Total for all three recipes if you multi-task is 45-50 minutes from scratch!
Rip Esselstyn's Vegan Pizza Base: Oil free & wholegrain
Makes 2 pizza bases
5 minutes preparation, 20 minutes rising, 20 minutes cooking time
Ingredients
3 Cups of wholegrain flour
1 x 35g packet of yeast
½ Cup apple sauce
1/8 tsp salt
1 ¼ cup warm water
Method
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In a bowl put flour, yeast and salt. Stir to combine.
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Add apple sauce and water. Stir to combine, then mix with hands.
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Kneed gently for about 1 minute.
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Cover with moist paper towel and let rise for 10 minutes. (In the mean time make your cheese and prep your tomatoes)
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Cut in two, kneed each piece and then cover and let rise for another 10 minutes. (Now finish tomato sauce)
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Roll out dough or use hands to shape the pizza.
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Place on baking paper and tray.
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Spread sauce over.
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Add toppings, lastly add the cheese.
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Put in an oven at 220C 425F for 15-20 minutes or if you have a pizza setting in your oven put it as high as it can go and cook for around 10 minutes.
Chic Vegan's Moxarella Cheese
2 minutes preparation, 3-4 minutes cooking time (soaking time 30 mins - 8 hours depending on blender)
Ingredients
¼ Cup of soaked cashews
1 Cup hot water
2 Tbspn + 1 tsp tapioca starch
1 small garlic clove
¾ tsp salt
1 tbspn lemon juice
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Methods
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Mix all ingredients in a blender until smooth.
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Put in a saucepan and whisk continually over medium to high heat until thickened.
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Make sure you keep whisking so it doesn’t stick. It takes a few minutes to thicken but when it happens it’s quite quick.
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Either use immediately on top of pizza or if using on another day let cool and then put into baking paper and roll up so it forms a log. Store in fridge. It can be sliced into round shaped pieces of cheese and looks pretty fancy when done this way.
Tomato Pizza Sauce
Inspired by
Tomato Pizza Sauce: 10-15 minutes preparation
Ingredients
4 Large tomatoes
Fresh oregano
Pinch of salt
Pepper
Method
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Make a cross with a knife at the bottom of each tomato.
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Blanche tomatoes in boiling hot water for about 2-3 minutes or until the skins start to peel off at the cross.
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Place into iced water and let sit for a 1-2 minutes.
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Peel skins off.
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Cut tomatoes into ¼ and remove seeds (save for soup or juice).
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Either chop up very small or blend on very low for a few seconds, should not be a smooth sauce but more a very fine chunky one.
Wholegrain PIZZA
