Super comforting and delicious – kind of like cheese and beans on toast, but even better. This is so incredibly tasty – one for all the family.
Ok so this is a kind of like cheese and beans on toast, but as that’s one of my favourite comfort meals, I’m totally happy with that.
My vegan version is a lovely smoky bean dish with roast aubergine and red peppers, a rich tomato sauce with chickpeas and flageolet beans (use your favourites), topped with ‘cheesy’ toasts!
I toasted some rye bread, which I then topped with a big smear of cashew cheese and popped it under the grill and served it with the smokey beans–so comforting and delicious.
There’s a couple of options for the cashew cheese–a quicker non-fermented version which is tasty and another fermented version, which if you have time it’s definitely worth it.
You can flavour the cheese as you wish; plain but seasonal well, with nutritional yeast for extra cheesy-ness, truffle oil is amazing, or with spices–I love adding smoked paprika.
I hope you enjoy, much love Niki xxx
Super comforting and delicious - kind of like cheese and beans on toast, but even better. This is so incredibly tasty - one for all the family.
Prep time: 1 hour hr
Cook time: 40 minutes mins
4 servings
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Ingredients
- 2 red peppers chopped
- 1 aubergine sliced
- Olive oil
- Sea salt
For the beans
- 2 onions sliced roughly
- 4 cloves garlic sliced
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp rose harissa or 1 tsp harissa
- 6 organic tomatoes chopped
- 500 ml water
- 1 tsp brown rice miso
- 1 tsp tamari
- 1 tin organic chickpeas drained
- 1 tin organic flageolet beans
- 1 tsp sea salt
- Twist black pepper
- Optional–1 tsp maple syrup
- Handful kale chopped finely
For the cashew cheese
Basic–not fermented
- 200 g cashews soaked for at least 4 hrs
- 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp English mustard or Dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 50 ml water
Fermented/aged cheese
- 200 g cashews soaked for at least 4 hrs
- Water to cover
- 1 pro-biotic capsule
- Season well
- Plus flavours of choice–lemon juice nutritional yeast, any spices
To serve
- Bread of choice
- Fresh basil
Instructions
Pre heat your oven to 180c.
First, roast the peppers and aubergine by adding them with the oil and salt to a baking tray. Bake for approximately 25 minutes or until roasted.
In the meantime–add the oil and onion to a wide bottom pan and fry gently on a low heat for around 10 minutes until soft and browning. Add the garlic and spices and fry for 30 seconds more.
Add the tomatoes and harissa to the pan and cook for 5-10 minutes until the tomatoes have softened.
Now add the water, miso, tamari and cook on a low heat for 15 minutes.
Add the beans, roast veg, salt, black pepper and optional maple syrup to the pan and simmer for a further 5 minutes
Option 1 -To make the quick cashew cheese.
Add all the ingredients to a food processor or high-speed blender and blitz until very smooth. Transfer to jars and store in the fridge.
Option 2- To make the fermented cheese;
Add all the ingredients to a food processor or high-speed blender and blitz until very smooth.
Transfer to a glass or wooden bowl. Add a pro-biotic capsule. Stir with a wooden spoon.
Cover with a cloth for 24 hrs–a slight crust should have formed and it should taste slightly ‘cheesy’
Now season and flavour as desired.
Divide and transfer to ring molds or small pots with lids. Transfer to the fridge.
Mold option
After 4-5 hrs, the cheese should have set and you can remove the mold.
Can be kept for 3 months–the flavour will develop and a outer crust will come from.
To serve
Toast some bread
Top toast with a smear of cashew cheese. Pop back under the grill until the cheese colours.
Serve the cheesy toasts with the beans.
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2 Responses
This looks absolutely delicious but can I just check – do you stir the roasted aubergines and peppers in to the beans? And when/where do you add the kale? Can’t wait to try this! Thank you : )
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Hi Francesca
Just with the beans 🙂 Much love
Niki xxxReply
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