Vegan Pesto Pizza
This Vegan Pesto Pizza with crumbled tofu, crispy kale, olives and caramelized onions has a mint pesto base and the perfect pizza crust.
Ingredients
Vegan Pizza Dough
- 5 cups all purpose flour or sub gluten free flour
- 2 1/4 cups cold water ice cold is best
- 1.5 tsp active dry yeast
- 1.5 tsp salt
Caramelized Onions
- 1/2 onion thinly sliced and caramelized
- sprinkle salt
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
Mint Pesto
- 1 1/4 cup fresh mint
- 3/4 cup fresh cilantro
- 4 Tbsp unsalted sunflower seeds or 3 Tbsp unsalted nuts of choice
- 1-2 cloves garlic
- 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 3-4 Tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 3 Tbsp water
Assembling Vegan Pesto Pizza
- 1 cup finely chopped kale
- 20 Castelvetrano olives or olives of choice
- 1/2 package tofu excess water removed, crumbled
- drizzle olive oil
- sprinkle salt
- fresh mint for garnish
Instructions
Vegan Pizza Dough
- Add the flour, yeast and salt to a large bowl and mix well.
- Slowly add the ice cold water and mix until well combined.
- Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for 7-10 minutes until the dough is smooth.
- Add a drop of olive oil to your hands and form dough into a ball so it is coated in olive oil. Loosely wrap in plastic wrap and allow to sit at room temperature for 2 hours.
Caramelized Onions
- Wash and thinly sliced half an onion.
- Add onions to a heated pan with a generous drizzle of olive oil and sprinkle of salt.
- Cook slowly on low for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally until onions are darker in colour (but no burnt) and caramelized. Remove from heat and set aside.
Mint Pesto
- Add all ingredients to a food processor or a mortar and pestle (or use a hand blender) to form a pesto sauce. Set aside.
Assembling Vegan Pesto Pizza
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Cut dough into 2 pieces (for large pizzas) or 4 pieces (for mini pizzas). Roll out each piece of dough on a lightly floured surface. Place dough on lightly oiled pizza pans.
- Add a generous amount of pesto to each pizza.
- Add crumbled tofu, then finely chopped kale, then olives and caramelized onions to each pizza. Add a drizzle of olive oil and sprinkle of salt to each pizza (optional).
- Place pizzas in oven for 15-20 minutes (checking at 12 minutes) or until crust is just golden brown.
- Garnish with fresh mint (optional).