How To Make Vegan Cheese Sauce
Smoky, savory, creamy, cheese sauce made from plant-based ingredients including raw, unsalted cashews. A great recipe to use a dip, sauce, in dairy-free mac and cheese.
Ingredients
- 1 cup cashews (raw + unslated)
- 1.5 cups cashew water (reserved after boiling cashews)
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Salt
- 4 cups water
Instructions
- First, add water to a pot and set over high heat. Once it starts boiling, add your cashews and cover with a lid.
- Boil the cashews for at least 10 minutes to soften.
- Once the cashews are done boiling, remove cashews from the water and keep the cashew water.
- In a blender, add cashews, nutritional yeast, smoked paprika, tomato paste, garlic powder, fresh lemon juice, vegan butter (optional) and 1.5 cups of the leftover cashew water.
- Then, blend until smooth.
- Add more water, depending on how thin you would like your sauce. Adjust salt and seasonings to your liking
- Finally, serve your easy, homemade vegan cheese sauce to any dish you like.