Ingredients
- Cashew cheese:
- 280g cashew nuts
- 250ml water
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp onion granules
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg li>
- Mushroom and chestnut pie:
- 500 g mushrooms (I used chestnuts)
- 100 g chestnuts
- 250 g firm tofu
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- 2 shallots
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1/2 tsp yeast flakes
- 1/4 tsp peppercorns
- 1/2 tsp salt li>
- 1 tsp chopped or dried herbs like sage or thyme
- 3 tbsp mushroom ketchup (optional)
- 1 tsp lemon juice soup
- Flaxseed -Crackers:
- 300 g flaxseeds (you can use half golden and half golden brown if you have it)
- 30 g sunflower seeds
- 200 ml water< /li>
- 1/2 tsp salt
- A small bouquet of cavolo nero
Preparation
Cashew cheese
- The cashew nuts in a Glass bowl and cover with water, soak for at least 2 hours or leave overnight.
- Drain the cashews, puree with 250ml water, nutritional yeast, salt and lemon juice. If your flakes of nutritional yeast are quite large, you may want to put them in the blender first to break them up so they’re nice and small. Keep stirring until you have a nice creamy batter.
- Stir in the onion granules and nutmeg.
- Pour the mixture into a jar or bowl and keep covered 12 hours at room temperature stand hours.
- Place the mixture in the fridge and let it cool for at least 2 hours.
Pâté mushrooms chestnuts
- Cut a cross into each chestnut and roast for 30 minutes at 170°C on a baking tray.
- Put your tofu block on top a flat surface between two folded kitchen towels and place something heavy on it to squeeze out the water.
- While the chestnuts are roasting, sauté the onion and garlic in large chunks in a skillet until tender. Roughly chop the mushrooms and add to the pan, cook until all liquid has evaporated, 10-15 minutes.
- Stir in the crushed peppercorns, salt, herbs and mushroom ketchup. Cook for a few more minutes until the ketchup has reduced, then allow to cool.
- Once the chestnuts are roasted, remove from the oven and allow to cool before peeling.
- The Place chestnuts in a blender and puree until coarsely chopped. Add the cooled mushroom mixture, tofu, nutritional yeast, and lemon juice. Mix until you have a fairly smooth batter.
- Pour the mixture into a springform pan or lined cake tin and press firmly. Place in the fridge for at least 2 hours, preferably overnight.
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