Description
This bright, cheesy, spicy Vegan Shaved Asparagus Pizza is perfect to make to impress your loved ones, for brunch, dinner or even picnics!
Ingredients
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Pizza dough
- 240 ml luke-warm water
- 1 pack fast-action yeast (7g)
- 2 tsp maple syrup
- 390 g all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
Cheesy Kale Pizza Sauce
- 4–5 cups chopped kale
- salt
- black pepper
- 1/2 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/2 cup walnuts
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp olive oil
- 5 tbsp water (+ 2 tbsp more if needed)
Shaved Asparagus Topping
- 222 g asparagus
- 1/2 cup crumbled tofu
- salt
- black pepper
- 1 tsp chilli flakes (or, to taste! )
- 1 tsp mixed herbs
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- zest from one lemon
Instructions
Pizza dough
- Combine lukewarm water with maple syrup and yeast. Set aside for 5-10 minutes.
- In another bowl, combine all-purpose flour, salt and olive oil. Pour the wet over the dry and bring together.
- Knead on a well-floured surface for 5 minutes or until dough is soft to touch.
- Divide dough into two and shape into balls. Grease two bowls with a little oil, and place one dough ball in each. Cover with a tea towel and allow to proof for 45mins or until doubled in size.
Cheesy Kale Sauce
- In a pan, add a splash of water with the chopped kale. Cook until wilted and all the water has disappeared. Once done, allow to cool slightly.
- Add wilted kale, salt, black pepper, walnuts, nutritional yeast, garlic, olive oil and water into a food processor and blend. (it's okay if a few kale leaves look like they've been chopped and haven't been blended fully!)
Shaved Asparagus Topping
- Shave the asparagus, then toss with lemon juice, lemon zest, tofu, chilli flakes, black pepper, salt, mixed pepper and olive oil. Set aside.
Assembly
- Pre-heat oven to 260C/500F,
- Punch out the air from your dough (my favourite part). Then, on a well-floured surface roll into a rough rectangle shape. Transfer onto a well-oiled baking tray. If you need to, stretch your dough to fit your baking tray.
- Spread around half (or slightly less) of the Cheesy Kale Sauce. Arrange the asparagus over the sauce. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the pizza base is fully cooked!
Notes
You may have some leftover Cheesy Kale Sauce! Use it in salads, as a spread over toast, or you could even use it to make naan pizza!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: American, Italian