Dairy-Free Chipotle Cashew Cheese
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Years ago, Navitas Naturals submitted this recipe to our site. I decided to give it a spin, and am updating the recipe with a few changes. One modification is the additional option for nutritional yeast. I felt that this ingredient added more depth, cheesiness, and balance to the flavors.
Author: Alisa Fleming
Serves: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups raw cashews
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ¼ cup filtered water, plus additional as needed
- 2 teaspoons nutritional yeast (optional)
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic or ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ to 1 teaspoon chipotle powder, to taste
- ½ teaspoon sea salt, or to taste
Instructions
- Put the cashews in your food processor or high power blender and process until powdered. I use the single-serve cups on my Ninja blender.
- Add the lemon juice, water, nutritional yeast (if using), garlic, ½ teaspoon chipotle powder, and salt. Process until smooth. If it is too thick for your machine, you an add more water, as needed.
- Taste and blend in more spice or salt, if desired.
- Transfer the mixture to an airtight container and refrigerate for 3 hours or more. It will thicken quite a bit as it sits.
- Keep leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Recipe by Go Dairy Free at https://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/chipotle-cashew-cheese