Deep-Pan Pizza

Name: Deep-Pan Pizza
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Makes 1 medium pizza
Ingredients: small handful of fresh basil, plus extra to garnish; 1 tsp fast-action dried yeast; 150 g vegan mozzarella; 150 g tomato purée; a generous pinch of salt and pepper; a generous pinch of salt and pepper; 230 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting

Preparation info

Makes
1
medium pizza

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

So Vegan in 5

By Roxy Pope and Ben Pook

Published 2018

About

We thought pizza would be the hardest thing to give up when we decided to go vegan. Then we realised we could just make it ourselves! This classic deep pan version is indulgent and ridiculously satisfying.

Ingredients

230 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
1 tsp fast-action dried yeast
small handful of fresh basil

Main course
Pizza
Vegan

Method

Mix the flour, yeast and ½ teaspoon of salt together in a large mixing bowl, creating a well in the middle. Pour 150 ml of tepid water into the well along with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, then use a spoon