Vegan Pesto Pizza
A simple and amazingly delicious vegan pesto pizza that will make you want to grab another slice. Mouth-watering vegan pesto is the main ingredient, and the whole pizza is spread with it. Cashew parmesan brings another incredible taste to this pizza, and some simple toppings are added that bring everything together in a perfect bite.
Ingredients
Dough:
- 250 g strong white flour
- 25 g semolina
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 g fresh yeast (3 g dried yeast)
- 20 ml (4 tsp) olive oil
- 180 ml (3/4 cup) water
Toppings:
- a little more than 1/2 of vegan pesto
- 100 g cherry tomatoes sliced thinly
- 5 g pine nuts roasted
- 2 tbsp cashew parmesan
- fresh basil leaves
Instructions
Dough:
- Sift flour into a large bowl. Add semolina and salt. Mix together.
- Add olive oil and crumbled fresh yeast. Add water and mix with a spatula so that you get dough. If needed, use your hands to incorporate the flour. The dough should be quite wet and sticky.
- Cover the bowl with cling film and put it in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
- After 24 hours take the dough out and leave it on your kitchen counter for about two hours, so it becomes warmer.
- Take the dough out of the bowl and knead it a little bit until you get a smooth dough (for about 30s). Shape it into a ball.
- Divide the dough into two equal portions. Shape them into a ball.
- Put them on a lightly floured baking tray, cover them with a cloth and leave them to prove for another hour to hour and a half.
- Preheat the oven to maximum temperature (mine is 280 °C) 20 minutes before proofing is over.
- On a lightly floured surface shape the dough into a pizza shape disc.
Toppings:
- While your dough is proofing (in the last hour) prepare vegan pesto. You will need a little more than half of this recipe.
- Roast pine nuts for the topping at 180 °C for 5 min.
- Slice cherry tomatoes, prepare fresh basil leaves and crush ingredients for cashew parmesan in a blender.
Baking:
- Put the pizza dough without the topping on a baking tray. Bake it for 4 minutes.
- Take it out of the oven. Spread half of vegan pesto on top (leaving out the edges). Arrange half of sliced cherry tomatoes over the pesto.
- Return the pizza into the oven. Bake for another 2-2.5 minutes, carefully watching that the pizza doesn't get too burnt.
- Take the pizza out of the oven, sprinkle half of roasted pine nuts and half of cashew parmesan (you will perhaps have some leftovers) on top then decorate with some fresh basil leaves.
- Repeat the process with the second pizza.
Notes
*Prep time does not include proving time.
*Recipe for the dough adapted from Patrick Ryan.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 pizzaCalories: 1102kcalCarbohydrates: 117gProtein: 26gFat: 63gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 15gMonounsaturated Fat: 34gSodium: 1113mgFiber: 11gSugar: 6g
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