Best Vegan Alfredo Sauce! Delicious easy to make 20 minute creamy pasta sauce no one will believe is vegan! Made with cashew not dairy. Serve alfredo recipe with fettuccini of course
Fettuccine Alfredo is one of my favourite comfort meals! I made Alfredo Sauce on a daily basis at an Italian restaurant where I worked years ago. I was pregnant at the time and couldn't get enough of the stuff. Had it for lunch quite often. I never felt good after eating it. It was way to rich, full of cheese and dairy cream but boy was it good!
Well my vegan Alfredo will rival any dairy version and you won't even know it's plant based! So GOOD and really simple to make, healthy and it takes literally minutes to prepare. There is no cauliflower or tofu.
Alfredo sauce Ingredients:
I make my dairy free Alfredo Sauce with white wine, cashews, vegan cream cheese, miso, plant milk (I use cashew milk or oat don't care for almond milk for this recipe and haven't tried coconut milk) , vegetable bouillon, and dried herbs and spices. No need for nutritional yeast trust me!
So if you want to impress your family and friends, throw together this sauce with some fettuccine or whatever pasta floats your boat? Serve it with some garlic bread and a light green salad or caesar salad and you'll have an amazing meal, with no fuss.
How to make vegan alfredo sauce:
- Start by adding cashews to a soup bowl and cover with boiling water. Let sit for 5 minutes.
- While Cashews are soaking cook the pasta according to instructions. Drain, but do not rinse. toss noodles with a little oil and set aside.
- After 5 minutes drain cashews and add them to your Nutra bullet or Blender with the rest of the sauce ingredients except dried basil. Blend until smooth.
- Now add the sauce and dried basil to a heavy bottomed sauce pot or skillet. Bring to a boil, while stirring, then reduce sauce to a simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Check for seasoning and add salt and pepper if necessary. If too thick add a little plant milk or water.
- Serve Alfredo Sauce over Fettuccine or your favourite pasta. Garnish with a little dried parsley. Enjoy with a simple side salad or vegan caesar salad , green peas, maybe a slice of no knead artisan bread! mmm!! For full recipe check out the Recipe Card below.
I know you'll love this Alfredo Sauce, it's:
VEGAN
DELICIOUS
CREAMY
AN EASY VEGAN PASTA SAUCE
RICH
KID FRIENDLY
EASILY GLUTEN FREE
AN EASY NO FUSS DINNER
Enjoy you guys? Happy day to you! I'd love your feedback, feel free to comment and rate this recipe below.
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Best Vegan Alfredo Sauce!
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4-6 servings 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Description
Best Vegan Alfredo Sauce! Delicious easy to make 20 minute creamy pasta sauce no one will believe is vegan! Made with cashew not dairy. Serve alfredo recipe with fettuccini of course
Ingredients
For Alfredo Sauce:
- 3/4 cup raw cashews
- 2 cups unsweetened plant milk, I used cashew milk (or oat milk)
- 1/3 cup white wine
- 1/4 cup vegan cream cheese, I used Daiya brand
- 3 tsp white miso
- 1 and 1/2 tsp Better Than Bouillon Seasoned Vegetable Base (vegan)
- 3/4 tsp granulated garlic
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 3/4 tsp salt
- pinch of pepper
- 1 and 1/2 tsp dried basil
- 3/4 lb ( 12 oz) (350 grams) fettuccine or pasta of your choice (gluten free if needed)
Instructions
- Start by adding cashews to a soup bowl and cover with boiling water. Let sit for 5 minutes.
- While Cashews are soaking cook the pasta according to instructions. Drain, but do not rinse. toss noodles with a little oil (optional) and set aside.
- After 5 minutes drain cashews and add them to your Nutra bullet or Blender with the rest of the sauce ingredients except dried basil. Blend until smooth.
- Now add the sauce and dried basil to a heavy bottomed sauce pot or skillet. Bring to a boil, while stirring, then reduce sauce to a simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Check for seasoning and add salt and pepper if necessary. If too thick add a little plant milk or water.
- Serve Alfredo Sauce over Fettuccine or your favourite pasta. Garnish with a little dried parsley. Enjoy with a simple side salad or vegan caesar salad , green peas, maybe a slice of no knead artisan bread! mmm!!
Notes
- I made this sauce in my Nutra Bullet. It was full but it worked really well.
- For more info on Better Than Bouillon Products here is the Link
- For serving I like to add pasta to individual plates and top with sauce.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Mains, 30 minute vegan recipes, sauces & dressings
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Keywords: vegan Alfredo Sauce, vegan fettuccine alfredo, vegan alfredo, fettuccine, alfredo, creamy, rich, easy, pasta, best,
Hi Verna I made your vegan alfredo sauce with coconut milk (canned) as I was out of plant milk. We really enjoyed it!! Next time I will try it with the cashew milk. Thank you for recipe!
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Thanks so much Chad! I will definitely have to try that, thanks for your comment.
absolutely delicious vegan alfredo sauce!! I served it over roasted cauliflower and other veggies for dinner. So good! didn't realize I was out of pasta. But now I'm glad I was. Really reminded us of real Alfredo wow!
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Oh thank you so much. Thrilled you loved the recipe, sounds super tasty over veggies I'll definitely be doing that next time! Thanks Mary.
Tastes just like real Alfredo Sauce we couldn't believe it! WOW! Are kids gobbled it down. So happy we found this recipe. Thanks so much
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Oh so happy to hear you all enjoyed the recipe Joseph. Really appreciate your comment. Have a great day!
I have never used nutritional yeast before, how much do you need for this recipe? I didn't see it in the ingredients listed thanks! I wanted to try this tonight, looks delicious!
Hi! that is actually a miss print in the description. The recipe is correct as is. Enjoy !
Just had to comment and say this Alfredo sauce has become a family favourite. ( I used soy milk ) Last night we enjoyed it with your Ceasar salad recipe and some garlic bread. It was a fabulous meal! Thanks so much for sharing your awesome recipes
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Thank you Piper! you just made my day. Glad your family is enjoying the recipe! and thank you for your comment. I based this recipe on a dairy version I used to make years ago at a restaurant where I worked. Super pleased with it!?
I just made this for my family and they love love loved it!!! Thank you for this recipe ♥️
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Oh nice! glad your family enjoyed the recipe Chantal. Thanks so much for your comment!
Really tasty I added spinach and mushrooms . My Kids cleaned their plates so it’s a keeper. Thanks oh and I used soy milk. Worked great
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Sounds delicious Georgia, thank you for sharing!
based on your photos, this is the best looking vegan alfredo i've found. However, I really don't like to use/drink alcohol. Is there anything I can substitute in place of the white wine?
Thank you!!!
Hi Naomi, I haven't made my alfredo without wine, it really adds a lot of flavour to this dish and it does burn off. Having said that you could add more plant milk and a tsp or two of white wine vinegar and see if that works for you? Have a great day!
Could I use almond milk for this recipe?
Hi Jenn, I haven't made this recipe with almond milk but I'm sure it would work just fine?
This is a great winter dish. Can't wait to try it out, I used to eat Alfredo before I became plant based. I'm excited, thank you 🙂
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Hi Gail ? Thanks so much for your comment. Hope you love it!