Lemony Cashew Cream Sauce

Lemony Cashew Cream Sauce

  • Prep (Soak) Time:
    10 hours
  • Cook Time:
    5 minutes
  • Serves:
    About 1 cup

Ingredients

  • 1 cup raw, unsalted cashews
  • 1/3 cup Kitchen Basics® Original Unsalted Vegetable Stock
  • 3 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice (from 1 large lemon)
  • 1 large clove garlic
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt

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  • Prep (Soak) Time:
    10 hours

  • Cook Time:
    5 minutes

  • Serves:
    About 1 cup
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Puree soaked cashews with stock for a flavorful, savory foundation to versatile creamy cashew sauce. Here, we’ve added lemon and garlic which makes a delicious sauce for bowl meals, roasted vegetables and more.

Prep & Cook Instructions

  1. Add cashews to a medium bowl. Add cold water to cover the nuts by 2 inches. Loosely cover and soak overnight, about 10 to 12 hours. Drain and rinse soaked cashews. 
  2. Combine softened cashews with remaining ingredients in a high speed blender or food processor. Blend or process until very smooth, scraping down sides with a spatula, as needed. If too thick, adjust consistency with small increments of additional stock, blending between additions.

Tips:

  • To store, cover tightly and refrigerate up to 3 days.
  • Create pasta sauces, dips, salad dressings, soups and different variations of cashew cream bowl sauces starting with the soaked nuts and stock. Add any of the following before blending: fresh herbs, sundried tomatoes, sriracha, chili crisp, pesto, chipotle in adobo sauce, olives or mustard.