Quick Vegan Margherita Pizza! Sometimes you just want a ridiculously good pizza and the pizza restaurants are too far away, have shut down, or offer sub-par vegan experience. Then you just go to the kitchen and whip up a super fresh delicious Margherita pizza with gooey cashew cheese, all made from scratch.

I am a sucker for a pizza…If there is one food you can eat for the rest of your life – for me it’s definitely a pizza.

I just love everything about it! So I decided to start making my own, why not?! And the result was so much better than the shop-bought ones!

It also turns out, that it’s not so difficult to make either!

The pizza dough doesn’t need much kneading. Just bring the dough together and let it rise for 15 mins, then shape it using some flour. This dough is shaped easily as it does not have much gluten development (which develops with longer kneading) and hence is not the stretchy traditional pizza dough, so no struggling to roll it out!

Not gonna lie, it’s probably a cheats’ pizza…but who cares… it tastes lovely…soooo…

The ‘mozzarella’ is made from cashew nuts! Of course! They are so creamy and they work so perfectly in this recipe to replace the traditional dairy mozzarella cheese.

Basically, don’t be scared to try to make pizza yourself! It can be so fun, and it’s definitely not so difficult to make!

Let’s make some pizza!

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Quick Vegan Margherita Pizza elena Quick Vegan Margherita Pizza! Sometimes you just want a ridiculously good pizza and the pizza restaurants are too far away, have shut down, or offer sub-par vegan experience. Then you just go to the kitchen and whip up a super fresh delicious Margherita pizza with gooey cashew cheese, all made from scratch. Print Recipe Pin Recipe Prep Time 20 mins Cook Time 15 mins Total Time 33 mins Course Main Course Cuisine Italian Servings 2 Calories 487 kcal Ingredients 1x 2x 3x Pizza Dough:

1 teaspoon of dry active yeast

1/4 cup 60 ml + 3 tbsp warm water

1 1/4 cup/150g flour divided, (unbleached all-purpose or half of all-purpose and half whole wheat pastry flour/spelt)

1 tbsp semolina flour or use wheat flour

1/3 tsp salt

2 tsp olive oil

Pizza Sauce:

1/4 cup 65.5 g unsalted tomato paste

1/3 cup 78.86 ml water

1 tsp extra virgin olive oil

1 clove of garlic minced or 1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp dried thyme or rosemary

1 tsp each dried oregano dried basil

1/8 tsp onion powder

1/8 tsp salt

dash of black pepper

Cashew Mozzarella cream:

1/2 cup 64.5 g cashews soaked in hot water for 15 mins

1 cup 236.59 ml water

2 tsp extra virgin olive oil

1 tsp flour

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp lemon juice

1/4 tsp onion powder

1/2 tsp miso or use 1-2 tsp nutritional yeast

Fresh basil extra virgin olive oil and pepper flakes for garnish Instructions Method:

Preheat the oven to 435 deg F (225 C). Soak the cashews in hot boiling water if you haven't already.

Pizza Base: Mix the warm water with yeast and 1 tbsp flour. Mix well and let it sit for 2 mins.

Mix the salt and semolina into the rest of the flour. Add the flour and oil to the yeast mixture and mix. Mix till just about combined. Let it sit for a minute.

Oil your hands and bring the dough together till just about smooth. Use a tsp or so more flour(or water if you used wheat flours), if needed. Don't knead it longer than a few seconds. Cover with a towel and let it sit near the preheating oven for 15-20 mins.

Cashew Mozzarella Cream: Drain the cashews. Add to a blender with the rest of the cashew cheese ingredients. Blend until smooth. Add to a skillet over medium heat. Cook to thicken evenly. 4 to 6 mins. Stir occasionally to avoid sticking at the bottom and lumping.

Prep the pizza sauce: Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Taste and adjust salt and flavor. Add a pinch of sweetener if needed.

Oil your hands and transfer the pizza dough to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Using some flour shape the dough into a flat ball, then spread using your hands. Keep spreading to make a large pizza or make 2 small pizzas. You want to spread the dough thin, as it will rise quite a bit during baking and make a bready crust if it was too thick to begin with.

Spread the pizza sauce all over. Place tomato slices over if you like. Sprinkle a pinch of salt. (you can also add other thinly sliced veggies at this point). Add spoonfuls of the mozzarella cream on the pizza.

Drizzle a teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil.

Bake for 13 to 14 mins. (Broil for a minute if needed), Remove from the oven and add fresh basil and pepper flakes. Slice and serve. Nutrition Calories: 487 kcal Keyword dairyfree, easytomake, pizza, vegan Tried this recipe? Let us know how it was!

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