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 (1/2 cup)
- 150ml pitted and sliced black olives (3/4 cup)
- 1/2 medium red onion, sliced*
- 1/4 batch Quick And Easy “Feta”, crumbled (90g)
*Fresh ingredients you need that are not part of our pantry and freezer tips.
Instructions
- Prepare your pizza dough if making from scratch.
- 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.
- 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).
- Remove the dough from the oven and top with remaining toppings (except for the “feta”).
- 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).
- 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).
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Dishes
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Italian