This is an easy pizza to make and will please even the non vegans–I guarantee. The recipe makes about 6 personal-sized pizzas so I tend to either refrigerate/freeze half the dough for another night, or make up all 6 pizzas for the next day’s lunch.
INGREDIENTS:
Dough:
2 C flour
1 C whole wheat flour
1 pkg quick-rise dry yeast
1 tsp salt
1 tsp dried rosemary
3/4 C hot tap water, divided
2 Tbs olive oil
The rest:
1-14oz can artichokes, chopped
6-oz jar sun-dried tomatoes, diced
8-oz vegan mozzarella, shredded
1-1/2 C pesto
Optional toppings: mushrooms, olives, spinach, roasted red peppers
DIRECTIONS:
In a small bowl, combine yeast with 1/4 C of the hot tap water; set aside. In a large bowl, combine flours, salt, and rosemary. Add yeast and olive oil to the flour mixture and combine, adding the remaining 1/2 C of hot tap water. You may need a little more. Once ingredients are thoroughly combined, place in a large greased bowl and let rise for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400. Punch the dough down and knead for 5 minutes. Divide into 6 sections; roll out each section and place on a greased pizza pan or baking sheet. Using a fork, stick each piece of dough several times. Bake for 4 minutes.
Spread each baked crust with a layer of pesto, then top with cheese, artichokes, and sun-dried tomatoes. Bake 8-10 minutes. Enjoy!
What is your favorite type of vegan cheese to use? Is there a specific brand that melts well for pizza? This looks delicious, and I’m sure that my vegan and non-vegan friends would love it (and of course, Ryan and I would be in heaven!)
Vegan Rella is my favorite!! ( here’s a picture of it ) I’ve only been able to find their mozzarella flavor but I know they make other flavors. It’s a little stickier when you grate it and sometimes it’s tough to spread around, but I think it’s the tastiest. We’ve had non vegans go crazy over it. I’m not nuts about Galaxy Foods Vegan cheese, but their rice cheeses are good, however, they do have traces of caesin, the milk protein. Lisanatti makes an Almond mozzarella that is also good–they make a pepper jack one that is great for tofu scrambles or casseroles. I hope this helps. Sometimes it’s all about trial and error and finding one you like. I think companies are getting better at making fake cheese and meats than they used to.
That looks absolutely mouth-watering!
Galaxy does make vegan rice cheese by the way, they can be hard to find though. And they recently re-formulated their recipe and I think it is worse now (my kids agree). I haven’t tried Vegan Rella in a really long time, I’ll have to give that a go.