Vegan Cheesy Garlic Aioli
By: maren epstein
Published: Monday, February 8, 2016 - 2:08pm

Ingredients




1 Cup Raw Cashews, Soaked for 8 hours
2 Cloves Garlic, Roasted or Raw
5T Olive oil
1/4C Water
½ t Onion Powder
¾ t Sea Salt
1T +1t Nutritional Yeast
1T + 1t Rice Vinegar

Preparation

1 1.  Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Slice garlic through the middle drizzle with olive oil salt and pepper, wrap in tinfoil and bake for 25 minutes or until garlic is soft. Pop out two cloves and save the rest. 2 2.  In a Vitamix, blend all of the ingredients together until smooth. Add extra water, one tablespoon at a time if the Aoli is too thick to blend.

About

This (mostly) raw vegan aioli is so rich that it stands right up to its traditional mayo based counterparts.  With a cheesy mouth feel and garlicky finish this dip goes well with anything.