Are you still looking for something amazing to share with guests on Thanksgiving that is gluten and dairy free? I was playing in the kitchen today and updated an old recipe of mine. This pumpkin dip is a combination of pumpkin puree and cashew cream cheese. Serve it with your favorite Ginger Snap Cookies, gluten and dairy free at my house. This will keep them company while you are tinkering in the kitchen with the turkey.
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Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Ingredients for the Cashew Cream:
- 2 cups raw cashews
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1/4 -1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 – 3/4 cup filtered water
- 6 cups filtered Water, for soaking cashews
- For the Pumpkin Dip
- 1 15 oz can organic pumpkin puree
- 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions:
for Cashew Cream:
Soak the cashews in water for 3 hours. If you are short on time you can use hot water and soak for 20 minutes to 1 hour.
Drain the water and add cashews, lemon juice, salt and water to very fast blender like a VitaMix.
Start off slow and increase in speed as the cashews begin to break down. Add in more water if needed. Blend until creamy. This took me 10 minutes going slow until the very end where I put the Vitamix on high.
Let this cashew cream set up in the refrigerator for at least an hour and up to a couple of days.
For Pumpkin Dip:
Mix the pumpkin and the cashew cream cheese together along with the seasonings and sugar.
Put it back into the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Awesome! So pretty too. Have a fabulous Thanksgiving, Diane! 🙂
Shirley
Yum! I just love cashew creams and so does DF Toddler Yum. But i wish I had a Vitamix! lol/
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
-Sea
Looks delicious Diane!!!! I really need to buy a blender….
Diane I wonder if the cashew creme part of this recipe would work as a substitute for creme cheese? I am wanting to make a carrot cake for my hubby's bday next week.
Debbie I'm not sure about baking with it. I've not done that. If you do let me know. I do think you could use it as an icing for sure. I'm going to use the leftover dip as an icing for some pumpkin muffins.
This looks fabulous Diane; such a fun pumpkin recipe. Yummy!
Thank you. I hope you give it a try.
This looks fantastic! I've printed it, and can't wait to try it 🙂
That sounds great Tiffany. Let me know what you think.
I love the idea here! I have used sweetened cashew cream for frosting before…very delicious. I love you idea of using it for a pumpkin dip, I have to try this! Thank you for the inspiration Diane! I have added you to my blogroll!!
Tessa thank you for joining us and for adding me to your blogroll. Have a great week!
Oh happy day. I'm going to make this with coconut sugar and stevia! Yum!!!!!
Ellen that sounds like a great idea. Let me know how much you use.
I always thought cashew cream was hard to make! 🙂
Tonya it only tastes like it should be hard to make. Give it a try but be warned, it tastes amazing!
I can't wait to make this, what a great recipe to serve with GF ginger snaps and apple slices.
I'm just wondering if it's really necessary to soak the cashews. If so is there any reason I can't use regular tap water? Without the soaking and the special water this would be a really easy/fast recipe to make. Otherwise it requires planning ahead which I'm not that great at doing!
You will need to soak them for a little while. Boil some water and add it to the bowl with the cashews. If you don't have filtered water just use what you have. It's really fast.