Modifying Recipes

Appears in
Professional Cooking: 10th Edition

By Wayne Gisslen

Published 2025

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When modifying recipes for vegetarian menus, you must first determine your customers’ needs. Do you want to build a purely vegan menu, or will a less restrictive vegetarian selection work? The presence of any egg or dairy product indicates that the recipe cannot be used on a vegan menu, although it is suitable for other vegetarians. The first step in modifying a recipe is to read the list of ingredients carefully to make sure they are all permitted. If any of the ingredients is a packaged or manufactured food, read the list of ingredients on the package as well. Remember: