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easy vegan pizza recipe

Easy Vegan Pizza Recipe with Homemade Dough

This easy vegan pizza recipe is guaranteed to be a hit amongst vegans and meat-eaters alike. The dough is super simple to make and you can be as creative as you like with the toppings!

Course Dinner
Cuisine Italian
Keyword easy vegan pizza recipe, Italian, pizza
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings 2 pizzas

Ingredients

For the dough

  • 375 g strong white bread flour, plus extra for kneading
  • 1 tsp fast action dried yeast
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • 250 ml lukewarm water
  • salt and pepper

For the tomato sauce

  • 6 sundried tomato halves
  • 1/2 tin chopped tomatoes
  • 1 garlic cloves
  • 4 basil leaves
  • 1-2 tsp olive oil (I used Colive Olive oil)
  • 1/2 tsp brown sugar
  • salt and pepper
  • 1-2 tbsp water (only if mixture is too thick)

Topping suggestions

  • Mushrooms, thinly sliced
  • Olives, sliced
  • Chargrilled peppers, chopped
  • Vegan grated mozzarella
  • High quality Extra Virgin Olive oil, drizzled (I used Colive Olive Oil)
  • Smashed avocado (added after cooking)
  • Asparagus spears, thinly sliced

Instructions

For the dough

  1. In a large bowl mix together the flour, yeast and sugar. Add the salt and pepper.

  2. Gradually mix in the water to make a soft (but not sticky) dough.

  3. Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for 10 minutes, or until it is smooth and elastic

  4. Leave the pizza dough to rise in a warm place for 30 minutes

  5. Cut the dough into two pieces and roll each one into a rough circle (about 30cm). Put them on a pizza pan (ideal) or ungreased baking trays.

For the tomato sauce

  1. Put all the tomato sauce ingredients in a food processor/blender

  2. Once blended, lightly heat it in a saucepan, set aside

To assemble

  1. Preheat oven to 220°C (425°F)

  2. Spread each circle dough base with the tomato sauce (leave about 1cm from the edge)

  3. Evenly add the mushrooms, courgette rings, peppers, asparagus spears and olive over the top.

  4. Sprinkle over the vegan cheese and add a generous drizzle of good quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil (I used Colive Olive Oil)

  5. Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes until the edges are golden and the cheese has melted

  6. Once cooked dot round the smashed avocado for some extra creaminess