Creamy Vegan Pasta - Smokey, and Slightly Spicy!
The perfect twist to the traditional vegan mac n cheese, for those who prefer a little more oomph of flavour!
Servings 4 people
Calories 456kcal
Equipment
- High Speed Blender
Ingredients
- 400 g shiitake mushrooms sliced
- 1 clove of garlic finely chopped
- 270 g uncooked pasta
- 2 tablespoon olive oil for cooking, or some veggie stock for cooking (I always use veggie stock)
Pasta Sauce
- 1 large sweet potato (165g) can be substituted for pumpkin
- ½ packet smooth tofu (130g)
- ½ cup raw cashews
- ½ brown onion chopped finely
- 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt I use pink himalayan salt
- 1 teaspoon dijonnaise
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper add more if you like it more spicy!
- 1.5 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ cup veggie stock can substitute for water
- 2 tablespoon nutritional yeast
Instructions
- Peel the sweet potato and cut into 2cm pieces
- Bring a saucepan of water to boil. Add the sweet potato and cashews. Boil the sweet potatos for 12 to 15 minutes, or until cooked. Test with a fork or knife. Once cooked through, drain the water, and add the cashews and sweet potato to a blender
- Whilst the potato and cashews are cooking, sautee 2 cloves of garlic & your brown onion (both finely chopped) in a pan, with either olive oil or veggie stock. Once the onions have browned (approx 3 minutes), transfer to the blender with the cashews and sweet potato
- In the same saucepan, add 1 clove of garlic & the sliced shitake mushrooms. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes with olive oil or veggie stock. Turn off heat once ready
- Cook your pasta as per the packet instructions (al dente)
- Add the smooth tofu, salt, dijonaise, cayenne pepper, smoked paprika, nutritional yeast, and veggie stock to the blender. Blend on high until very smooth. I blend mine for at least 2 minutes
- Once the pasta is cooked, drain and add to the saucepan with the mushrooms. Turn the heat back on, and pour over the pasta sauce from the blener cup. Slowly stir through the sauce. Stir for approximately 1 minute. Turn of the heat and serve straight away!
Nutrition
Calories: 456kcal