How To Make (mind-blowing) Vegan Sour Cream

March 23, 2014 By Leanne Vogel December 14, 2018

Vegan sour cream made without soy. Ketogenic friendly, too! Mind blowingly delicious. Creamy, amazing. Make now.

With the addition of macadamia nuts, this recipe is absolutely mind-blowing!

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And, it’s a perfect dairy-free ketogenic sour cream replacement. With just 4.7 grams of net carbs, if you’re dairy-free and doing keto, this sour cream recipe is for you!

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This is a slather on everything, no apologies, condiment. Plan to make 2 batches.

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How to make Vegan Sour Cream

Author: Leanne Vogel

Recipe type: Vegan, Paleo, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Sugar-free, Corn-free, Grain-free, Egg-free

Prep time: 15 mins

Total time: 15 mins

Serves: 8

Vegan sour cream recipe made without soy. Mind blowingly delicious. Creamy, amazing. Make now.

Ingredients

1 cup whole raw cashews
½ cup water
⅓ cup fresh lemon juice
¼ cup raw macadamia nuts
1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
¾ teaspoon sea salt
½ teaspoon white pepper

Instructions

Add raw cashews to a glass container. Cover with water and soak for 6 hours, covered, in the fridge.
Drain and rinse. Add to the jug of your high-powered blender along with all other ingredients: water, lemon juice, macadamia nuts, nutritional yeast, salt and pepper.
Blend until smooth, about 3 minutes. You may have to tamper down the ingredients as you go. The mixture will be thick and creamy. Try to avoid adding water.
Serve with a batch of my keto Herb Crackers.
Store in an air-tight container for up to 3 days. The sour cream will thicken up over a couple of hours. To make just a bit creamier, add a touch of water and stir.

Notes

Nutritional yeast: makes this recipe. It must be added. Just won't be the same without it.
Cashews: you could try using another form of nut here. Perhaps almonds with skin removed or sunflower seeds? I have not tested this.
White pepper: you could try with black, I just like white pepper because it's mild, yet still has a slight taste of pepper without overpowering the dish.
Soak time: this recipe will not work if you do not soak the cashews.

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The combination of nutritional yeast with the macadamia nuts and white pepper, gosh, it’s enough to make a girl want to make a batch of Roasted Herb Crackers and watch reruns of Lost alllll day long.

Not like I’ve ever done that before…