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    HOME » Sauces and condiments » Vegan cashew cheese sauce

    Vegan cashew cheese sauce

    Jan 26, 2020 · Leave a Comment

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    This vegan cheese sauce recipe is very easy and quick to make. It takes me about 10 minutes to whizz up this sauce (if you have the cashews pre-soaked)

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    • Vegan cheese sauce

    🥘 Main ingredients

    Main ingredients for a vegan cheese sauce
    • cashews
    • olive oil
    • garlic
    • shallot
    • white wine
    • turmeric powder
    • dijon mustard
    • nutritional yeast
    • dairy free milk

    🥗 Serving options

    I made this recipe very minimalistic on purpose. We use vegan cheese sauce in so many different ways and forms, that I wanted to create a recipe which was easy to adjust to your liking or in which way you will need to use this sauce.

    This sauce can be used in many different ways, ...think of;

    baked potato
    • Nacho's
    • pasta
    • mac n' cheese
    • dip for fries or fritters (vegetable fritters)
    • on a veggie burger
    • on a baked potato
    • dress your vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli)
    • Taco's
    • as a spread on your favourite wrap or sandwich
    pasta

    Ideas enough!

    💭 Tips on variations

    There are tons of things you can do to adjust this cheese sauce.

    • In this recipe I have used milk, but if I want more complex and acidic flavours I add more wine, and use a good home made vegetable stock instead of milk.
    • Make it a herby cheese sauce by adding Thyme, Rosemary or Sage to it. Great for a pasta dish with mushrooms, or topped on your favourite vegetables.
    • Do you want to use this sauce on a taco,... spice it up a bit by adding paprika, or aleppo pepper.
    • For topping your cauliflower, broccoli or romanesco add some mace or nutmeg, delicious!

    The possibilities are really endless.


    Just get used to whizzing up this basic sauce and adjust to need. If you want a really smooth silky sauce you will have to sieve it after blending. The sauce will keep in a closed container in the fridge for about 3 days. Let me know if and how you use this recipe. I love to see your food pictures! Add @haricoco1 to your instagram post.

    📋 Recipe

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    Vegan cheese sauce

    Very quick and easy to whizz up!
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 10 minutes
    Servings: 1 small bowl
    Calories: 1138.19kcal

    Ingredients

    • 150 grams (1 cup) cashews soaked overnight (or quick method in hot water)
    • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
    • 1 clove garlic minced
    • 1 shallot finely chopped
    • 4,5 cl (3 Tbsp) white wine
    • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
    • 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
    • 3 Tablespoons nutritional yeast
    • 6 cl (4 Tbsp) dairy free milk
    • salt
    • pepper

    Instructions

    • Soak the Cashews overnight. Or for the quick method; Cover all the cashews with a good amount of water, bring to a simmer, turn of the heat and let the cashews soak for 20 minutes with the lid on.
    • Rinse and drain the soaked cashews, and pour into a food processor.
    • Saute the shallot and garlic in the olive oil for 3-4 minutes, add salt and turmeric and stir.
    • Pour in the wine, and let in reduce to half way, add this mixture to the food processor.
    • Add the nutritional yeast and mustard and blend until smooth.
      foodprocessor
    • Start adding the dairy free milk bit by bit, until you get to your desired texture.
    • If you want the cheese sauce to be very smooth, then pass the sauce through a sieve.

    Notes

    This recipe is a very simple, quick and easy vegan 'cheese' sauce recipe. I especially made it very minimalistic so you can adjust this recipe to your liking and to your usage.
    Some suggestions would be;
    Use a vegetable stock instead of the dairy free milk, this would add extra complex flavours to your sauce.
    Add some spice to it, like paprika, or nutmeg.
    Add herbs to it, think of thyme, rosemary or sage.
    If you would like a very smooth sauce, sieve the sauce after blending.
    Use more shallot or more garlic to get stronger flavours.
    *nutrition facts; for the bowl

    Nutrition

    Calories: 1138.19kcal | Carbohydrates: 72.42g | Protein: 53.35g | Fat: 81.01g | Saturated Fat: 13.59g | Sodium: 651.6mg | Fiber: 19.49g | Sugar: 16.5g | Vitamin A: 0.05IU | Vitamin C: 7.15mg | Calcium: 9.14mg | Iron: 75.53mg
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