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Smoky Vegan Cheddar Cheese

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Why buy when you can make your own? Make this amazingly tasty vegan cashew-based cheese, seasoned with smoked paprika.

Ingredients

1/2 cup cashews 55 g
3 tbsp nutritional yeast
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tsp agar agar powder
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp smoked paprika
1/4 tsp turmeric
1 tsp salt
1 tsp maple syrup
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 1/2 cups water 375 ml

Directions

1
Soak the cashews in boiling water for 15 minutes.
2
Drain and transfer the cashews to the container of a blender.
3
Add the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth.
4
Pour the mixture in a saucepan, then bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. When the mixture reaches the boiling point, keep simmering for 2 minutes, then remove from the heat. The mixture will be thick and ready to be poured into the ramekins.
5
Pour the mixture into the ramekins. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Enjoy.

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24 comment

  2. Susan
    Reply

    Appreciate your website and cookbook. Can nutritional yeast be replaced with miso? I not a fan of Nutritional yeast so it’s my challenge.

  4. Emma
    Reply

    Hello. This looks amazing, can’t wait to try it. Is there something you can suggest the agar powder could be replaced with?

  6. Kasho
    Reply

    Yeah. I had the same problem with being unable to Copy & Paste the Ingredients. Please Fix this website problem!

  8. Joolz
    Reply

    Try it! Or replace with a spice you like. There is liquid smoke in bottles at the supermarket – i am putting a few drops of that in

  11. Jo
    Reply

    I have also run into this problem before. It works if you can take a “screen shot” but then you can’t exactly make it look like the rest of your recipe if you have your own format for recipes. I hope he can change it.

  14. Lee
    Reply

    Could a couple of drops of liquid smoke replace the smoked paprika (re Dawn’s question)?
    Finding agar agar and nooch was tough! My healthfood store came to the rescue for both items.

  16. Linda
    Reply

    For the people who don’t go for agar agar, or smoked paprika, or whatever, try the straight “cashew cheese” further back on this website – it contains neither of these, just a little more corn flour (sorry, cornstarch!) which I reckon could be substituted here. But both agar agar and nooch are available on the internet, and don’t seem to take very long to arrive. I haven’t tried this one yet, but I’ve tried the previous one, and it was excellent. Thanks BC.

  18. Flora
    Reply

    Hi there! I’ve tried this recipe for multiple times now, but somehow it doesn’t set properly. The second and third time, I used more agar powder and more corn starch than the recipe prescribed, but it stays jiggly and a bit watery.. Do you have any idea how to fix this? Thank you!

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