Recipe: Perfect Vegan mac and “cheese”

Vegan mac and “cheese”. This classic baked vegan mac and cheese is everything you want a mac and cheese to be. It's creamy, saucy, ultra cheesy and topped with a This is really a 'classic' vegan mac and cheese recipe in the sense that a classic mac and cheese usually involves a bechamel sauce with heaps of. I always feel bad when a non-vegan tastes vegan "cheese" for the first time.

How To Make Vegan Mac And Cheese. The vegan macaroni and cheese recipes out there are definitely hit or miss… and the bad ones are really bad. I remember back when I first went vegan, trying a recipe that attempted to mimic the cheesy taste by using a combination of nutritional yeast and Dijon. You can cook Vegan mac and “cheese” using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Vegan mac and “cheese”

1. It's of macaroni pasta.
2. It's of small-medium butternut squash cut into chunks.
3. Prepare of cashews soaked in water for a few hours.
4. You need of Marmite.
5. Prepare of Dijon mustard.
6. Prepare of Lemon.
7. It's of Nutmeg.
8. You need of Smoked paprika.
9. It's of Breadcrumbs.

Vegan Mac and Cheese - Recipe Tips: Always make sure to use unsweetened plant-based milk. The recipes won't work with sweetened or flavored milk. Unlike most other vegan mac and cheese recipes it's completely nut-free and can also easily be made soy-free. Watch how to make the most amazing vegan mac and cheese in this short recipe video!

Vegan mac and “cheese” instructions

1. Cook the pasta according to pack instructions, drain and set aside.
2. Boil the butternut squash in a large pan of water for about 20 mins until soft.
3. Tip the butternut squash and cashews into a food processor and blitz until combined and smooth. You may want to add a little of the water the squash cooked in to loosen it a bit.
4. Add a teaspoon each of marmite, mustard, lemon juice and a sprinkling of smoked paprika and nutmeg and some salt and pepper..
5. Blitz it again then taste it and decide if you need to add any of the ingredients to adjust the flavour..
6. Pour the sauce into the Macaroni and mix well.
7. Transfer the Mac and “cheese” to an ovenproof dish and sprinkle on the breadcrumbs.
8. Bake in the oven at 180c for about 30 mins until the breadcrumbs are golden and crispy.

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