Sauce, cream and sour cream from cashews! Bashny.Net

You ever tasted a delicious vegan desserts in the image and likeness resembling rich cream, but more secure in terms of fat and calories? They are based often use a cream made of cashew nuts, is a real find for us, seekers of gluten-free and bestcasino the joys of life. If you also are using raw nuts, then the product will turn out raw food (another bonus for digestion).

Today we cook a cream of cashews for 3 recipes. It is obtained by soaking nuts and their subsequent pulverization-mixing in a blender/food processor. How much water you add depends on the consistency of the final product ("cheese" to "cream").





 

In cream can add whatever you want:

• honey or maple syrup — will be a dessert option
• salt or lemon — here's the sour cream
• cocoa powder and vanilla extract for a cream cake will do

It is very important in the preparation of a cream from cashews good nuts to survive in soaked form. Then process in the blender will go better. You need to take into account the fact that the roasted cashew nuts will NOT give the desired neutral taste, and besides more difficult mixing in a blender. The cream can to pack tightly and store in the refrigerator for four to five days.

I will give you some recommendations on the use of the cream:

• Add to the soup instead of cream or milk (Yay! Again soup!)
• Use in desserts instead of cream.
• As a sauce (no casein!) for your favorite dishes, including vegetable. In this case you will need more liquid version of the cream and will need to "charge" it with spices and salt. Options soon discuss.

Three recipes cashew-cream in different versions.

Cashew cream "as a creamy" (base)Yield: about 3 cups

Ingredients:

• 2 cups raw cashew nuts
• 1 Cup cold water + extra if needed
• 1/2 — 3/4 tsp salt (optional)
• 1-2 tbsp lemon juice (optional)
• 2 tbsp sweetener (honey, for the COURT/SCD , maple syrup or sugar, depending on the restrictions

Preparation:Soak cashews in cold water to remove overnight in the refrigerator in a sealed container. To drain the water. Place the nuts in a food processor (or very powerful blender). The pulsating grind. When the motor is add clean drinking water, stopping as necessary to scrape off from the walls of the nut mass. Depending on your desired consistency add more (than 1 Cup) of water. So it is possible to obtain the final product in a wide range — from "whipped cream" (a lot) to the lungs (fluid like milk). Further, the purpose (and therefore taste) add the spices, salt, lemon juice or sweeten. Sour creamYield about 1½ cups

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup (about 120 g) raw cashew nuts
• 1 lemon
• 1 tsp sea salt

Preparation:1.Soak the nuts in clean drinking water so that it only covered. To withstand at least 1 hour. You can remove overnight in the refrigerator, covered (preferably, unless you have a powerful high-speed blender).

2.Drain the water from the nuts and put them in a blender together with salt and a squeeze of lemon juice. To turn on the blender and process, stopping as needed to scrape from the walls a lot. The end product should have a uniform consistency of sour cream. For more liquid consistency add more water.

Store in the refrigerator for five days.

Nutritional properties: the entire recipe, about 200 g, 675 calories, 53 g fat, 9 g vivid., 0 mg cholesterol, 2340 mg sodium, 43 g carbohydrates, 4 g fiber, 22 g protein, 41% of the days vitamin K, 88% days of magnesium, 45% iron, 22% copper days, 34% of selenium, GN 14.

Dessert sauce "butter", This sauce may find multiple applications. It will come in handy as

• gravies or toppings for pancakes and fritters (you can add berries, fruit or puree)
• the sauce (dip) for sliced fruit
• cream-filling for cakes and cookies
• and more — be creative.

Ingredients:

• ½ Cup (60 g) raw cashew nuts
• ½ Cup hot water
• ½ Tsp vanilla extract (gluten-free)
• ½ Tsp cinnamon (optional)
• 1 tsp. honey
• a little salt to taste

Preparation:Soak cashews in water, withstand half an hour. Put everything in a blender (need high processing power or food processor) add the vanilla, cinnamon, honey. Crush to obtain a homogeneous consistency. Season with salt to taste. Store in the refrigerator for weeks.

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

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