Creamy Cashew Butter Pasta

This creamy plant-based pasta is covered in a thick, nutty cashew sauce, takes only 30-minutes to make and is ideal as a delicious weeknight meal.

Preparation + cooking time: 30 minutes

Ingredients (serves 2)

• 200g pasta wholewheat
• 150g haricot beans (ends slices off)
• 3 garlic cloves (sliced)
• Black pepper
• Salt to taste
• 2 tbsp olive oil (and extra to drizzle)
• Sauce
• 3 tbsp cashew butter
• 1 heaped tbsp nutritional yeast
• 3/4 reserved pasta water or hot water
• Pinch or two of salt to taste
• Sprinkle cayenne pepper

Method

1. Cook the pasta in salted boiling water, cook for as long as directed (reserve some of the pasta water), drain
2. Combine all the sauce ingredients together until it resembles a smooth paste
3. Add oil to a frying pan, and garlic and add the beans, pinch of salt, black pepper and cook for a few minutes
4. Add the cooked pasta into the beans, stir the cashew sauce thoroughly into the pasta, drizzle with more olive oil and add a touch more salt if needed, serve