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Vegan Tagliatelle with Butternut Sauce, Cashew Cheese & Sprouted Buckwheat

The Balanced Kitchen
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, English
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

  • 100 g tagliatelle pasta
  • 1 small courgette julienne peeled into thin strips or spiralised if you don't have a julienne peeler or grated if you don't have either!
  • 1 handful cherry tomatoes halved
  • 1 handful fresh spinach washed
  • 0.5 small red onion sliced
  • 1 dash olive oil to serve
  • 0.5 lemon to serve

Butternut Squash Cream Sauce

  • 200 g pre-roasted butternut squash if you do not have pre-roasted, peel, dice and steam the butternut until soft enough to blend
  • 200 mls plantbased milk I used soya
  • 1 tsp dried coriander
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp dried onion powder
  • 0.5 tsp dried garlic
  • 1 pinch sea salt and ground black pepper

Cashew Cream Cheese

  • 1 cup cashews soaked in boiled water for 20 minutes or overnight in cold water
  • 0.5 cup nutritional yeast flakes this will give the cheesy flavour
  • 1 squeeze fresh lemon juice
  • 0.5 tsp ground turmeric
  • 0.5 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 pinch sweet smoked paprika
  • 1 pinch sea salt & Ground black pepper

Sprouted Buckwheat

  • 0.5 cup buckwheat groats left to soak in water for 20 minutes then rinsed a few times per day for 3 days until they begin to sprout. If you do not have time to sprout them, simply soak for 20 mins in cold water

Instructions
 

Cashew Cream Cheese

  • Add all the cashew cream cheese ingredients to a food processor and blitz until smooth.  Leave covered in the fridge while you prepare the rest of the recipe.

Butternut Squash Cream Sauce

  • Add all the butternut squash cream sauce ingredients to a pan and blitz until smooth.  Leave to one side while you cook the pasta.

Pasta and Courgette

  • Cook the pasta as per packet instructions.
  • Once cooked, retain a cup of the cooking water and drain the rest away.
  • Add the courgette and spinach leaves and stir through.
  • Add the butternut squash cream sauce and stir through.
  • Add a little of the cooking water to thin the sauce to your required consistency.
  • Check the temperature of the pasta and reheat gently if needed, otherwise, add to the serving bowl.
  • Add the buckwheat, tomatoes and red onion, a side serving of cashew cream cheese, a dash of olive oil and ground black pepper and serve immediately with a piece of lemon on the side.
Keyword cashew cheese, pasta, vegan
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