How to make Vegan Parmesan Cheese. Use Cashews, Pecans or Pepitas to make Dairy-free Parmesan cheese. Nut-free Option Vegan Parmesan Recipe. Jump to Recipe
Vegan Parmesan can be easily made with nutritional yeast, nuts or seeds of choice, a bit of seasoning, salt and garlic. Depending on the nut or seed used, you will need a bit more seasoning or salt. Taste and adjust and store in an airtight container for a month or 2.
I add some breadcrumbs for texture in some batches. Use more of the nuts instead to keep it gluten-free. Use it in Pastas, Bowls, risotto and more.
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Vegan Parmesan Recipe
How to make Vegan Parmesan Cheese. Use Cashews, Pecans or Pepitas to make Dairy-free Parmesan cheese. Nut-free Vegan Parmesan Recipe.
Servings: 4
Calories: 50kcal
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup (16 g) Pepitas (pumpkin seeds), or cashews, almonds or pecans or walnuts or a combination
- 2 Tbsp bread crumbs or gf crumbs or use more of the nut or seed
- 1 to 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) dry thyme
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) dry rosemary
- a dash of black pepper
- 1/8 tsp garlic powder
- salt to taste ,depends on the nutritional yeast satyness (use 1/4 to 1/2 tsp)
- Other flavor additions: a bit of ground mustard and some lime zest
Instructions
- Pulse to a fine meal in a food processor. Pulse in 2 -3 second bursts. Taste and adjust salt and nutritional yeast for cheesier flavor. Store in an airtight container for upto a month and refrigerated for upto 2 months.
Notes
Hemp seeds and pumpkin seeds work well i n combination with a bit of cashews or walnuts.
Nutritional values based on one serving
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Vegan Parmesan Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 g)
Calories 50
Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value*
Fat 2g3%
Sodium 109mg5%
Potassium 79mg2%
Carbohydrates 5g2%
Protein 2g4%
Calcium 9mg1%
Iron 0.8mg4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Shelley
So glad I made this! It’s so good with the lime zest & gr. mustard additions!
Vegan Richa Support
🙂
Donna
I made it with a mix of nuts: Pepitas, cashews, walnuts, almonds, along with the other ingredients. It was delicious and I loved the texture. I used it in soups and pastas.
Vegan Richa Support
yum! thanks for popping in ♡
Vegan Cheese
What a great recipe! Just made it and trust me it tastes amazingly good!
Rohini
Hi Richa,
Does this store well on being refrigerated ? If so for how long please ?
Vegan Richa Support
sure does -. Store in an airtight container for upto a month and refrigerated for upto 2
Moni
Can I combine pumpkin seeds with almonds (with skin)?
Also, do I need to use raw Or roasted unsalted pumpkin seeds?
Vegan Richa Support
Yes those would be a great combo – with the skin. Either one is fine raw or roasted unsalted. The roasted would have a toasty flavour.
Kiki's house
does this work on pizza?
Richa
yes, it wont really melt as its a dry cheese, use as garnish in the end
Naithan
Hi , will this cheese melt when you put it on pizza
Richa
no, its just nuts, so it stays powdery
Lori Kaylor
Just made a batch. Tastes so much better than store bought! Now I’ve got to make some spaghetti this week to try it out. From my pinky taste, it’s 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Richa
awesome!
Jean Heath
This a very 5 star recipe. My son has been vegan for about 30 years and said it was the best he has tasted. Looking forward to his after Christmas pasta dish now. Thank you
Richa
yay!
Krishna Lakshmi
Is there any other option to substitute nutrional yeast!!!
Richa
You can use just nuts, breadcrumbs, garlic, italian herbs and lime zest.more of lime zest and herbs
Rebekah Jones
Thanks for responding re: nutritional yeast. I HATE NUTRITIONAL YEAST! So whenever I see it in a recipe I cringe.
Richa
Add some Miso later in the dish for cheesy flavor. It can’t be added to the dry parm
Rebekah Jones
Mahalo!
JoAnn M Lakes
I use almond flour instead of the nuts/seeds and for salt, miso in my parm blend. Take it for a quick spin in the Nutri Bullet. ( I have a ton of blanched almond flour on hand)
When my husband is in a hurry, he just sprinkles raw hemp hearts on anything he would put parm on. It works! 😉
Jackie
Very very tasty. Thank you 🙂
Priyanka
Hi Richa, can I use sunflower seeds and almonds to make this?
Richa
yes
Jennifer
Wow! Delicious!
I used half pumpkin seed (raw) and 1/2 hemp seed.
THANK YOU. I get tired of the flavor of cashew in most vegan cheeses…
My only addition was to stir in a few drops of olive oil to get that “stuck together” effect that dairy parm has.
You are a genius.
Richa
awesome!
Sopri
Do you use raw cashews or toasted? I think toasted would give extra flavor. What do you think?
Thank you
Richa
raw. you can use roasted unsalted as well. I like raw in the parm
Isabelle
So easy and so tasty, merci!
Deena Caunt
I made this today using salted peanuts and it is delicious. Thanks for posting
Richa
Awesome!
virginia
Nut-free Vegan Parmesan Recipe?
Aren’t the ingredients you use nuts?
Richa
The recipe says pepitas or cashews or…. If you use pepitas, there are no nuts.
Anne M Walters
I’ve eaten a lot of vegan parm at this point, but tried yours tonight and the addition of the herbs was a really nice touch. I’m sure it won’t last long!
Richa
Awesome! Thanks!
Ashwini
What is nutritional yeast Richa
Richa
its inactive yeast that adds a cheesy flavor.
Lillian
I miss the saltiness of parmesean. I’ve made another vegan parm before but it wasn’t what I’d hoped. The flavors in yours look good so I will give it a try. Thanks for the recipe.
Maria
Great and creative post!Thank you for your endless ideas, so flavourful and tasty!! :D. In my culture in argentina is very, very common to say : ” when tummy is full, heart is cheerful”
Richa
Thanks Maria