Soak your cashews by placing them in a bowl and covering them with water for 6 to 8 hours. You can also use boiled water and soak for 1 hour if that is easier.
Once you have soaked the cashews, rinse under cold water and dry.

Place the soaked cashews into the blender or cuisinart, add all the other ingredients. Pulse until everything is broken down into a nice smooth consistency. You may need to wipe down the sides of the blender / cuisinart with a spatula and continue to pulse.

Adjust seasoning as needed. For more depth of flavor add more nutritional yeast. For more acid add apple cider vinegar or lemon. For more spice add more Aleppo pepper.

Place in a serving bowl and top with whatever you have. I like to top with tomatoes, radishes, sumac, Dukkah, chili oil and Maldon sea salt.