There was a couple I once knew who would make these amazing stuffed mushrooms. They’d bring them along to parties pre-made, chuck them in the oven for 10 minutes and pop them out for party-goers to munch on. You wouldn’t want to be in the bathroom powdering your nose when they got placed on the table. Blink and you would miss bagging yourself a delicious mushroomy morsel.
I’ve dreamt of those mushrooms for a long while. Only problem is they had cheese on them and I never did actually write the recipe down.
Then I realised you could make cheese out of cashews!
My life got significantly better after that and this vegan version of the amazing stuffed mushrooms was created.
This recipe is my contribution to Virtual Vegan Potluck 2012. Happy World Vegan Day!
What goes in:
20 button mushrooms
For the pesto herby goodness:
4 garlic cloves
2 spring onions
2 cups basil leaves
1/2 cup chives
4 small red chillies
1/4 cup pine nuts
5 tablespoons olive oil
Juice from half a lemon
Salt to taste
For the cashew cheesey goodness
3/4 cup cashews
2-4 tablespoons of water
1 garlic clove
3 teaspoons nutritional yeast
Juice from half a lemon
Salt to taste
How you do it:
Soak the cashews in water for at least three hours but overnight is better.
To make the pesto
Crush the garlic and loosely chop the herbs, chilli and spring onions. Place these and the remaining ingredients into a food processor and pulse until chopped finely. Place to one side.
To make the cashew cheese
Place your soaked cashews and the water into a food processor. Pulse until the mixture becomes smooth and free of lumps. This can take a while. Crush the garlic and then add all the remaining ingredients to the cashew mixture. Again, pulse until everything is smooth and mixed through.
If you have the time, it’s worthwhile popping both the pesto and the cashew cheese into the fridge for a few hours to allow the flavours to blend and settle.
Assembling the mushies
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C. Wash the mushrooms and pull out the stems. Scoop the pesto into the mushroom heads, then add a dollop of the cashew cheese on top. Sprinkle with freshly cracked pepper. Place in the oven and bake for 10-20 minutes until the cashew cheese is golden and the mushrooms are cooked through.
Pop them out on a serving platter and watch the little guys disappear before your eyes.
Love Alana xx
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Pretty piccies
I love stuffed mushrooms, and yours look adorable and delicious! Pesto along with the cashew cheese is such a good idea…
Thanks Allison. They are ultra tasty, and surprisingly very quick and easy. Even though the recipe looks ultra long
the mushrooms look so cute!
Thanks Jess! But be warned – don’t eat too many. I ate 10 in one go… I pity the people who I breathed on afterwards. Garlic city!!
haha that would be me too! I’m always drawn to the garlicy foods
These look delicious and very moreish nom nom x
I LOVE garlic! I eat so much of the stuff – so yes I am a good Vampire-repeller for sure. These look fab – great to see another Aussie blogger!
Thanks Becky. These little babies are my pride and joy. Took me a couple gos to get them right. They are very garlicy but I reckon that’s what makes ‘em so good
These are so dang cute! I love the cashew cheese idea, must make them!
Aw thanks trueindigo. Hope you enjoy.
Thanksgiving appetizers…DONE! Thanks!
This looks so good (and cute)!
I’m a recent stuffed mushroom convert. So recent, in fact, that I just made them for the first time last month! But now that I realize how good they are, they’re kind of all I want to eat. ESPECIALLY when they include cashew cheese!! Thanks for sharing
Cute & delicious = perfection! We always have stuffed mushrooms on our Thanksgiving menu but in the past they’ve contained the dreaded cheese. I was racking my brain for an alternative, thanks so much for sharing!
The pictures made my mouth water! Yum!
These look wonderful! Thanks for such a gorgeous and yummy contribution to the Potluck!
I must have one NOW, such a great recipe, thanks
Just making my way through the VVP & wanted to say hey
These sound absolutely fantastic and I bet they disappear as soon as they’re out of the oven. Your pictures are making me yearn for these mushroom delights…
Love stuffed mushrooms! I am the lazy/cheap type and I just throw in some daiya, breadcrumbs and onion!
I love stuffed mushrooms, but a lot of the ones I see have cheese in them too. I love the idea of stuffing them with cashew cheese, they look amazing!
I also love making my own cashew cheese spreads! Your stuffed mushromms look quite delectable & amazing too! MMMMM! I loved entering the very 1st time in the VVP!
Happy Times!
These look awesome – I’ve played around with stuffed mushrooms recently too and love how cute and fun they are! Gorgeous dish!
Um, yeah, I’ll take 20, please.
I’ve never met a mushroom I didn’t like. Another scrumptious appetizer to add to my list.
I wish I liked mushrooms..
But I’ll totally use the pesto and cashew cheese for something!
I’ve had a bag of cashews sitting in my pantry just waiting to make cheese for the first time. Thanks for the inspiration to get moving!
These look gorgeous! Great to have you in the potluck!
Oh my goodness, oh my goodness. I am SO in love with these!
These sound dee-licious and your photos are gorgeous! I’m filing this idea away.
I lovee that you called these mushies, that is too cute. These look great!
Dig the name of your blog and lead in to a great recipe too. Well done!!
Oh dear Lord…I just ate dinner and now my mouth is watering again. Great post, thank you!
Delicious idea!
I’m inspired to make my own cheeze again. Thanks
Looks fantastic! Great idea
Thank you!
Such nummilicious looking morsels. If I ever made these to carry to someone’s party, I’d end up eating them all on the way there!
Gorgeous and look sooo delicious! Your photos are nothing short of stunning!!
Awesome! I’m so excited to try these out….they are SUPER adorable and I’m sure they are SUPER delicious, too!
Oh my gosh those look yummy! Love stuffed ‘shrooms
Oh my WOW, they look amazing! I made a similar dish recently but with portobellos as a main meal. I LOVE the button mushroom party idea!
I literally just became obsessed with mushrooms last week so I need to try these out asap!
I can see these disappearing in an instant! So delicious–this recipe is a keeper!