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I am a allergic to all dairy. I am struggling with substituting the ingredients for the Sweet Potato Macaroni Cheese. Do you have any recommendations?
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Nigella's Sweet Potato Macaroni Cheese (from SIMPLY NIGELLA) has a gloriously golden colour thanks to the sweet potatoes that are added to the sauce. The base sauce is a white sauce (bechamel sauce) made from a roux plus milk. For this you should be able to use plant-based butter and milk alternatives.
The sauce also has a combination of feta cheese and Cheddar cheeses. The feta adds a salty piquancy to the sauce. You can buy plant-based alternatives to Cheddar in most supermarkets in many regions. We have also seen plant-based feta for sale, though availability is unfortunately likely to vary according to region. If you can't find a feta alternative then you can use extra of whatever plant-based cheese you have already chosen and make sure that you taste and season the pasta and sauce well once you have mixed the pasta, sauce, cheese and pasta cooking water together, before transfering to dishes ready for baking.
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