Creamy Swede Vegan Mac And Cheese

This dairy free, creamy mac and cheese is thanks to a cunning combination of blended swede and cashews. It's revolutionary!

Course Main Course, Pasta

Cuisine American

Diet Vegan, Vegetarian

Keyword cheesy swede recipes, roast swede recipes, swede pasta recipes, swede recipes, vegan mac and cheese

Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 40 mins

Total Time 1 hr

Servings

Calories 824

6 Tablespoons Nutritional Yeast
2 Teaspoons Miso Paste
1/2 Teaspoon White Pepper
2 Teaspoon Dijon Mustard
200 g Cashews soaked overnight, or alternatively soak for 30mins in freshly boiled water.
1 Medium (around 700g) Swede peeled and cubed
2 Medium Onion peeled and roughly chopped
2 Cloves Garlic roughly chopped
2 Slices White Bread
800 g Small Pasta
1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil
100 ml Water

Preheat your oven to 200˚c.
Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and tip in the pasta. Boil for around 1/2 the recommended time on labelled on the packet, until the pasta begins to soften but still has a lot of bite. This normally takes about 3 minutes. Drain the pasta and leave to rest until needed.
Place the soaked cashews into a high speed blender with the 100ml of water. Blitz until the cashews are smooth and creamy.
Place the cubed swede, onion and garlic in a large saucepan and cover with water. Salt heavily, then cover and simmer for 20 minutes until the swede is soft.
Once the swede is cooked, drain the vegetables and tip then into the blender with the cashews. Sprinkle in the nutritional yeast, white pepper, mustard and miso paste. Whiz the vegetable mixture until smooth. You may need to scrape down the sides of the blender to make sure everything mixes well.
Place the slices of bread in a toaster and cook until golden brown. Place in a small blender and whiz into rough breadcrumbs.
Combine the blended swede and pasta in a large oven safe pan. Top with the breadcrumbs and drizzle with the vegetable oil. Sprinkle a little kosher salt over the breadcrumbs. Then place in the oven for 15 - 20 minutes until the top of the mac and cheese is nicely browned.
Serve immediately with seasonal veggies.