Jerk Pizza with Sweet Potato Crust

Name: Jerk Pizza with Sweet Potato Crust
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Cuisine: Guyanese
Ingredients: One 8-ounce (227 g) can prepared tomato sauce or pizza sauce; 1 garlic clove, minced; 1 medium onion, cut into rings or crescents; 1 teaspoon Jamaican Jerk Seasoning; 1 to 2 teaspoons brown sugar; 1 tablespoon Jamaican Jerk Seasoning; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; ¼ teaspoon pink or sea salt; 2 or 3 Jerk “Sausages”, sliced into ½-inch (1.3 cm) rounds; 1 ripe plantain, sliced into ½-inch (1.3 cm) rounds; ¾ cup (170 g) faux chicken strips or frozen and defrosted tofu (see Island Tips); ¼ teaspoon cornstarch; ¼ teaspoon Madras curry powder; ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper; 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more as needed; 1 teaspoon molasses; ½ Scotch bonnet or habanero pepper, chopped, optional; ½ teaspoon seasoning salt; 1 teaspoon active dry yeast; 1 small white-fleshed sweet potato, chopped; ½ cup (120 ml) lukewarm water (110°F to 115°F/ 43°C to 46°C); 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 teaspoon dried thyme; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 cups (250 g) unbleached all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons cornmeal; 1 teaspoon pink or sea salt; 1 small eggplant, peeled and cut into short, thin strips; A few slices of green and red bell pepper; 1 teaspoon onion powder

Preparation info

Serves
6 to 8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Caribbean Vegan

By Taymer Mason

Published 2021

About

This pizza is saucy and flavorful, and if you give this to anyone they will be so wrapped up in the crust and the toppings that cheese will be the last thing on their mind.

Ingredients

Crust

1 small white-fleshed sweet potato, chopped
1 teaspoon active dry yeast
1 teaspoon

Americas
Trinidad & Tobago
Guyana
Caribbean
Pizza
Vegan

Method

To make the crust, cook the potatoes in boiling salted water for 20 to 25 minutes, until tender. While the potatoes are cooking, stir the yeast and sugar into the water and let stand about 15 minutes, until the top is foamy. (If the yeast doesn’t foam, it’s dead or the water was too hot or cool. Start over with fresh yeast.)
Drain the potatoes and put them