Vegan Pizza with easy crust!!

PREP TIME

20 mins

COOK TIME

20 mins

TOTAL TIME

40 mins

  20 minute Almost No Knead Crust! The Best Pizza with simple Sauce, Veggies, Mushrooms, Kalamata Olives baked to perfection. Dressed with Vegan Parmesan and fresh basil. Vegan Soy-free Recipe. Nut-free with nut-free vegan parm.

Cuisine: Fusion

Serves: 2

INGREDIENTS

No Knead Crust:

• 1 tsp active yeast
• ½ cup warm water
• 1 tbsp flour
• 1¼ cup flour (unbleached white or a combination of white and whole wheat)
• ⅓ tsp salt
• 1 tsp olive oil
• ½ tsp dried oregano or other herbs
• ¼ tsp garlic powder (optional)

Pizza toppings

• Red Pizza sauce of choice  or use the simple vegan sauce recipe posted below
• Sliced bell pepper
• Sliced red onion
• thinly sliced white mushrooms
• sliced zucchini or other sliced veggies of choice
• sliced kalamata olives
• 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
• fresh basil
• vegan parmesan (brand parm or use any of my other vegan cheese you like on your pizza)
• pepper flakes- if desired

INSTRUCTIONS

1. In a bowl, mix warm water, yeast and 1 tbsp flour. Let it sit for a few minutes to activate.
2. Add 1 cup flour, salt, herbs and garlic and olive oil and mix in. Add another 3 tbsp flour and mix in. Get your hands in there to mix and knead for a few seconds into a soft slightly sticky dough.. Add another tbsp flour if needed. Gather the dough into a ball and let it sit for 15 minutes in a warm place.
3. Add a ½ tsp oil over the dough and spread with your hands. Gather the dough into a ball and place on parchment lined sheet.
4. Use a bit of flour to spread the dough into a 13 to 14 inch size oval. Spread it depending on on how thick or thin you want the crust to be. Keep the edges thicker than the center (see video). Let it sit for a few minutes. Preheat the oven to 435 degrees F.
5. Spread the pizza sauce on the crust. Distribute the sliced veggies, mushrooms and olives evenly.
6. Mix chopped garlic with a tsp of olive oil and a pinch of salt and oregano. Sprinkle over the pizza.
7. Sprinkle salt over the veggies. Sprinkle meltable vegan cheese on the veggies if using at this point.
8. Bake the pizza for 17 to 18 minutes or until golden on the edges. Sprinkle vegan parm of choice, chopped fresh basil, and pepper flakes. Slice and serve!

NOTES

Other variations:
Chop the mushrooms and mix with the garlic and olive oil and use. Add some coarsely crushed fennel seeds to the mushroom mixture.

Saute the veggies + other sliced seasonal veggies for a few minutes with salt, pepper, garlic and oregano, then add as toppings.

Crust Tips: The crust will thicken considerably when baked. If it comes out thick and bread like, it was most likely kept too thick during shaping. Keep spreading the crust using hands or a rolling pin to make a thin large pizza. You will get a hang of the thickness you prefer after baking it a couple of times.

 Homemade Vegan Pizza Sauce

Ingredients

1 can (27 fl. oz/796 mL) tomatoes (diced or whole, doesn't matter because you're blending them anyway)

10-15 leaves fresh basil

2 cloves fresh garlic

1 tbsp onion powder

1/4 tsp dried oregano

1/4 tsp dried thyme

1/4 tsp red chilli flakes (optional)

1/2 tsp kosher salt (add more to taste)

Instructions

In a blender, combine canned tomatoes (or you could even use fresh), basil, onion powder, garlic, oregano, thyme, chilli flakes (if using) and salt and blend on low until the basil leaves and garlic cloves are small little bits.

Transfer to a pot over medium heat and bring to a bubble. Once bubbling, lower to a simmer and cook uncovered until thick and no longer watery (about 30 minutes).

Transfer to a clean jar and let cool before storing in the fridge.