Make this easy dairy alternative for sour cream and other dips, with raw cashews and some citrus fruit.
Ingredients
1 cup raw cashews, soaked in warm water for at least 1-2 hours
Juice of ½ lime and ½ lemon
¼ tsp salt to taste
¼-1/2 cup filtered water
Instructions
Drain cashews, and place in food processor or high speed blender, with the chopping blade attachment. Add remaining ingredients, and pulse till cashews are nice and creamy, adding more water and juice of lemon and lime till desired consistency and taste.
Note that if you soak your cashews longer, like overnight, they will retain a lot more water and will therefore require less water to make smooth. The cashews will also blend up finer if you soak them longer. Also, depending on the juiciness of your citrus, you may need to add more or less than ½ of each lemon or lime. This recipe isn't a perfect science, but rather one you can tailor to your own tastes and preferences, just like some enjoy a thicker hummus and some enjoy one more runny, the same is true here. You can use either all lime or all lemon as well, however I prefer the tang of combining the two, and think it settles out the sweetness of the cashews very nicely.
Recipe by For the Love of... at http://www.fortheloveof.net/food-wellness/easy-cashew-cream/