Food and Wine Substitutes

Ever run out of an ingredient right in the middle of cooking? Then you know how frustrating this will be. But all needn't be lost with the help of our handy food
and wine substitutes.

Food Substitutes

If you don't have			Use

Self-raising flour			5ml baking powder for every 250ml cake flour

Buttermilk			natural yoghurt or milk + 12ml lemon juice or vinegar

Baking powder			½ quantity each cream of tartar + bicarbonate of soda

Castor sugar			finely ground white sugar

Cornflour			double quantity of cake of bread flour

Creme fraiche			plain yoghurt

Egg			2 egg yolks + 15ml water

All spice			5ml ground cinnamon + pinch each of ginger, clove

Honey			315ml sugar + 65ml liquid

Pecan nuts			walnuts

Pine kernels			sunflour seeds

Sour cream			plain yoghurt or cream + 5ml lemon juice or 2ml wine vinegar

Tomato puree			¼ quantity tomato paste or 1½ quantity fresh tomatoes, skinned, seeded and cooked till soft

Whole-wheat flour			brown bread flour + rolled/crushed wheat to taste

Herbs, 1 tbsp fresh			5ml dried herbs

Lemon juice, 1 tsp			2.5 ml vinegar

Mustard, 1 tsp dry			12ml prepared mustard

Orange, 1 medium			125ml cup juice

Tomato, one can			500ml chopped fresh tomato

Yoghurt, plain			buttermilk; sour cream or cottage cheese + 5ml lemon juice

Bread crumbs			cracker crumbs

Carrots			parsnips or baby white turnips

Tomato juice			190ml tomato paste + 250ml water

Curry powder			Tumeric +ground cardamom. ginger and cumin

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Wine Substitutes

If you don't have			Use

Self-raising flour			5ml baking powder for every 250ml cake flour

Buttermilk			natural yoghurt or milk + 12ml lemon juice or vinegar

Baking powder			½ quantity each cream of tartar + bicarbonate of soda

Castor sugar			finely ground white sugar

Cornflour			double quantity of cake of bread flour

Creme fraiche			plain yoghurt

Egg			2 egg yolks + 15ml water

All spice			5ml ground cinnamon + pinch each of ginger, clove

Honey			315ml sugar + 65ml liquid

Pecan nuts			walnuts

Pine kernels			sunflour seeds

Sour cream			plain yoghurt or cream + 5ml lemon juice or 2ml wine vinegar

Tomato puree			¼ quantity tomato paste or 1½ quantity fresh tomatoes, skinned, seeded and cooked till soft

Whole-wheat flour			brown bread flour + rolled/crushed wheat to taste

Herbs, 1 tbsp fresh			5ml dried herbs

Lemon juice, 1 tsp			2.5 ml vinegar

Mustard, 1 tsp dry			12ml prepared mustard

Orange, 1 medium			125ml cup juice

Tomato, one can			500ml chopped fresh tomato

Yoghurt, plain			buttermilk; sour cream or cottage cheese + 5ml lemon juice

Bread crumbs			cracker crumbs

Carrots			parsnips or baby white turnips

Tomato juice			190ml tomato paste + 250ml water

Curry powder			Tumeric +ground cardamom. ginger and cumin

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