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Dairy Free Mac 'N' Cheese

Here's how you make Dairy Free Mac 'N' Cheese
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 30m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 cup cashews (raw)
  • 1 tablespoon oil (canola oil)
  • 1 small brown onion, finely chopped
  • 1 small carrot, cut into 1cm pieces
  • 1 celery stalk, cut into 1cm pieces
  • 1 small (100 gram) potato (cream delight potato, peeled and cut into 1cm pieces)
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tablespoon miso (gluten free white miso paste)
  • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast seasoning (gluten-free, AKA savoury yeast flakes)
  • 1 1/4 cups soy beverage
  • 340 grams dry elbow pasta (gluten-free)
  • 2 teaspoons roughly chopped fresh thyme leaves
  • 1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt flakes
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Place cashews in bowl and cover with cold water and set aside overnight to soften.

  • Step 2: Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat and add onion, carrot, celery and potato and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until onion is tender and add garlic, cook, stirring for 1 minute and then add miso paste and 3/4 cup cold water and stir to combine.

  • Step 3: Bring to a simmer and then reduce heat to low and simmer, partially covered for 10 minutes or until vegetables are very tender.

  • Step 4: Remove from heat and stand for 5 minutes to cool.

  • Step 5: Drain cashews and transfer them and vegetable mixture to a food processor or blender,

  • Step 6: Add yeast and milk and process, scaping down sides, until almost smooth.

  • Step 7: Meanwhile cook pasta following packet directions and then drain and return pasta to pan.

  • Step 8: Combine thyme, lemon rind and salt in a bowl.

  • Step 9: Add cashew mixture to pasta and season well with salt and pepper and then stir well combined.

  • Step 10: Sprinkle with tyme salt and serve.


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