Healthy vegan Pizza with Hemp Protein
With this yummy and healthy pizza recipe, you do not only bring color to the plate, it even tastes like in your favorite Italian restaurant. Thanks to the hemp protein, it covers the protein need and is a great recipe for all pizza fans who like a fine vegan pizza. And for all, who are looking for a recipe covering high protein needs.
Ingredients
Pizza crust with hemp protein
- 200 g whole grain flour (I use spelt flour) gesiebt
- 50 g white flour (I use spelt flour Type 1050) + some for rolling out
- 75 g hemp protein*
- 1 TL salt
- 4 g dry yeast
- 200 g water lukewarm
Tomato sauce
- 1 large onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 Tbsp tomato paste
- 410 g tomato passata
- 1 pinch of chili powder
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika powder
- 1 tsp oregano dry
- 1 tsp tamari / soy sauce
- salt and pepper
Toppings
- 1 Tbsp tomato paste
- 200 g smoked tofu
- 1/2 yellow bell pepper
- 50 g arugula
- some olive oil cold-pressed
- 3-4 Tbsp nutritional yeast
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a bowl and knead till you get a nice and smoothe dough. Set aside in a bowl, cover and let the dough rise for 50 Minutes.
- Chop onions and garlic.
- Heat Olive oil in a pan and add onion and garlic cubes. Roast for about 3 Minutes.
- Add 2 Tbsp of tomato paste and roast for 1 Min.
- Then add the rest of the ingredients for the tomato sauce and let it cook on low heat for about 30 Minutes. Add Tamari, salt and pepper to taste.
- In the mean time cut the bell pepper into stripes and tofu into cubes. Wash arugula and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 180 ℃ (356 ºF). Roll out dough and spred some tomato paste onto the dough. Then pour the tomato sauce over it and add the tofu and bell pepper.
- Bake for 23-30 minutes.
- Before serving add arugula and drizzle some cold-pressed olive oil and nutritional yeast flakes over the pizza. Enjoy :)
Notes
*if needed substitute hemp protein with hemp flour or any flour of your choice
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