Vegan Ricotta Stuffed Pasta
Ingredients
- 18 pieces of shell pasta [about 200g]
- 1 1/2 cups cashews, soaked for 2-3 hours
- or 5min in hot water]
- 1/2 cup unsweetened plant milk
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 small cloves of garlic
- salt & pepper to taste
- 250 g frozen vegan cream spinach
- it’s frozen spinach mixed with a little vegan cream, you can also use regular spinach]
- 1 can of tomatoes, seasoned & cut into pieces
- a handful of pine nuts
- vegan parmesan or any grated vegan cheese
- a few sprigs fresh thyme
Preparation
Add all ingredients for the ricotta cheese [cashews, plant milk, lemon juice, nutritional yeast, garlic, salt & pepper] into a good blender and mix until smooth & creamy
Defrost spinach
Put the canned tomato chunks into a casserole/oven dish
Stuff the shell pasta with ricotta and spinach
Put them on top of the tomato base
Top with vegan parmesan, herbs
And pine nuts
Bake at 200c/400f for about 20 minutes