Creamy Cashew Pasta
Discover a deliciously creamy vegan pasta recipe made with cashews, seasoned to perfection, and paired with Gardein vegan chick'n strips for a hearty, plant-based meal.
Ingredients
- 1 lb angel hair pasta or any other kind you prefer
- pinch of salt
Sauce
- 1 cup raw unsalted cashews
- 200 ml vegetable broth
- half yellow onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
- 1 pinch paprika
- 1 pinch red chili pepper flakes
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
Instructions
Prep
- Soak the cashews in boiling water and let sit for 5 minutes.
- Dice half an onion.
Cooking
- In a medium pot, bring water to boil. Add the pasta, boil according to instructions on the package.
- Preheat a medium pan. Add the diced onion to the pan and pour the vegetable broth over the onion. Boil for a few minutes until the water mostly evaporates.
- In a blender cup, add soaked cashews (without the water), the onions, the nutritional yeast, the lemon juice and the rest of the seasoning.
- Blend well for 1 minute until the texture is creamy.
- Drain the pasta water. Pour the cashew cream over the pasta in the pot and mix well.
- Serve hot. Bon appetit!