Easy vegan recipe for 6 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has cashew, carrot, potato, olive oil, nutritional yeast, lemon, garlic clove, dijon mustard, white wine vinegar, cayenne pepper, macaroni and panko breadcrumbs.
Vegan mac 'n' cheese
Course: Easy vegan
Servings
6
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Cashew: 160g raw cashews
- Garlic Clove: 4 garlic cloves, peeled and roughly chopped
- Olive Oil: 90ml olive oil
- Carrot: 200g carrots, peeled and cut into 1cm cubes
- Lemon: 1 lemon, juice only
- Cayenne Pepper: 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- White Wine Vinegar: 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- Dijon Mustard: 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- Potato: 700g potatoes, peeled and cut into 1cm cubes
- Macaroni: 400g macaroni
- Nutritional Yeast: 40g nutritional yeast
- Panko Breadcrumbs: 3 tbsp panko breadcrumbs
Directions
- The night before, soak the cashew nuts in water and leave overnight.
- Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Steam the carrots and potatoes together for 5 mins, until completely softened. Transfer to afood processor. Drain the cashews and add these with 60ml of the oil, then blitz to break down the nuts. Tip in the other ingredients - apart from the macaroni, breadcrumbs and the remaining oil - then blitz again until the mixture is smooth and season well. Add a splash of water and just a drizzle of olive oil if it looks too stiff, then set aside.
- Cook the macaroni in a large pan of salted water for 1 min less than packet instructions, drain then stir through the sauce. Transfer the mix to an ovenproof dish, stir the breadcrumbs with the remaining oil and some seasoning. Scatter over the top of the macaroni and bake for 20-25 mins until piping hot and crisp.
