Oh the weather outside is frightful….. so tonight I’m making a vegan twist on one of my favourites. Inspired by grabbing a tub of Free & Easy dairy free cheese flavour sauce mix in Holland and Barratt earlier!
Although you can make the sauce with water I decided to use Alpro soya milk to give it a creamier taste as suggested on the tub. Making the sauce itself is very similar to making regular cheese sauce, heating it up in a pan and stirring like crazy until it thickens up. And be warned, when it does thicken, it really THICKENS! So much I had to make a second lot to add to my bake, as the initial 300mls wasn’t nearly enough to cover my veggies!
As I was pouring it over the potatoes and broccoli I had a sneaky taste of the sauce and was impressed by the actual cheese flavour! Although it did leave quite a sweet aftertaste, which I’m not sure whether to blame on the sauce mix or the Alpro…..
After 10 minutes in the oven it had obviously thickened up even more. The final taste test was not bad at all, the thick consistency made it very like comfort food, the cheese flavour was not quite strong enough for me, it would probably be a very good bechemel sauce substitute, however I still found it really nice! Would definitely make this again…
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