Almost Pizza

Ok, so pizza; bread, tomato sauce and cheese. Preferably some salami or another good kind of meat. Well if you're vegan that's not going to happen is it. Still, this vegan version of pizza was really good, and got pretty close. You can put pretty much anything you want on it, as long as it's not salami of course. I am fortunate enough to own a baking stone to bake the pizza on, so it got a really crispy crust, but of course this is not necessary. I recommend making the dough pretty thick, and of course you can make it from some whole grain flour if you want to. Adding some flax seeds would probably be good too.

Makes two pizzas:
For the dough:
12,5 g yeast
1,5 dl water
2 tbsp. olive oil
0,5 tsp. salt
250 g flour (could be more or less, you never know with dough)

Toppings (I had all of them, but you can pick and choose)

Roasted veggies:
1 bell pepper
1/2 red onion
1 clove of garlic
1/2 zucchini
1 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. thyme
2 tbsp. lemon
Oil
Salt & pepper

Fried mushrooms:
8 mushrooms
Oil
Herb salt and pepper

Cherry tomatoes:
10 cherry tomatoes
1 clove of garlic
1 tsp. syrup
1 tsp. vinegar
Oil
Salt and pepper

Tomato sauce (I cheated and used pre-made)
Zucchini crème (if you have some at home)
Corn
Sun-dried tomatoes
Olives
Pumpkin seeds
Arugula salad

Mix all the ingredients for the dough together and let rise for an hour. Meanwhile, make the toppings.

Chop ut all the vegetables for the roasted veggies and mix together with the herbs, salt and pepper in a ovenproof dish. Drizzle over oil and fry in the oven for about 15 minutes (225 degrees). If you want to you can also fry all of it in a frying pan.

Slice the mushrooms. Heat up a pan with oil until really hot and then add the mushrooms. Wiggle them around in the pan and let fry until golden brown. Season with some salt.

For the tomatoes, fry all the ingredients in a pan quickly.

When the hour has passed, divide the dough in two and roll or form to two pizzas. They can be quite thick, about 1,5 cm perhaps. Spread some tomato sauce over the dough, top with the veggies, the mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, corn, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, pumpkin seeds and, if you have some, zucchini crème. Bake in 250 degrees for about 10-15 minutes. Top with arugula and enjoy!

// Hanna