Pizza Sophia
 
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Impress your friends and family with this homemade meat-free pizza!
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Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • DOUGH
  • 1 Tbsp dry active yeast
  • 1½ cup warm water
  • 3½ cup flour
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • pinch of salt
  • TOPPINGS
  • Tomato sauce (plain, with mushrooms, basil, herbs etc.) or you can use pesto or both!
  • Thinly sliced onions
  • Mushrooms,
  • Marinated artichoke hearts,
  • Black pitted olives
  • Fresh sliced tomatoes,
  • Sliced zucchinis
  • Some vegie meat.
  • Shredded vegan cheese at the very end will provide a nice melting effect.
  • Fresh arrugula leaves and/or basil.
Instructions
  1. Put the yeast in a small bowl. Add the warm water and stir. Set aside for about 5-10 minutes.
  2. In a separate larger bowl, pour the flour. With your hand make a mound in the middle and dig a hole in the middle.
  3. Pour the yeast mixture, add the oil and the salt in the hole.
  4. Gently move the flour over the wet mixture and using your hands, mix to form the dough.
  5. You will need to sprinkle some flour on the working surface (a wooden board or clean counter will work fine) to prevent the dough from sticking.
  6. You can stop kneading when the dough doesn’t need more flour and isn’t sticking to your hands.
  7. Lightly oil a large bow with olive oil and place the dough in it.
  8. Score the top of the dough in the form of a cross to prevent cracking during the rising.
  9. Cover with a clean cotton towel and place in a warm area of the kitchen for 1 hour to let it rise.
  10. When the dough doubled in size, punch it down to remove the air bubble in the middle.
  11. Sprinkle flour on a working surface. Cut the dough into 3 equal parts.
  12. Start with the first one, you can use a rolling pin also lightly floured to roll it out.
  13. Once it has been flatten a little, you can use your hands to stretch it. I wouldn’t try to flip it over your head the first time. Just hold it over the top of your hand and move it around gently where it is thicker until you have the right thickness.
  14. You can use a cookie sheet if you don’t have a pizza pan.
  15. Depending on the size of your baking tray, you may need to use 2 dough balls to cover it all.
  16. If you only want to make one pizza, place the other 2 dough balls in a ziploc bag and freeze. Make sure to thaw them 6 hours prior to using them.
  17. ASSEMBLE
  18. Spread tomato sauce, then seasonings.
  19. Add sliced onions, artichoke hearts, olives, zucchini slices, vegie meat (optional)
  20. Sprinkle vegan cheese and fresh herbs
  21. Bake at 415 for 35 minutes or until the crust is done.
Recipe by Kind Cooking at https://kindcooking.com/pizza-sophia/