Pizza, Pizza!
I had these lovely organic heirloom cheery tomatoes at home needing to be used, so when I happened upon a nice locally made herbed pizza dough at Whole Foods, I was inspired to put together my first vegan pizza. It was also initially inspired by this picture from Seitti on Flickr.
The Italian herbed crust was first rubbed with olive oil then a thin layer of tomato pasta sauce. Topped with fresh garlic, spinach, fennel, red bell pepper, sweet cherry tomatoes and Follow Your Heart’s vegan Mozzarella and popped in the oven (it’s finally cool enough to turn it on again) at 425 for 15 minutes. The cheese wasn’t super melty but it had a nice taste and texture. The addition of the fennel here, as in most things, was a stroke of genius.
Update: Darn it. Found out after that fact that the crust was not vegan as it contained butter.
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this pizza is stunning!! I just posted the other day, about some english-muffin pizzas that I made with the Follow Your Heart cheddar “cheese” and vegetables and such. I just baked the pizzas in a toaster oven, and the “cheese” melted completely!
Comment by VeggieGirl — September 18, 2007 @ 6:00 am
Do you remember on which aisle you found the pizza dough? I’m pretty sure we frequent the same Whole Foods (next to Cafe Graikos). :) Thanks!
Comment by vegyogini — September 18, 2007 @ 9:39 am
VeggieGirl: I picked the FYH cheese because I’d heard about how well it melts. As you can see after 15 in the over, it still wasn’t very melted. I made a second pizza later using only olive oil, the FYH cheese and green olives. That time I did it in the toaster oven and the melt level as about the same. Maybe I just need to let them cook longer? Problem was at that point the crust would have been a bit burned.
Comment by FoodEater — September 18, 2007 @ 1:37 pm
Vegyogini: I like that Whole Foods too but this one was the location in Studio City on Coldwater. They had the crusts on a stand-up display in the aisle that sells pastas and oils. I realized later on though (after eating it) that the crust was not entirely vegan as it contained butter.
Comment by FoodEater — September 18, 2007 @ 1:39 pm
Ooh, good to know about the butter. I’m definitely vegan, so I’ll have to live vicariously through you this time!
Comment by vegyogini — September 18, 2007 @ 2:15 pm