Fermented Cashews

Name: Fermented Cashews
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Makes: 600g (1lb 5oz) Cheese Base
Ingredients: 100 ml (3½ fl oz) filtered water; 1 probiotic capsule, 2 tbsp kombucha or 2 tbsp sauerkraut/kimchi brine; 1 probiotic capsule, 2 tbsp kombucha or 2 tbsp sauerkraut/kimchi brine; 1 probiotic capsule, 2 tbsp kombucha or 2 tbsp sauerkraut/kimchi brine; 1 probiotic capsule, 2 tbsp kombucha or 2 tbsp sauerkraut/kimchi brine

Cheese Base

Preparation info

Makes:
600
g Cheese Base

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

Plant Academy: The Cookbook

By Lauren Lovatt

Published 2025

About

This is a fermented nut or seed mixture that can be turned into cheese. You can simply flavour the mixture at the end to make a Cultured Sour Cream, use the mixture as a fermented cake base (continue the process to make a hard or soft cheese as in the recipes that follow.

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) nuts or seeds *, soaked in filtered water

Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Blend the soaked and rinsed nuts with the water in a high-powered blender until silky smooth. If the mixture gets hot while blending, leave it to cool before adding your chosen probiotic, as if the mixture is hot it will kill the bacterial culture and the mixture will not ferment.

Add the contents of the probiotic capsule (or your chosen probiotic) and blend briefly again, making sure t