Vegan Mac and Cheese
The silkiest, smoothest vegan mac and cheese recipe you've ever tried. Packed with flavour, the sauce works on all pastas, not just your standard macaroni!
Servings: 5
Calories: 454kcal
Ingredients
For the Pasta
- 350 g macaroni (or your fave pasta!)
- pinch sea salt
For the Sauce
- 65 g cashews (raw unsalted)
- 70 g carrot (about 1 medium carrot, diced)
- 3 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 1½ teaspoon flaky sea salt
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoon potato starch (1 tablespoon corn starch also works well as a replacement)
- 1 tablespoon tapioca starch
- 300 ml water
- 300 ml plant milk
- 1 teaspoon white miso
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar (white wine or cider vinegar works too)
- ½ teaspoon agave syrup
- 2 tablespoon rapeseed oil (cold pressed)
Instructions
To Make the Pasta
- Fill a large saucepan with water. Add the salt and bring to a boil.
- Add the pasta and cook until al-dente, stirring occasionally.
- Once cooked, drain the pasta and drizzle with a little oil to stop it form sticking together. Set aside.
For the Sauce
- Soak the cashews in just boiled water for a minimum of 2 hours. The longer you soak, the smoother the mac and cheese will be.
- Fill a small saucepan with boiling water and place over medium heat. Add the carrots and boil for around 20 minutes or until soft and well cooked. Drain and discard the water. Place the carrots in the cup of a high speed blender.
- To the cup, add the remaining sauce ingredients.
- Drain the soaked cashews and give them a rinse under the tap. Add to the cup along with the other ingredients. Blend on high speed until very smooth.
- Transfer the sauce to a medium saucepan and place over a medium/low heat. Stirring or whisking constantly, heat the sauce until it begins to bubble and becomes thick and glossy. If the sauce becomes lumpy, don't worry, just blitz it with a stick blender.
- Stir the sauce through the cooked pasta and serve. I like to serve mine with a sprinkle of chipotle chilli powder or smoked paprika.
Nutrition
Serving: 1grams | Calories: 454kcal | Carbohydrates: 67g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 793mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 5g