Vegan raclette pans with chickpeas and nutritional yeast sauce

Vegan raclette pans with sweet potatoes, roasted chickpeas, peppers and a nutritional yeast sauce made with oat milk instead of cheese. A raclette dinner with no animal products.

At a glance

• Serves 4
• Prep time: 20 min
• Cooking time: 25 min
• Total time: 45 min
• Calories: 328 kcal per serving
• Protein: 10 g
• Fat: 9 g
• Carbs: 46 g

Ingredients

• 500g sweet potatoes
• 1 tin of chickpeas
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 peppers
• 400ml oat milk
• 4 tbsp nutritional yeast
• 2 tbsp potato starch
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 tsp mustard
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• 1 pinch of nutmeg

Method

You’ll need: saucepan · raclette grill · chopping board · knife · sieve · wooden spoon

1. Peel the sweet potatoes, cut them into 1 cm slices and cook them in salted water for 10 minutes.
2. Rinse the chickpeas, pat them dry and fry them in 1 tbsp olive oil with the paprika and salt for 8 minutes.
3. Deseed the peppers and cut them into strips.
4. Whisk the oat milk, nutritional yeast, potato starch, mustard, turmeric, nutmeg and the rest of the olive oil together in a pan. Cook the sauce for 2 minutes, stirring, until it thickens.
5. Preheat the raclette grill for 10 minutes. Fill the raclette pans with the sweet potatoes, chickpeas and peppers and pour 2 tbsp sauce over each.
6. Grill the pans under the raclette grill for 6 to 8 minutes until the sauce bubbles and browns at the edges.

Good to know

For a vegan raclette, you don't need packaged cheese substitute. The sauce made from oat milk and nutritional yeast is thickened with starch and browns under the grill like cheese. Roasted chickpeas add bite.

Swaps

Oat milk → soya milk (also provides protein; contains soya). Sweet potatoes → potatoes. Chickpeas → smoked tofu (contains soya). Peppers → courgette.

Cooking tips

The sauce thickens as it cools. If needed, stir in a splash of oat milk before it goes into the pans.

Storage

The sauce keeps in the fridge for 3 days, roasted chickpeas in a container for 2 days.

Allergens

Vegan; contains mustard, no egg or nuts. Oat milk contains gluten; for a gluten-free version, use gluten-free oat milk. Suitable for children and in pregnancy.

Frequently asked questions

How long do raclette pans keep in the fridge?

The sauce keeps in the fridge for 3 days, roasted chickpeas in a container for 2 days.

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