Vegan Pizza with Spinach and Roast Pumpkin
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- 30 mins for dough to rise
- More effort
- Makes 2 Medium Pizzas
Ingredients
Pizza Base
- 250g plain flour plus extra for dusting
- 7g yeast
- 5g salt
- 175ml lukewarm water
- dried breadcrumbs for sprinkling
Topping
- 250g plain flour plus extra for dusting
- 7g yeast
- 5g salt
- 175ml lukewarm water
- dried breadcrumbs for sprinkling
- 150g chopped tinned tomatoes
- 1 tbs of tomato puree
- 5 closed cup mushrooms
- 3 large handfuls of spinach
- 200g pumpkin
- 1 red pepper
- 1/4 white onion
- toasted pinenuts
- olive oil
- fresh basil
- salt and pepper
- dried oregano
Method
- STEP 1Preheat oven to 250C. Put flour and salt in large bowl. Dissolve yeast in the warm water and slowly add it to the flour until you obtain a dough. Kneed the dough for 8 minutes then split in half and cover with a damp cloth and leave to rest for 30 minutes.
- STEP 2Meanwhile, cut pumpkin into thin strips, drizzle with olive oil, oregano, salt and pepper and roast in oven. Prepare pizza sauce by combining tinned tomatoes and puree and seasoning lightly.
- STEP 3Next stage is to wilt the spinach in 2 tbs of water on the stove top. Prepare the peppers, onion and mushrooms by slicing into chunks or strips.
- STEP 4When the dough has doubled in size, roll each piece into a round shape and sprinkle baking trays with breadcrumbs. Carefully place dough onto trays and add enough of the tomato sauce to thinly cover the base. Then add the spinach as this helps the toppings to 'stick'. Finally arrange the rest of your vegetables onto your pizzas and drizzle with more olive oil. Cook pizzas at 250C for 7-10 minutes depending on preferences.
- STEP 5While the pizza is cooking, toast a few pine nuts and select some fresh basil leaves. Sprinkle on finished pizza and enjoy!
