Spiced Cashew Cheese
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Cuisine: Snack
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Serves: 1 cheese ball
 
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups soaked cashews
  • ½ tsp minced garlic (I only had dry but fresh is good too)
  • ½ tsp paprika
  • ½ tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1 tbs nutritional yeast (nooch)
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • juice 1 small lemon
  • 4 tbs milk
  • ⅓ cup water (best if you use the water your cashews soaked in)
  • cheese cloth
  • 1 tbs seasoned salt for outside of cheese
Instructions
  1. Place all ingredients except milk and water in blender or food processor. Vitamix works best for this for a smoother consistency. Mixture will be very dry.
  2. Add milk and keep blending. Slowly add the water until mixture is still thick, but blending by itself in the vitamix or food processor. IE: you don't have to keep mixing it yourself to get it to move in the blender.
  3. Pour/scrape mixture onto a piece of cheese cloth. I doubled mine up for extra support. Wrap the cheese cloth around ball and tie at the top. Place cheesecloth ball in a strainer and set strainer in a sauce pan. Place in fridge for 6 or more hours, over night is best but not necessary.
  4. Take cheese cloth ball from fridge. Remove cheese cloth and place cashew ball on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a glass baking dish.
  5. Sprinkle seasoned salt all over cheese.
  6. Bake in oven at 250 degrees for 45 minutes or until top is cracking and a little firm.
  7. Remove from oven and enjoy with crackers or crudites. Enjoy!
Recipe by Peppers and Peaches at https://www.peppersandpeaches.com/spiced-cashew-cheese/