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Vegetarian pizza

Vegetarian pizza

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Vegetarian pizza with lots of flavour. Topped with a delicious, homemade tomato sauce, baked aubergines and olives, the ingredients are fresh and simple to prepare. Remember that good flavour development takes time, both when the dough rises and the tomato sauce simmers, making your vegetarian pizza rich in umami taste.
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Instructions

Dough
  • Crumble the yeast and dissolve it in the water. Add flour, oil, sugar, and salt.
  • Knead the dough until it is smooth and flexible (approximately 8 minutes).
  • Cover the dough in cling film and let rise in a warm place (approximately 30 minutes).
  • Turn the dough out onto a table and divide it into four buns. Cover with cling film and let rise for another 30 minutes.
Baked aubergines
  • Preheat the oven to 250 °C
  • Cut the aubergines into slices and then into long strips.
  • Spread them on two sheets of baking paper.
  • Brush with oil, sprinkle with salt and chilli flakes.
  • Bake in the middle of the oven until they are golden (approximately 15 minutes).
Tomato sauce
  • Heat the oil in a sauté pan. Sauté onion and garlic until translucent.
  • Add the tomatoes and the bay leaf. Let the mixture cook on low heat and without the lid for approximately 15 minutes.
  • Add salt, pepper, basil, and oregano.
  • Let it boil for 8-10 minutes. Stir in the tomato puree (the mixture should now be smooth and thick).
  • Remove the bay leaf and let the sauce cool.
Assembling the pizza
  • Preheat the oven to 250 °C and heat two baking trays in the oven.
  • Press and shape the dough into four pizza bases (approximately 25 cm in diameter).
  • Place the bases on baking paper and spread the filling on top.
  • Pull the baking paper onto the hot baking trays and bake them in the middle of the oven until the pizzas are crispy and the filling is golden (approximately 12-14 minutes).
For serving
  • Finish with olives and fresh basil leaves and serve immediately.
Enjoy!
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Ingredients

4 pieces
Dough for pizza bases
Yeast
20 g
Water (lukewarm)
300 ml
Pizza flour (e.g. Tipo 00)
400 g
Olive oil
1 tbsp
Sugar
1 tsp
Coarse salt
½ tsp
Baked aubergines
Aubergines (approximately 600 g)
2
Olive oil
1 tbsp
Coarse salt
1 tsp
Dried chilli flakes
1 tsp
Tomato sauce
Olive oil
1 tbsp
Yellow onion, finely chopped
1
Small garlic clove, crushed
1
Peeled tomatoes (400 g)
1 can
Bay leaf
1
Coarse salt
½ tsp
Freshly ground pepper to taste
Dried basil
2 tsp
Dried oregano
½ tsp
Tomato purée
3 tbsp
Vegetarian pizza
Grated mozzarella cheese 15%
200 g
Red onion, thinly sliced
1
For serving
Olives
75 g
Fresh basil leaves

Your green choice of pizza

This recipe makes it surprisingly easy, and not at all a hardship with its umami combination of deep, rich, and savoury flavours. Versatile enough to create an endless number of topping combinations, this recipe will soon become one of the family’s favourites.

Tomato sauce like a pro

When it comes to any tomato-based sauce, low, slow and patient is where the magic happens. A short cooking time will preserve the bright, fresh, and acidic taste of the tomatoes while a longer one will deepen the flavour and thicken the sauce for an intense umami-ness that is difficult to describe. It’s arguably the star of this recipe and brings together every other ingredient into one of the best vegetable pizzas you have ever tasted.

The secret to stunning baked aubergines

Because the average eggplant is 90 percent water, make sure that you give each slice enough room to evaporate the excess liquid and transform into a beautifully caramelised pizza topping. This fruit is also a super-absorber so go light on the oil, a light brush is plenty for the baking process.