Vegan Cheese Pizza
Are you craving a cheesy pizza but all the store-bought vegan cheeses aren't any good? The simple solution: Make your own vegan cheese! It's really easy! Add your favorite toppings to this Vegan Cheese Pizza!
Servings 2 pizzas
Calories 888kcal
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour + more to dust the dough and surfaces
- 1 teaspoon instant yeast
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon olive oil + more to coat the dough
- 3/4 cup water
Vegan Cheese Sauce
- 2 tablespoons vegan butter or coconut oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon curry powder
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika powder
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/2 cup water
Tomato Sauce
- 3/4 cup tomato passata
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Toppings
- 1/4 cup fresh basil chopped
Instructions
Pizza Dough
- Combine the flour, instant yeast, and salt in a mixing bowl. Add the olive oil and water. Mix and knead by hand until it's a soft, non-sticky dough or put all the ingredients in a kitchen machine and let the machine knead the dough for you. Finetune the dough: If it's too sticky, add more flour. If it's too crumbly, add more water.
- Coat the ball of dough in a drizzle of olive oil. Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and let the dough rise until it has doubled in size (2-3 hours depending on the room temperature).
Vegan Cheese Sauce
- Heat the vegan butter or coconut oil in a small pot on low heat.
- Add the salt, paprika powder, garlic powder, and curry powder.
- Add in the flour and whisk.
- Add nutritional yeast, whisk again until clumpy.
- Add the water and whisk on low heat for a few minutes. If it gets too thick you can add a little bit more water and whisk again.
Combining it all together
- Preheat the oven to 480°F/250°C.
- For the tomato sauce, mix the tomato passata with salt, garlic powder, and dried oregano.
- Divide the dough into two equal parts. Carefully roll it out on a lightly floured parchment paper into two pizza crusts (don't use too much pressure). You can stretch it a bit with your hands until it has the right shape.
- Transfer the crust on the parchment paper onto a baking tray. Top the pizza dough with tomato sauce. Add dollops of vegan cheese sauce and spread them into circles. At this point, you can also add additional toppings (such as olives, artichokes, mushrooms, whatever you like on your pizza!).
- Spray the pizza with oil and bake it for 5-10 minutes (until golden and crispy). Top with fresh basil after baking and enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 888kcal | Carbohydrates: 153g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Sodium: 1627mg | Potassium: 1060mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1345IU | Vitamin C: 16.9mg | Calcium: 93mg | Iron: 11.7mg