Vegan mac and “cheese”. Vegan mac n' cheese features a dairy-free cashew sauce over pasta for a fast meal. This is the best Vegan Mac and Cheese recipe I've ever tasted. Tender macaroni pasta is tossed in a creamy cashew "cheese" sauce, creating a remarkably similar taste and texture to the.
You can have Vegan mac and “cheese” using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Vegan mac and “cheese”
- Prepare 500 g of macaroni pasta.
- It’s 1 of small-medium butternut squash cut into chunks.
- It’s 1 cup of cashews soaked in water for a few hours.
- Prepare of Marmite.
- It’s of Dijon mustard.
- You need of Lemon.
- It’s of Nutmeg.
- Prepare of Smoked paprika.
- Prepare of Breadcrumbs.
A combination of cashews, cooked potatoes, and carrots makes it incredibly creamy. I always feel bad when a non-vegan tastes vegan "cheese" for the first time. Like, how can this stuff be described except to call it a cheese alternative? So, today I bring you my crazily adapted recipe and what has become my favorite vegan mac and cheese-with no refined oil.
Vegan mac and “cheese” instructions
Cook the pasta according to pack instructions, drain and set aside.
Boil the butternut squash in a large pan of water for about 20 mins until soft.
Tip the butternut squash and cashews into a food processor and blitz until combined and smooth. You may want to add a little of the water the squash cooked in to loosen it a bit.
Add a teaspoon each of marmite, mustard, lemon juice and a sprinkling of smoked paprika and nutmeg and some salt and pepper..
Blitz it again then taste it and decide if you need to add any of the ingredients to adjust the flavour..
Pour the sauce into the Macaroni and mix well.
Transfer the Mac and “cheese” to an ovenproof dish and sprinkle on the breadcrumbs.
Bake in the oven at 180c for about 30 mins until the breadcrumbs are golden and crispy.
How To Make Vegan Mac And Cheese. The vegan macaroni and cheese recipes out there are definitely hit or miss… and the bad ones are really bad. I remember back when I first went vegan, trying a recipe that attempted to mimic the cheesy taste by using a combination of nutritional yeast and Dijon. Watch how to make the most amazing vegan mac and cheese in this short recipe video! Who knew dairy-free mac and cheese could be SO good?
