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Vegan Pesto Pizza With Easy Tofu "Feta"

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Top down view of a hand lifting a slice of thin crust pesto pizza with feta crumble from a wooden tray. Extra feta fills a small dish and other slices are scattered around.

This thin crust vegan pesto pizza with "feta" will have you craving homemade pizza on the regular! It's:

Smothered With vegan Basil Pesto
Has A Crispy Thin Crust
Is Loaded With Salty Savoury Sun-Dried Tomatoes & Black Olives
Plus Sweet Red Onion
And Topped With Tasty, Fresh "Feta" Crumble

Top down view of a slice being pulled away from a sliced pesto pizza.

Ingredients For Vegan Pesto Pizza

  1. One Pizza Dough (if using our Easy Pizza Dough make a full batch and freeze one dough for another pizza OR stretch the basil pesto to 2 12" pizzas, double the other toppings and make yourself two pizzas!)
  2. One batch Basil Pesto or equivalent 220ml (find my oil-free pesto sauce here!)
  3. Sun-Dried Tomatoes
  4. Black Olives
  5. Red Onion
  6. And our Quick & Easy "Feta"!
Top down view of a ball of pizza dough and basil pesto, black olives, red onion, sun-dried tomatoes, and tofu feta scattered around in small dishes.

How To Bake This Vegan Pesto Pizza

  • If making our easy pizza dough, preheat the oven to 450 degrees F and form the dough into your desired shape and size.
    • If using a different crust, follow the baking instructions provided.
  • Pre-bake the crust for 5 minutes without any toppings.
    • I find this helps the dough to not soak up too much of the pesto.
Top down view of pizza dough stretched to fill a pizza pan.
  • Remove the crust from the oven and top with pesto, red onion, sun-dried tomatoes and olives.
  • Bake from another 8-12 minutes until the crust is nicely golden.
    • If making a thicker crust pizza, it may need to bake for a few more minutes.
Top down view of pesto pizza with all the toppings added except the feta.
  • Once your pizza comes out of the oven all warm, golden, and crispy... sprinkle on that "feta"!
    • Alternatively, add the feta 1-2 minutes before your pizza is done baking if you prefer it to get ever so slightly browned.
  • Slice and serve!
Top down view of pesto pizza with "feta" crumble.

Recipe Cost

This recipe; using 1 Pizza Dough, 1 batch Basil Pesto, and 90g (or about ¼ of our Easy "Feta" Recipe), plus the remaining toppings costs us:

Approximately: CAD $8.46 and makes one 12" thin crust pizza.

If we make a full batch of our pizza dough and freeze one dough (or make a large thick crust pizza), a full batch of our feta, and double the remaining ingredients (except the pesto)... our cost would be CAD $15.89.

Comparatively, if we were to order a medium (8 slice) pesto pizza out we would pay at least CAD $15 for one pizza.

Side view of hand lifting a slice of pesto pizza with feta from a wooden tray.

Does that have you craving homemade vegan pesto pizza? Let us know in the comments below if you give this pizza a try and how you make it your own!

Try serving it with our Caesar Salad topped with our thrifty, smoky Tomato Bits!

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Top down view of a hand lifting a slice of thin crust vegan pesto pizza with feta crumbles from a wooden tray.

Vegan Pesto Pizza With Easy Tofu "Feta"

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  • Author: Kathryn Alexandre
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 1 12" thin crust pizza 1x
  • Diet: Vegan
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Description

A rustic thin crust vegan pesto pizza for your next pizza night. An easy vegan basil pesto and simple tofu "feta" star!

Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 1 Pizza Dough (if using our Easy Pizza Dough make 1 12” pizza and freeze the remaining dough or try making one large thick crust)
  • 1 batch Basil Pesto (if making two 12” pizzas the pesto can cover both especially if you add a little more oil)*

Toppings (double if making two pizzas)

  • 60g sun-dried tomatoes (½ cup)
  • 150ml pitted and sliced black olives (¾ cup)
  • ½ medium red onion, sliced*
  • ¼ batch Quick And Easy “Feta”, crumbled (90g)

*Fresh ingredients you need that are not part of our pantry and freezer tips.

Instructions

  1. Prepare your pizza dough if making from scratch.
  2. Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F (or follow the directions for your dough). Stretch your dough to cover one oiled and floured pizza pan.  
  3. Pre-bake your dough for 5 minutes without any sauce or toppings (I find this helps the pesto from not getting too absorbed by the dough).
  4. Remove the dough from the oven and top with remaining toppings (except for the "feta").
  5. Bake for another 8-12 minutes. Add the “feta” once the pizza comes out of the oven (or in the last 1-2 minutes of baking if desired).
  6. Slice, serve, and enjoy!!

Notes

Cost Comparison: CAD $8.46 for one 12” thin crust pizza. ($0.88 for one easy pizza dough crust, $3.17 for basil pesto, $1.08 for 90g quick and easy “feta”, and $3.33 for remaining ingredients) vs. over CAD $15.00 if we were to order a medium pesto pizza out. That’s a savings of over $6.50. 

If you made two thin crust 12” pizzas with our easy pizza dough, doubled the toppings, and made a full batch of our “feta” the cost would come to CAD $15.89 (likely less than 1 pizza out).

Interested in a dairy and oil-free pesto sauce? Try the one in my Vegan Pesto Pasta recipe!

  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Category: Main Dishes
  • Method: Baked
  • Cuisine: Italian

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