On this week’s episode of TODAY All Day’s “#Cooking,” Samah Dada is placing her personal scrumptious spin on two basic Italian dishes. First up, she makes a lighter, baked model of fried eggplant that is tremendous crispy due to a gluten-free breading made with almond meal. Then she whips up a vegan cacio e pepe tossed in a creamy cashew sauce that is topped with home made vegan Parmesan.
Crispy Baked Eggplant by Samah Dada
Probably the most widespread Italian dishes that includes eggplant is eggplant Parmesan, which is scrumptious however it’s historically breaded, deep fried and smothered in cheese. This simplified model is all in regards to the crispy, spiced crust, however requires no frying — plus it is freed from dairy and gluten.
Creamy Vegan Cacio e Pepe by Samah Dada
Cacio e pepe is a kind of dishes that everybody loves as a result of it’s so easy but it is full of taste due to umami-forward cheeses like Parmesan and pecorino Romano. My tackle the Italian staple makes use of dietary yeast and cashews to create a luscious, creamy sauce that is completely dairy free. And, after all, I did not overlook a beneficiant quantity of freshly cracked black pepper to maintain the “pep” in “pepe.”
