Cashew cheese shepherd's pie - Real Recipes from Mums

This cashew cheese shepherd’s pie is a great dinner for the whole family.

Ingredients (serves 4)

500 grams organic chicken mince or regular meat mince
1 cup peas
1 tomato
1 onion
1 capsicum
1 carrot
1 whole cauliflower
2 sweet potatoes or 1/2 pumpkin
1 cup cashews (pre-soaked in water for two hours)
To taste salt and pepper

Method

In a glass baking dish - line sides with butter to prevent sticking.
In a fry pan, lightly fry chopped onion, tomato and mince with salt and pepper until meat is cooked (approx 10 mins.)
Add in diced capsicum, carrot and peas and cook for another 5 mins.
In a blender/food processor, add 1 cup cashews to 1/4 cup water and blitz until cashew mixture is creamy - if needed add more water.
In a separate pot, boil chopped cauliflower and sweet potato in some water.
When the cauliflower and sweet potato has cooked through, strain, add 1 tablespoon of butter and mash.
In your glass baking dish add in the meat mince mixture and flatten as a bottom layer.
Add the mashed sweet potato and cauliflower as the next layer.
Top with cashew cheese as the final layer.
Place in oven to cook on medium for 10 mins or until cashew cheese is slightly brown.

24 Comments

- - nadine_hill said
  - 07 Oct 2019
    6:03 pm
That topping looks and sounds delicious – a lovely alternative to the norm!

- - tessie said
  - 17 Jul 2019
    1:12 pm
What a delicious twist to a shepherd’s pie.

- - mom62624 said
  - 02 Feb 2017
    7:15 am
A lovely shepherds pie recipe with an ingenious creative twist, thanks!.

- - Dreaming mummy said
  - 05 Sep 2016
    9:46 pm
We recently discovered my son is lactose intolerant, so glad to find this recipe it’s going on my Pinterest

- - Melissa89 said
  - 30 Jul 2016
    3:06 pm
Simple and delicious

- - nadine_hill said
  - 12 Jun 2016
    8:31 pm
What a fabulous take on an age-old favourite – love it!

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 22 May 2016
    10:34 pm
How much cheese do you use or is it a matter of how much you want? It does not say in the recipe.
- Desiree Taylor - Certified Holistic Health Coach replied
  
  23 May 2016 , 10:25 am
  Hi Robyn, You can use the whole cup of the cashew cheese that you blend, but experiment and find what you like and what works for you! x
- - mom169007 said
  - 22 May 2016
    7:44 pm
I’m hearing a lot about ‘nut cheese’ at the moment! This looks like the perfect way to try it out! It sounds delicious!!

- - curlytops said
  - 22 May 2016
    6:37 pm
a great twist. I also like your sweet potato and cauliflower mash.

- - mom81879 said
  - 22 May 2016
    5:53 pm
I have seen this recipe on the sidelines of MoMs fir a while now but only just clicked on it. I am so glad I did! I know I will love this, may need to cook a steak for hubby, but I know I’ll love it. Thanks for sharing

- - mum4107 said
  - 22 May 2016
    5:41 am
I don’t think I’ve ever cooked with cashews. It sure sounds great though
- mom93821 replied
  
  22 May 2016 , 7:10 am
  Cashews are wonderful in cooking. I use them a lot in my recipes.
- - taynik46 said
  - 21 May 2016
    9:54 pm
just the sound of the words cashew cheese sounds great – what a cool take on a classic – can’t wait to try this out Thanks for sharing

- - Nas01 said
  - 21 May 2016
    6:18 pm
Great recipe. Thanks for sharing another take for classic.

- - mom93821 said
  - 21 May 2016
    11:45 am
Thanks for this delicious looking shepherds pie recipe – a little different.

- - rachelvk said
  - 21 May 2016
    9:00 am
What a novel idea to use cashews in this way. Very interesting!

- - ashblonde said
  - 21 May 2016
    8:55 am
I love cashews & sweet potato so this sounds like a great recipe I’ll have a go making! Thanks!

- - mom90758 said
  - 20 May 2016
    11:46 pm
It looks splendid, Desiree. Thanks for the lovely idea!!

- - youngoldlady said
  - 20 May 2016
    9:51 pm
The title got me in as I wondering what cashew cheese was. Sounds interesting and well worth trying out for something different.

- - pakeko said
  - 20 May 2016
    9:25 pm
This sounds amazing I am looking forward to trying it out

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 20 May 2016
    8:51 pm
this sounds incredibly tasty thank you for sharing this recipe