Vegan Cashew Cheese Tiropita

January 22, 2021

Ingredients

1 cup raw cashews, soaked in water for at least 2 hours, drained

2 tbsp nutritional yeast

1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice

1/2 tsp salt

1 roll phyllo dough, completely thawed

3 tbsp vegan butter

2 tbsp olive oil

Directions

  1. If your phyllo dough is frozen, leave out on counter until it is completely thawed.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 F.
  3. To make the cashew cheese, add drained cashews, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, and salt to food processor and blend until smooth.
  4. Unroll thawed phyllo roll. Using a sharp knife, cut sheets lengthwise into 3 even columns, leaving you with 3 sections of phyllo strips. Stack all sheets on top of each other so you have 1 stack of long phyllo strips.
  5. In a small microwave safe bowl, add vegan butter and olive oil. Microwave in 10 second intervals until completely melted.
  6. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  7. Add 1 phyllo strip to the parchment paper. Using a pastry brush, lightly brush the phyllo sheet with the melted butter/oil mixture.
  8. Add another sheet on top and lightly brush again.
  9. Spoon about 1 tbsp of the cashew cheese mixture and add it to the top of the strips.
  10. Take the top left corner of the strip, and fold it to the right, forming a triangle at the top. Next fold the top right point down to the left side, forming another triangle. Continue this motion until you reach the bottom of the strip. Set finished tiropita triangles on a side plate.
  11. Continue forming tiropita triangles until you use up all of the cashew cheese filling.
  12. Evenly distribute tiropita triangles on your parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes or until they are a deep golden brown.

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