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Home » Thermomix » Thermomix Vegan Mac and Cheese

Thermomix Vegan Mac and Cheese

9 · Mar 29, 2020 · Leave a Comment

This Thermomix Vegan Mac and Cheese is really good, even if I do say so myself.

Well, the little Tapita says it too.

thermomix Vegan Mac and Cheese recipe by Feisty Tapas

I had to create it specifically for her after she tried and loved Vegan Mac and Cheese at the market last year and then at Starbucks.

She prefers it to normal mac and cheese, go figure.

The girl just isn't a big cheese fan.

So this Vegan Mac and Cheese sauce was especially designed for her and she asks for it regularly now.

It's so easy to make!

It also is really easy to have all the ingredients at home.

Have you joined my Thermo Cooking UK with Feisty Tapas group?

Don't have nutritional yeast flakes?

Don't add them. It works well without them. Just less of the cheesy taste that they provide.

Don't have cashews?

They are added for creaminess and to thicken but your Thermomix will still blend this to a very smooth sauce so not strictly necessary if you don't want or you can't add them due to nut allergies.

If you don't add them, reduce the stock a bit or add extra Butternut Squash so that the sauce is still thick.

Could I have the sauce without the pasta?

Of course you could, it goes really well over vegetables, thick vegan, dairy-free cauliflower cheese! Or over mixed vegetables like broccoli and carrots.

You could even use bread crumbs to top it and pop it under the grill.

This makes enough sauce for about 4 servings. You can double or triple this recipe and it will freeze ok.

You choose how much pasta you want to cook. If in doubt, just double the sauce.

Ready for the recipe?

Thermomix Vegan Mac and Cheese

Handy and rather fancy printable card further down

Ingredients

100 g cooked BNS (cooked whole first in Instant Pot)

1 tsp olive oil

1 small onion

2 garlic cloves

½ tsp paprika

⅛ tsp turmeric (don’t worry if you don’t have any, it’s fine without, the paprika is more important)

Black pepper

35 g raw cashew nuts

Juice of one lemon

300 ml hot water

1.5 tbsp of my vegetable stock paste

2 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes

Macaroni (I don’t weigh this, just calculate however much you need for your family).

thermomix Vegan Mac and Cheese recipe by Feisty Tapas

Method

1.

Cook the Butternut Squash whole in Instant Pot following this method. Cool a bit. Peel and dice the 100 g you’ll need for the sauce. Although you don’t really need to peel the BNS, the skin becomes very soft when pressure cooked and is edible.

2.

Get a big pan of water heating up while you cook the sauce, ready to boil the pasta later.

3.

Chop the onion and garlic in Thermomix with olive oil (5 seconds, speed 5), scrape down the sides and cook for about 7 minutes on speed 1, 100°C.

4.

Add the cubed BNS with the spices, black pepper, lemon juice and cashews 100°C, speed 1 for 4 minutes.

5.

Add the hot water and vegetable stock paste. Take the bowl out of the thermomix base and let it cool down with the lid off. I tend to blend once it’s cooled down to 60°C at least (to check the temperature all you have to do is place the Thermomix bowl back on the base). You can always heat up the sauce for a few minutes after blending at 100°C on speed 1.

6.

While the sauce is cooling, cook the pasta according to the pack.

7.

Once the Thermomix bowl has cooled down enough, add the yeast flakes and blend for 1 minute on speed 9. Check if you want to add any salt.

8.

Drain the pasta and mix the sauce with the pasta in batches. Serve. Then drizzle the served pasta with a bit more sauce.

thermomix Vegan Mac and Cheese recipe by Feisty Tapas

Thermomix Vegan Mac and Cheese

Maria
A dairy free sauce. This makes enough sauce for about 4 servings. You can double or triple this recipe and it will freeze ok. You choose how much pasta you want to cook. If in doubt, just double the sauce.
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Course Main Course
Servings 4 people, scale it up to feed as many as you want

Equipment

  • Thermomix

Ingredients
  

  • 100 g cooked Butternut Squash cooked whole first in Instant Pot, if yours is raw, increase the cooking time until it's cooked. Find the method here
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 1 small onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • ½ tsp paprika
  • ⅛ tsp turmeric don’t worry if you don’t have any, it’s fine without, the paprika is more important
  • Black pepper
  • 35 g raw cashew nuts
  • Juice of one lemon
  • 300 ml hot water
  • 1.5 tbsp of my vegetable stock paste
  • 2 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes don't worry if you don't have any, it just becomes a less cheesy-flavoured sauce but still oh so lovely!
  • Macaroni I don’t weigh this, just calculate however much you need for your family, think about 80-100 g per person depending on their appetites.

Instructions
 

  • Cook the Butternut Squash whole in Instant Pot following this method. Cool a bit. Peel and dice the 100 g you’ll need for the sauce. Although you don’t really need to peel the BNS, the skin becomes very soft when pressure cooked and is edible. Don't have an Instant Pot? Use BNS from raw and increase the cooking time in step 4.
  • Get a big pan of water heating up while you cook the sauce, ready to boil the pasta later.
  • Chop the onion and garlic in Thermomix with olive oil (5 seconds, speed 5), scrape down the sides and cook for about 7 minutes on speed 1, 100°C.
  • Add the cubed Butternut Squash with the spices, black pepper, lemon juice and cashews 100°C, speed 1 for 4 minutes.
  • Add the hot water and vegetable stock paste. Take the bowl out of the thermomix base and let it cool down with the lid off. Blend once it’s cooled down to at least 60°C (to check the temperature all you have to do is place the Thermomix bowl back on the base). You can always heat up the sauce for a few minutes after blending at 100°C on speed 1.
  • While the sauce is cooling, cook the pasta according to the pack.
  • Once the Thermomix bowl has cooled down enough, add the nutritional yeast flakes and blend for 1 minute on speed 9. Check if you want to add any salt.
  • Drain the pasta. Mix the sauce with the pasta in batches. Serve. Then drizzle the served pasta with a bit more sauce

Notes

Whole Butternut Squash Instant Pot Method here
BNS = Butternut Squash
Vegetable Stock Paste Method here
Tip
You don't have to have this sauce on pasta, it's also great on vegetables
Keyword Bimby, butternut squash, Instant Pot, Instant Pot and Thermomix, Pasta, store cupboard recipe, Thermomix, Thermomix pasta, Thermomix Vegan Mac and Cheese
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