Creamy Vegan Mushroom Pasta

Ingredients

Difficulty: Easy

• 200g pasta of choice
• 250g mushrooms, sliced
• 75g raw cashews, soaked
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 250ml plant milk
• 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
• Handful of parsley, chopped
• Salt and black pepper

Method

1. 1

   Boil the pasta in well-salted water until just shy of al dente. Reserve a cup of pasta water.

2. 2

   Blend the soaked cashews with the plant milk and nutritional yeast until completely smooth.

3. 3

   Sear the mushrooms in the oil over high heat until golden, then add the garlic and cook until fragrant.

4. 4

   Pour in the cashew cream and a splash of pasta water, then simmer until it coats the back of a spoon.

5. 5

   Toss through the drained pasta, loosening with more pasta water, and finish with parsley and black pepper.