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Pantry Pasta With Vegan Cream Sauce

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Pantry Pasta With Vegan Cream Sauce recipe
Photo by Laura Murray, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova

Many vegan cream sauces rely on blended nuts or steamed cauliflower, but this sauce is made of beans and pasta water alone—no soaking or blending necessary. It’s important that the beans are adequately hydrated: Once you start mashing, make sure there’s plenty of pasta cooking liquid in the pot and don’t let it evaporate.

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