Quesadillas Vegan Cheese for Days!

Name: Quesadillas Vegan Cheese for Days!
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 14 ounces (400 g) russet potatoes, peeled; 1 large carrot, peeled; ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons (20 g) nutritional yeast; ⅔ cup (100 g) raw cashews; 1 garlic clove; 1 red jalapeño or other fresh red chile, stemmed and seeded; 1 red jalapeño or other fresh red chile, stemmed and seeded; Juice of ½ lemon; One 15-ounce (425 g) can pinto beans, drained; 1 tablespoon dried oregano; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 8 large flour tortillas; 2 avocados; 2 red jalapeños or other fresh red chiles; 2 red jalapeños or other fresh red chiles; ¼ bunch fresh cilantro; 2 tablespoons sliced pickled jalapeños

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Vegan Everything

By Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer

Published 2019

About

You can enjoy this popular Mexican dish, made with our delicious vegan cheese sauce, at home whenever you like.

Ingredients

For the Cheese Sauce

Salt
14 ounces (400 g) russet potatoes, peeled
1

Americas
Mexico
Dinner
Vegan

Method

To make the cheese sauce, bring a large pot of salted water to boil over high heat. Cut the potatoes and carrot into large chunks. Add to the boiling water and boil for about 15 minutes, until tender. Drain, then return to the pot.
Combine the potatoes, carrot, nutritional yeast, cashews, garlic, jalapeño, and lemon juice in a food processor. Purée until smooth