PRETZEL PASTA SAUCE WITH MUSTARD TOFU

A PASTA DISH THAT IS HIGHLY INDULGENT, CREAMY, AND TASTES LIKE A CLASSIC COMBINATION.

Ingredients:

For the pasta

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1 cup milk
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1 cup veggie stock
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1 packed cup of soft pretzels
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1 tbsp nutritional yeast
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2 tbsp butter
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1/2 white onion diced fine.
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1/2 tbsp vinegar
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1/2 tsp salt
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1  16 oz box of pasta
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For the Tofu
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 1 block tofu
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1/3 cup yellow mustard
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1 tbsp brown sugar
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1 tbsp nutritional yeat
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3 tbsp olive oil
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1 tbsp soy sauce
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1 tsp molasses
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Salt to taste
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Directions:

For the pasta sauce

Cut up your soft pretzels into tiny pieces and place them a heat safe bowl or mason jar. To this add your butter, nutritional yeast, diced onions, and vinegar. Set aside.

In a medium pot bring your milk salt, and stock to a light simmer, essentially once it just starts to bubble. Very carefully pour this over your pretzel mixture. Your milk may separate from the heat and acid but this is okay it will not affect the final product.

Let this sit for at least 1 hour. This can even be made the night before and left to sit in the fridge. Once the pretzels have become completely softened by the liquid use an emersion blender, or blender to puree the sauce until it is creamy and smooth. You can use this time to  add salt if needed.

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Set this aside while we make the tofu.
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Make the Tofu
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Preheat your over to 350.
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Dice your tofu into squares, just make them as bite sized as you'd like them on top of pasta. Add these to an oven safe baking dish roughly 9x13.

In a large bowl combine your mustard, sugar, nutritional yeast, oil, soy sauce, and molasses. Miss this well with a whisk until you have a cohesive mixture.

Pour your sauce over top of your tofu and spread it around as gently as you can with a spatula.

Roast this in the oven for roughly 30 minutes, or until the tofu is at the texture you prefer.

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Set this aside to cool. 
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Cook your pasta according to the package instructions and drain. Return to the pot and pour in your pasta sauce, tossing together to combine.

Serve your pasta and top with the mustard tofu and enjoy.