Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe with Cashew Parmesan by Earthy Cookhouse

Let's make a Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese with cashew parmesan!

A bolognese is typically a meat based sauce that originated in Italy and people love to eat it with spaghetti and lots of cheese. This recipe uses Borges spaghetti pasta which is made from 100% durum wheat and is a great source of protein and fibre. 

You'll need:

For the pasta -

Borges Spaghetti Pasta
2 tbsp Salt
Water

For the sauce -

1 ½ tablespoons Borges olive oil
3 onion, 2 celery and 1 carrot finely diced 
8-10 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 tbsp fresh thyme
1 ½ tsp salt
1 bayleaf
1 tbsp nutritional yeast 
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 tbsp tomato paste
1/2 cup dry red wine
2 vegetable stock cubes with 3 cups water
1/2 cup whole masoor dal soaked overnight or 8 hours
3/4 cup walnuts crushed finely
300 g Tomato paste 
Flat-leaf Italian parsley or fresh basil, chopped or slivered (optional)

For the Cashew Parmesan - 

3/4 cup raw cashews
3 Tbsp nutritional yeast
3/4 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder

Cooking instructions:

Step 1. In a pan, heat Borges cooking olive oil. 

Step 2. Add the diced Onion carrot celery with a pinch of salt.

Step 3. Add garlic, 1 tbsp fresh thyme, 1 tsp oregano and stir

Step 4. Add 1 tbsp tomato paste and cook until the paste is dark red.

Step 5. To this, add 1/2 cup red wine and cook for 1-2 minutes

Step 6. Add veggie broth, the lentils, walnuts, nutritional yeast, passata sauce and bayleaf and stir to incorporate well.

Step 7. Heat until the mixture comes to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low.

Step 8. Cook until the lentils are al dente. 

Step 9. Now add fresh parsley and mix in.

Step 10. While the lentils are cooking, 

Step 11. Take a large pot and add boiling water with 2 tsp salt. 

Step 12. Once boiling add the Borges Spaghetti and cook for 10 mins.

Step 13. In a food processor add dry cashews, nutritional yeast - also called nooch, garlic powder and salt. 

Step 14. Blend until you have a coarse mixture.

Plating Instructions:

In a dish serve the pasta
Top it with a generous serving of the Vegan Bolognese Sauce
Sprinkle cashew parmesan and it's ready!

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