Recipe

Vegan sweet potato pasta sauce

approx. 50 minutes

4 Persons

560 kcal / 2350 kJ

15 g protein

18 g fat

79 g carbs

Ingredients

300 g cherry tomatoes with panicle
3 tbsp olive oil
a few thyme leaves
salt
freshly ground pepper
300 g American sweet potatoes
1 small piece of ginger, approx. 1 cm
1 shallot
1 clove of garlic
200 ml vegan stock
400 ml oat or almond drink
300 g pasta, e.g. spaghetti or linguine
2 – 3 stalks basil
50 g cashew nuts
turmeric, ground
chili, ground

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C top/bottom heat (180 °C fan oven). Wash the tomatoes and place them in a baking dish. Drizzle with 2 tbsp oil, season with the thyme, salt and pepper and cook in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes. The tomatoes may burst open slightly.

  2. Peel and wash the sweet potatoes, cut into cubes and sauté in the remaining heated oil. Peel the ginger, peel the shallot and garlic, also cut into small cubes, add to the sweet potatoes and sauté too.

  3. Pour in the stock and the oat or almond drink, bring to the boil and cook, covered, for 15-20 minutes.

  4. Prepare the pasta according to the instructions on the packet. Wash the basil, pat dry and pluck off the leaves. Add the cashews to the sweet potato mixture and heat briefly. Puree the sauce and season with salt, pepper, turmeric and chilli.

  5. Arrange the pasta with the vegan sweet potato sauce and the baked tomatoes on plates, garnish with the basil and serve.