Friday 9 January 2015

Recipe #78: Mash with vegan cheese sauce

Ingredients

  • 4 medium potatoes,
  • 250gr chest mushrooms
  • sea salt, 
  • black pepper powder
  • Black pepper corns
  • nutmeg, 
  • garlic powder,
  • 3 tablespoons of nutritional yeast,
  • 2 tablespoons of dairy free butter,
  • 1 1/2 cups soya milk,
  • 1 tablespoon of plain flour,
  • 115 gr dairy free cheese - suggested Violife Cheddar
  • Olive oil,
  • 150 gr asparagus

For the mash:
Boil the potatoes in water and some salt. Drain the water, mash them with: 1-2 tablespoons of butter, drizzle of olive oil, dash of nutmeg, sea salt and pepper and 1 tablespoon of nutritional yeast.

For the mushrooms and asparagus:
In a wok sauté the mushrooms and asparagus in 2 tablespoons of olive oil - season with salt, pepper, garlic powder and hot paprika. Add 3-4 tablespoons of water if you want some spicy sauce on the mushrooms.

For the sauce:
Separately heat the soy milk with 2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast, salt, pepper powder and 15 pepper corns. With a fork always stirring, add 1 tablespoon of flour, the cheese (cut into small pieces) - keep stirring while the sauce thickens and the cheese melts. 

Serve the sautéed mushrooms with the mash and pour the cheese sauce over the potatoes. Decorate with dry parsley (optional).


(Served with Linda McCartney's sausages)