with a blender every 20 minutes or so until the cocoa butter begins to solidify. Repeat this process about 3 times.

Transfer to a container or form into blocks and refrigerate for 12 hours. At this point, the margarine is ready to use.

Adjust the recipe based on how much margarine you need.