Vegan cheese substitute with cashews and sun-dried tomatoes

Photo of three crackers with vegan cashews cheese, substitute, spread and pomegranate seeds and dill as topping and a small bowl with the dip inside. A delicious vegan recipe!

Awesome vegan cream cheese, perfect for spread and dip. Impressive both in taste and presentation and serving possibilities. Definitely worth a try!

Course Appetizer, appetizers

Cuisine Vegan

Keyword appetizer, cheese, cheesy, creamy, fasting, nutritional yeast, quick, raw, raw vegan, recipe, simple, snack, spread, sun-dried tomatoes, vegan, dip, recipe, vegetarian

Cook Time 5

Soaking time 1

Total Time 1 5

Servings dip

Calories 666kcal

Author Thodoris Tibilis

Equipment

Blender or
Food Processor

Ingredients

2 cups cashews
7 sun-dried tomatoes
5 Tbsp nutritional yeast
½ cup olive oil
6 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
6 Tbsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp red vinegar
2 Tbsp onion powder
½ tsp smoked paprika
¼ tsp turmeric powder
⅛ tsp chilli powder or cayenne pepper powder (for a more spicy effect)
salt and pepper

Instructions

Vegan cheese for spread

Soak the cashews overnight or for an hour in hot water and then drain them.
If using dried sun-dried tomatoes, soak them in hot water for one hour. If they're in oil, use them as they are.
Put all the ingredients in the multi or blender and blend well.

Serving

You can use it:
As a spread on crackers, bread, and toasts
As a dip with breadsticks or vegetable sticks (carrot, pepper, celery, etc.)
As an appetizer on festive tables, spread on crackers and decorated with combinations of different ingredients, such as pomegranate and dill
At a party buffet, spread on crackers with cherry tomatoes and olives on top
As an accompanying dip, for meal or wine, with breadsticks
As an appetizer, spread in celery "boats" (cutting the stalks into 10 cm/4 in long sticks, filling them with the vegan cheese and sprinkling with chopped red pepper on top

Notes

If you do not serve it immediately, store it in the refrigerator in an airtight bowl because it will dry and darken if left for a long time in contact with the air.
In our recipe we use unsalted raw cashews. However, you can also try salted and roasted , and the result is just as impressive.

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