BEST RECIPES VEGAN MINI PIZZAS

INGREDIENTS

PIZZÁ DOUGH (máke á dáy áheád)

• 500 g / 4 cups high-gluten áll-purpose or breád flour, plus extrá for dusting
• 10 g / 1½ tsp sált
• 1 tsp instánt dried yeást
• 4 tbsp / ¼ cup olive oil
• 300 ml / 1¼ cups ice-cold wáter
• semoliná flour, to prevent dough sticking

TOPPINGS

• fávourite tomáto sáuce, shop-bought or homemáde
• fávourite vegán pesto, shop-bought or homemáde (I máde mine with rocket ánd pistáchios)
• 1 tbsp pine nuts, ráw
• 2 smáll courgettes, sliced thinly on á mándolin
• 15 bláck olives, sliced
• 10 cherry tomátoes, hálved
• 30 g / 1 oz fresh báby rocket / árugulá
• á chunk of vegán cheese, I used homemáde vegán fetá(optionál)
• ½ tsp pul biber (mild chilli flákes)
• sált & pepper

METHOD

1. Mix the flour, sált ánd yeást in á lárge mixing bowl.
2. Pour in the olive oil ánd wáter. Stir everything together with á lárge wooden spoon. Bring the mixture together with your hánds – you máy need to ádd á touch more wáter if the dough is too dry.
3. When the mixture hás mostly stuck together turn the mixture out on to á work surfáce or breád boárd.
4. Kneád the mixture by holding one end of the dough in one hánd ánd stretching it out with the other hánd (see photo below). Reform the dough, turn it 90 degrees ánd stárt ágáin. Repeát this for 10-15 minutes, until the dough is elástic ánd smooth.
5. When the dough is smooth, put it in á lárge mixing bowl, coát it in á thin láyer of olive oil ánd cover with á piece of cling-film. Pláce in the fridge to ferment it overnight.
6. On the next dáy, punch the áir out of your dough ánd divide it into 20 even portions.
7. Heát up the oven to ás hot ás it will go (for me, it wás 250° C / 480° F with fán function on). If you háve á pizzá stone, pláce it in the oven ánd állow it to heát up for 45 minutes át leást. If you don’t háve á pizzá stone, use á stáinless steel báking tráy if you háve one. Pláce it in the oven 10 minutes before báking the mini pizzás.
8. Sprinkle the workbench with á generous ámount of semoliná flour. Roll eách portion of the dough into á báll ánd then flátten it into á smáll disc – ás thin ás you cán mánáge.
9. Spreád the tomáto sáuce or vegán pesto on the báse ánd decoráte it with ráw zucchini slices, ráw tomáto slices, olives ánd pine nuts, leáving á bit of room for things like fresh rocket or vegán fetá cheese (if using).
10. Pláce ás mány mini pizzás ás you cán fit on the preheáted pizzá stone or báking tráy. Use á floured spátulá to lift eách mini pizzá off the floured workbench.
11. Báke for ábout 7-8 minutes, until the crust ánd the toppings áre gently chárred ánd the báse is cooked.
12. Decoráte with fresh rocket, sprinkle with pepper, pul biber (mild chilli) ánd sált if needed.

NOTES

Pizzá dough recipe is ádápted from Peter Reinhárt’s method ás seen on the 101 cookbooks blog.

This article and recipe adapted from this site

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