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Creamy Cashew and Roasted Capsicum Pasta Sauce; Delicious, vegan and full of healthy fat! Stir it through your favourite pasta for an easy family meal.

Creamy Cashew and Roasted Capsicum Pasta Sauce

Creamy Cashew and Roasted Capsicum Pasta Sauce Delicious, vegan and full of healthy fat! Stir it through your favourite pasta for an easy family meal.

Course Dinner
Keyword Capsicum, Cashews, Pasta, Vegan
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 6

Ingredients

  • 2 red capsicums
  • 2 cloves garlic (peeled)
  • 140 g cashews 68.9g of fat
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 36.6g of fat
  • pinch salt
  • pinch pepper
  • 1 veg stock pot or cube
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 10 basil leaves

Instructions

  1. Boil the kettle.  Place the cashews into the blender and then pour in the cup of boiling water.  Leave them to soak.

  2. Pre heat the oven to 180℃.  Cut the capsicums in half and remove the seeds.  Lie them skin side up on a lined baking tray and drizzle them with olive oil. Place the capsicums into the preheated oven.

  3. After 20 minutes add the garlic to the same tray as the capsicum and roast for a further 10 minutes.

  4. Remove the capsicum and the garlic from the oven and carefully peel the skin off the capsicum (I used tongs).

  5. Blitz the cashews in the blender until it resembles a smooth paste.

  6. Add the capsicum and garlic to the cashew paste and blitz until smooth.

  7. Add the rest of the ingredients and blitz again.

    Creamy Cashew and Roasted Capsicum Pasta Sauce; Delicious, vegan and full of healthy fat! Stir it through your favourite pasta for an easy family meal.

  8. Stir through your favourite pasta.

    Creamy Cashew and Roasted Capsicum Pasta Sauce; Delicious, vegan and full of healthy fat! Stir it through your favourite pasta for an easy family meal.

Recipe Notes

Total fat: approximately 105.5g

6 serves at approximately 17.5g of fat per serve.