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Preparation info
  • Serves:

    1

    , makes block of tempeh (about 300 g 10½ oz )
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      9 hr

Appears in
Plant Academy: The Cookbook: Plant-based techniques & recipes for creative cooking

By Lauren Lovatt

Published 2025

  • About

Traditionally made from cooked and fermented soy beans, tempeh is an amazing and versatile ingredient. To make it, you need to source tempeh starter culture, easily found online, which plays a crucial role in fermentation and holding the beans together to make a shape you can cut and cook. The following recipe uses British beans, but any bean or pulse can be used and the addition of grains works well too.

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