Propuesta de postres veganos elaborados con harinas de trigo, almendras y camote sin refinar

Abstract

Veganism is considered as a philosophy of life that rejects the exploitation of animals, creating a tendency to animal respect, thus making more people aware to opt for a plant-based diet, according to this an alternative gastronomy has been created wherein the use of ingredients of animal origin is excluded. That is why this intervention project aims to implement the vegan trend in pastry, making desserts free of animal origin products with a positive purpose mainly in aspects of health, and care for animals and the environment. When making vegan desserts with wheat flours, almonds and unrefined sweet potato it is intended to replace animal products and their derivatives with plant-based options, and use unrefined flours to nutritionally improve the quality of the product, because an unrefined flour is one that retains all its components and thus its nutritional properties, creating a healthier dessert that can be consumed by anyone and that also helps those who do not have veganism tendency to become interested in trying vegan desserts, using more natural inputs. In the interviews with professionals in the area of gastronomy different opinions on veganism were observed and whether unrefined flours are a good alternative to create pastry with healthier ingredients. At the same time, surveys were also carried out on 200 students from the University of Cuenca, College of Hospitality Sciences to know tastes and preferences and with this we can say that 90.5% of this group provide a great reception towards these desserts, even though only 1% is vegan. After the analysis carried out twenty recipes were created using wheat flours, unrefined almonds and sweet potato and six alternatives were selected for court tasting in which professionals expressed in the range of excellence, 94% acceptance in smell and cleanliness, 89% in flavor, 88% in color, 78% in presentation and 61% in texture, achieving a rating of 6.67/7 in the desserts presented.