Pumpkin & Pomegranate

Taking a cue from Curly Top’s PBU and HEAB’s ABU I devised a way to get my beloved Cashew butter into a creamier state. Cashew butter is prohibitively expensive, and when I make it at home in my food processor it never gets to spreadable consistency. Mainly because thus far I have refused to add extra oil to it. Mind you, I love the taste. I even love the way it crumbles and also sticks to the roof of my mouth. It is not, however, spreadable or pourable. For the past few weeks I have been having my raw chocolate pudding nearly every night. I don’t eat it alone (although I could), I happen to be a toppings kind of woman. I started off with shredded coconut, which was sinfully delicious. I then added strawberries, cherries, AND coconut. Of late I have been pouring ABU over my pud, and then adding a spoonful of my homemade cashew butter. Divine. I like the way I can scoop off a chunk of cashed butter and then dig into the ABU and pudding. I cannot fully express my delight in doing this. It is usually done while watching some sort of passionate drama, like The Tudors or True Blood…be still my heart!

Anyway…Last night I went to make more cashew butter, but then the thought occurred to me to make a sauce of it and my cashew dream sauce was born!

Pour it over fruit, on top of pudding, leave out the mesquite and the vanilla and add it to soups! Endless possibilities. If I weren’t adding it to my pudding I’d add some cocoa powder and make it CHOCOLATE Cashew Dream Sauce, but that would be a bit decadent even for the pud ;-)

Cashew Dream Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 C. Raw Cashews
• 1 C. Nut Milk (I used almond)
• 1 T. Mesquite Powder
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla

Method:

1. In a food processor, process the cashews until it forms cashew butter. You will know this has happened when it begins to clump together, perhaps even forming a ball. Scrape down the sides a few times during this process. This may take about 8 minutes or so in the food processor.
2. Once you have cashew butter, slowly pour in the nut milk through the top of the food processor, process until incorporated.
3. Add vanilla and mesquite powder and process until combined. Store in the refrigerator.