Two Kinds of Pizza

Karena · **Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:31 pm

I've made quite a few vegan pizzas now, & I've come to realise that the best way to approach it is to just forget about cheese alternatives altogether & just make it super tasty in its own right. I think this makes them more omni-friendly too. It's a big call, but these are two of the yummiest pizzas I've ever eaten - either with or without cheese. The pics don't really do them justice - there was a surprising amount of flavour packed into such simple pizzas.

I made a cornmeal crust & a simple sauce from fresh tomatoes (peeled & cored) mixed with a little Italian herb blend & drizzled in olive oil. The first one is topped with red onion & mushrooms that I sauteed with garlic & balsamic vinegar, then when the pizza came out of the oven I topped it with big blobs of homemade lemony aioli & fresh rocket. The second pizza is topped with red onion, roasted fennel, & potato that I boiled in chunks, then tossed in garlic sauteed in olive oil. Once it was cooked I dressed it with homemade toasted walnut & spinach pesto & fresh rocket.

bathsheba · **Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:36 pm

Beautiful!!

Steph · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:01 pm

Those look wonderful!!

Laine · **Joined:** Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:33 am **Posts:** 288

those look fantastic! Especially the 1st.

Helen4Morrissey · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:33 pm

These both look absolutely great - nice job!

Olives · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:37 pm

The aoili pizza intrigues me....

dakini · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:06 pm

Wow, those are some seriously spiffy pizzas! :)

Rhizopus Oligosporus · **Joined:** Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:39 pm **Posts:** 4585

I like your idea of adding a sauce (aioli, pesto) after the pizza comes out of the oven. Both pizzas sound excellent!

kmouse · **Joined:** Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:35 pm **Posts:** 371

Potato on a pizza!!!!!!!

Karena · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:07 pm

Thanks everyone! The sauce just gives the pizza that moisture & cohesion that the cheese normally provides - & the extra richness & yummy flavour of course. I preferred these pizzas to ones I've made with cheesy sauce, cashew cream or grated cheeze. Now I just have to think up some more sauces! Balsamic glaze would be great, along with other types of pesto, or a roast garlic mayo, or a creamy eggplant type sauce.

And yes to potato on pizza! Who doesn't love a little carb-on-carb action?!

Maggie Muggins · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2012 11:24 am

Pesto on pizza is something I've always wanted to try. Both of those look and sound incredible!

Erinnerung · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:30 am

I love rocket on pizzas! I used to live across the road from Goodlife Pizza when I lived in Adelaide and they would sometimes have a special pizza with rocket on top. I've been meaning to recreate it at home for ages.

Desdemona · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 6:46 am

Those look delicious - and they are absolutely beautiful!

betit19 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:12 pm

i do the same thing.. most cheese alternatives arent fun anyway. love the potato one!!

Mihl · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 1:58 pm **Posts:** 984

I am totally with you on the "forget cheese" approach. These look so much better than any cheese pizza.

erin32mc · **Posted:** Fri Sep 07, 2012 7:12 pm

Gorgeous pics of yummy grub!!!

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