500 grams pasta of your choise (we usually like here whole spelt)
For the sauce:
1 package silken tofu (340 g, I like Morinaga's)
¼ cup pine nuts
½ cup cashews
4 table spoons nutritional yeast
¼ cup unsweetened plant based milk
2 table spoons fresh lemon juice
2 garlic cloves
1 tea spoon mustard
½ tea spoon salt
¼ tea spoon turmeric
For the "bacon":
½ cup adzuki beans
⅓ cup raw buckwheat groats
4 table spoons nutritional yeast
2 table spoons tomato paste
1 table spoon soy sauce (sub with tamari if you want to keep this gluten free)
1 table spoon pure maple syrup
1 table spoon olive oil
1 tea spoon smoked paprike
½ tea spoon salt
Optional add ins:
green peas
הוראות הכנה
Make the "bacon" in advance: soak the adzuki beans and buckwheat groats together for about 12 hours, then drain. Add to a food processor along with the other ingredients and process until it is completely mixed (you will need to stop and scrape the sides of the food processor back to the blades from time to time). Flatten the mix on a baking sheet inside a Pyrex pan, spread a second baking sheet on top and press with your hands to flatten evenly. Place in an oven pre-heated to 100 C for about 10 minutes. Take out of the oven, let cool a bit, then cut into small rectangles and cook in a non-stick pan with olive oil for a few minutes on each side until it has browned (the "bacon" pieces can also be frozen before the pan then cooked at a later time).
Cook the pasta according to the manufacturer's instructions. In the meanwhile make the sauce: place all sauce ingredients into a high speed blender (the cashews are better to be soaked 10 minutes in hot water or 10 hours in lukewarm water) and blend until it is smooth.
Assemble the dish: pour the sauce on top of the pasta, add the peas and the "bacon". Serve immediately. For a perfect look: grate some Brazil nuts on top for the Parmesan look and feel, optionally with some more nutritional yeast, for the cheesy smoky taste.
Recipe by Vegan High Tech Mom at https://www.veganhightechmom.com/%d7%a4%d7%a1%d7%98%d7%94-%d7%a7%d7%a8%d7%91%d7%95%d7%a0%d7%a8%d7%94-%d7%98%d7%91%d7%a2%d7%95%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%aa/