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Thin Crust Pesto Pizza

April 16, 2014 2 Comments

Pesto-Pizza-Vegan

I used to be all about the frozen pizzas. Delissio here, Dr. Oetker there. And then I switched to a vegan diet and BAM. Those pizzas were a no-no for me. Which is a good thing anyway, considering how high they are in salt, sugar and other crap your body doesn’t need.

So, I started making my own pizzas at home. Okay, so, my husband is usually the one that makes them, but I always assist with toppings, so that counts.

I love that I can experiment with different flours, different sauces and different toppings, and still come out with a tasty, healthy pizza (usually). This is one of them!

Vegan-Pesto-Pizza Even though everyone on the planet seems to be able to, I can’t make a circular pizza to save my life, so I made them rectangular. The pizza still tastes the same, so who cares, right?

Thin Crust Pesto Pizza
 
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Prep time
25 mins
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
35 mins
 
Author: Vegan Insanity
Recipe type: Pizza
Serves: 2-4
Ingredients
For the crust
  • ¾ cup warm water (not hot, not cold)
  • 1¾ cup flour (I used 1 cup whole wheat, ¾ cup kamut)
  • 2½ tsp active dry yeast
  • ½ tbsp brown sugar
  • ½ tsp salt
For the sauce
  • 2 large garlic cloves
  • 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • ⅓ cup pine nuts (I've also used cashews or almonds)
  • 4 cups fresh basil leaves
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • ⅓ cup olive oil
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
For the toppings
  • Whatever your heart desires! (I used zucchini, yellow pepper, kalamata olives and tomatoes)
Instructions
For the crust
  1. Dissolve yeast and sugar in water and allow to rest for 10 minutes.
  2. Pre-heat oven to 500F.
  3. Add flour and salt to the yeast and sugar. Mix until combined.
  4. Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead for 3-4 minutes.
  5. Press dough into a large circle and place it on a lightly greased pizza pan (or sprinkle some cornmeal on a wooden pizza wheel (to later slide onto a pizza stone in the oven).
For the sauce
  1. Add all sauce ingredients to a food processor or high-powered blender and process/blend until smooth.
Putting it all together
  1. Spread the sauce on the pizza crust, add your toppings, and bake in the pre-heated oven for about 10 minutes, or until the edges have lightly browned and the middle of the pizza is cooked all the way through.
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I'm Cassie - vegan food lover and animal rights activist. I live in Vaughan, Ontario, right near Toronto, with my husband, our 2 kids, 3 cats, and a dog that thinks he's a cat, too. I love to cook and share delicious vegan food with everyone I know. MORE →


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