Easy recipe for a vegan Mozzarella Cheese made out of cashews. You’ll only need 7 ingredients! This Cashew Mozzarella is perfect for pizza, quesadillas, or grilled cheese sandwiches!
Lately, I’ve been experimenting a lot with vegan cheeses and this vegan Cashew Mozzarella cheese was one of my favorites! It’s quick and easy to make (if you have the cashews already soaked). Did you know that you can store cashews soaking in water in the fridge for months? It’s really useful if you plan on making vegan cheeses but you don’t know when exactly.
For this Cashew Mozzarella Cheese, you’ll only need 7 ingredients:
- cashews
- tapioca starch (makes it stretchy!)
- garlic clove
- nutritional yeast (makes it cheesy)
- salt
- lemon juice
- and water
Uses for the Cashew Mozzarella …
- pizza (I like to make a minimalistic Margherita pizza with only tomato sauce, cashew mozzarella, and fresh basil (after baking), but feel free to add more toppings if you like!)
- lasagne (this cashew mozzarella makes a creamy top layer!)
- grilled cheese sandwiches (you can also make your own sandwich bread!)
- quesadillas (spread it onto 2 tortillas, add the fillings, fold the cheesy sides together, heat in a pan until crispy – yumm!)
- mozzarella sticks (cut the mozzarella in sticks, coat in breadcrumbs, and fry)
- caprese salad (sliced mozzarella, sliced tomatoes, and basil)
As you can see, I’ve made a delicious Margherita Pizza with the cashew mozzarella. It was absolutely divine! I also sprinkled crushed pepper onto the mozzarella before baking.
Cashew Mozzarella
Ingredients
- 1 cup cashews (raw, unsalted, soaked see step 1)
- 4 teaspoons tapioca starch
- 2 small garlic clove
- 4 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- Soak the cashews in water overnight. The next day, rinse and drain the cashews.
- Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until completely smooth. You might have to scrape down the sides a few times.
- Transfer half of the cheese mixture into a saucepan and bring to medium heat. Keep stirring until it gets stretchy and comes together in a ball. Repeat for the other half. Then transfer the cheese balls into a container, let them cool off, close the lid and let it chill in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
- You can slice it and use it on pizza, in quesadillas, in grilled cheese sandwiches or however you would use regular mozzarella!
Daniel
Saturday 8th of May 2021
There is something off about this recipe. I have made it three times, because my wife likes the texture for her thin crust pizza, but I have made many cashew mozzarella recipes and they all turn out white. I believe the error is that it says 4 teaspoons of tapioca starch when it should be 4 tablespoons. Most mozzarella recipes have tapioca starch in tablespoon measures. That is the only thing I can think. I haven't tried that yet, but will next time to see if there is a difference and will update. I also drop a quarter teaspoon of salt and it is much better.
Jeanne
Saturday 13th of March 2021
I made this cheese wow was wonderful. But quick question why add water and not a non dairy milk product ?
Bianca
Tuesday 30th of March 2021
you can absolutely use any kind of plant-based milk instead of water.
Mary
Friday 12th of March 2021
Can I use pinon nuts instead of cashews?
Hannah Pham
Monday 8th of March 2021
It smelled really good but it was a bit soft.
Moshe
Monday 7th of December 2020
Nutritional yeast is sold in two formats: flakes or granules. There is a significant difference in weight and volume. Could you specify the amount by weight or which type you used to measure the volume.
Bianca
Monday 7th of December 2020
I use nutritional yeast flakes ;)