Hard Sliceable Cashew Cheese

• servings: 20 servings
• total time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup Raw Cashews ((150g))

1/3 cup Water ((80ml))

5 Tbsp Lemon Juice (Freshly Squeezed)

2 Tbsp Coconut Oil

1/4 cup Tahini ((60g))

1/2 Medium Raw Carrot ((~30g) peeled and sliced)

2 1/2 tsp Salt

1/4 tsp Paprika

1/8 tsp Cayenne Pepper

1 Tbsp Dijon Mustard

1/4 cup Nutritional Yeast

1 tsp Garlic Powder (or flakes)

1 cup Water ((240ml))

1 Tbsp Agar Agar Powder (must be powder and not flakes*)

Directions

Add the cashews, 1/3 cup water, lemon juice, coconut oil, tahini, carrot, salt, paprika, cayenne, dijon mustard, nutritional yeast and garlic powder to the blender and blend until very smooth. Leave the mix in the blender and set aside.

Add 1 cup of water and the agar agar powder to a saucepan and heat, stirring regularly until boiling. Boil it for 1 minute (time it), stirring regularly and after 1 minute remove it from the heat and pour it into the blender on top of the cheese mix.

Blend until smooth.

Moving quickly, as it will start setting up very fast, pour the mix out into a round dish sprayed with non-stick spray.

Refrigerate until set. To remove from the bowl, turn upside down onto a plate.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 4 Slices
• Calories: 71 kcal
• Total Fat: 6 g
• Saturated Fat: 2 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
• Sodium: 303 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1 g
• Total Sugars: 1 g
• Protein: 2 g