The Ultimate Creamy Vegan Pizza (Easy Recipe!)
A vibrant and healthy recipe for the ‘Best Vegan Pizza,’ featuring a creamy homemade cashew cream sauce instead of traditional cheese. The pizza is built on a store-bought or homemade crust and is loaded with a colorful medley of fresh, seasoned vegetables including broccoli, cherry tomatoes, corn, and red onion. It’s baked at a high temperature until the crust is golden and the vegetables are tender and roasted, then finished with a generous drizzle of the cashew cream and fresh herbs.
Ingredients
- For the Cashew Cream (inferred):
- 1 cup raw cashews, soaked in hot water for 30 minutes
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- For the Pizza:
- 1 small head broccoli, chopped
- ⅓ cup halved cherry tomatoes
- Kernels from 1 ear of fresh corn
- ¼ cup coarsely chopped red onion
- ½ jalapeño pepper, thinly sliced
- 4 oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, diced
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 pound pizza dough
- ½ cup fresh basil leaves
- 2 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves
- Red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Note: The recipe for Cashew Cream was not provided in the source article and has been inferred.
- Make the Cashew Cream: Drain the soaked cashews. In a high-speed blender, combine the cashews, 1/2 cup fresh water, lemon juice, nutritional yeast, garlic, and salt. Blend until completely smooth and creamy.
- Prepare the Toppings and Pizza: Preheat the oven to 450°F.
- In a medium bowl, combine the chopped broccoli, cherry tomatoes, corn, onion, jalapeño, and sun-dried tomatoes. Drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and toss to coat.
- Stretch the pizza dough onto a 14-inch pizza pan. Brush the outer edges of the dough lightly with olive oil.
- Spoon a few scoops of the cashew cream onto the center of the dough and spread it into a thin layer, leaving a border for the crust.
- Sprinkle the seasoned vegetables evenly over the cashew cream.
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until the crust is golden and the broccoli is tender.
- Remove the pizza from the oven. Drizzle generously with more cashew cream (thin with a little water if needed).
- Top with the fresh basil, fresh thyme, and a pinch of red pepper flakes before slicing and serving.
Notes
- This is a healthy, plant-based pizza that uses a creamy, dairy-free cashew sauce instead of cheese.
- Soaking the raw cashews in hot water before blending is a key step that helps them to become very soft, resulting in a smoother cream.
- The vegetables are added to the pizza raw and roast in the hot oven, which gives them a delicious flavor and texture.
Find it online: https://www.eatswithsoul.com/creamy-vegan-pizza/