The Best Vegan Scalloped Potatoes
It's everything you want in scalloped potatoes: creamy, rich, decadent, savory, as well as low-fat and highly nutritious when compared to "traditional" scalloped potatoes.Serve this at any get-together or potluck and watch people swoon!
Ingredients
For the sauce:
- 4 tablespoon vegan butter
- 1/2 cup All purpose flour
- 3 cups Unsweetened cashew milk Or almond, but cashew seems to yield a richer sauce
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- salt & pepper to taste I used a scant TBSP of salt and 1/2 tsp. of pepper
- 1 tsp. Flavacol (optional) Flavacol is a vegan butter flavor used in popcorn, etc. It's readily available online and in many grocery stores.
- 1/2 cup nutritional yeast
- 1 TBSP dried basil, crushed Use a little more to taste if you like basil
- 1/8 tsp. White pepper
- 1 tsp. Garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp. Hungarian or Smoked paprika plus extra for sprinkling on top before baking
For the filling:
- 10 oz onion diced
- 3 lbs Yukon Gold potatoes sliced into 1/8" disks
Instructions
- Add about a tsp. of olive oil in a nonstick skillet, and turn heat to med-high. When oil is hot, add onions and sauté until caramelized, stirring frequently to avoid burning. If necessary, add tiny amounts of water as you sauté to keep some moisture present.
- While you're caramelizing the onions, melt the butter in a sauce pan over medium heat. Add flour and whisk until thickened (approx. 1-2 minutes). It will probably just make large clumps, and this is fine.
- Pour the cashew milk and the vegetable broth into the pan while whisking. Turn burner on high and whisk fairly frequently until sauce is somewhat thickened (approx. 6-10 minutes).
- Add all the herbs, spices and caramelized onions to the pan and whisk to combine. Set aside.
- Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Slice the potatoes (a mandolin works great for consistent thickness and speed of slicing, but BE CAREFUL! They're extremely sharp.)
- Spray a quick spray of olive oil into a 13x9 casserole dish, then add a layer of potatoes and cover with sauce. Repeat with potatoes and sauce until gone, making sure the top layer is sauce.
- Sprinkle Hungarian or smoked paprika over the top and cover dish with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes.
- Uncover and bake another 30 minutes, or until topping is bubbly and golden.