Cheese Paste Sandwich Filling

Name: Cheese Paste Sandwich Filling
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ⅛ teaspoon ground turmeric; 1 tablespoon minced fresh herbs, such as marjoram, parsley, or thyme; 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce or sriracha sauce; 1 teaspoon pink or sea salt; ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika; 2 tablespoons grated onion; 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes; 3 cups (720 ml) water; 1 cup (150 g) raw whole cashews; 1 tablespoon onion powder; 1 tablespoon minced green or red bell pepper

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Caribbean Vegan

By Taymer Mason

Published 2021

About

If you grew up in the Caribbean, you ate cheese paste sandwiches at picnics and for school lunches. The filling is a popular snack and appetizer for West Indian gatherings. A similar filling, called pimento cheese, is made in the American South.

Ingredients

1 cup (150 g) raw whole cashews
3 cups (720

Americas
United States
Lunch
Snack
Starter
Caribbean
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Soak the cashews overnight in the water and leave on the counter. Drain, reserving 2 tablespoons of the soaking water.
Place the cashews, reserved soaking water, nutritional yeast, grated onion, bell pepper, onion powder, herbs, hot sauce, salt, paprika, and turmeric i