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cashew cream tomato sauce

Cashew Cream and Tomato Sauce

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
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Servings

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1/2 a jar of your favorite tomato sauce roughly 1.5 cups I always use Trader Joe’s garlic marinara
  • 2 cups of fresh tomatoes Costco’s sweet yellow tomatoes are delicious, always fresh, and the perfect sweetness to this recipe
  • 5 cloves of fresh garlic
  • 2 teaspoons of Bakto ground Madagascar vanilla bean
  • 1 teaspoon of red chili flakes optional for spicy
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • ½ cup of cashews. Raw nuts only not salted or roasted
  • 1 cup of water

Instructions

  • In a small pot, heat all ingredients for tomato sauce together over a low heat. Tomatoes heat up very quickly, so a high heat would burn your sauce AND splatter all around your kitchen! Stir to combine every minute or two.
  • While the sauce is heating up, place cashews and water in your blender/ food processor/ Vitamix.
  • Blend on high for 1 minute.
  • After 5 minutes, taste your sauce, make sure the correct amount of salt and pepper is added. Turn off heat.
  • Pour carefully into your blender/ food processor/ Vitamix with the cashew cream. Blend on high for 2 minutes until sauce is smooth and creamy.
  • Serve over fresh pasta, if desired, add some cheese on top like pictured above.