Vegan Sourdough Pizza

written by Julia Heilig April 12, 2018
Vegan Sourdough Pizza

Max and I just love pizza. When we go out we usually go to a pizzaria. But recently I have tried to make my own (sourdough) pizza. The most important ingredient is a good sourdough starter – I got mine off amazon. They arrived pretty quickly and I started experimenting.

The basics:

Type 1 sourdough
Traditional San Francisco sourdough is a Type 1 sourdough, they are generally firm doughs.

Type 2 sourdough
In Type 2 sourdoughs, yeast is added to produce fermentation in dough. These doughs are more liquid and once fermented may be chilled and stored for up to a week.

Dried sourdough (type 3)
Type 3 sourdoughs are actually just the dried version of the Type 2 sourdoughs.

 

Vegan Sourdough Pizza

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Serves: 4 Prep Time: Cooking Time:

Ingredients

  • Pizza crust:
  • 1 1⁄4 cups warm water
  • 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons of sourdough starter (I use type 2)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 -3 1⁄2 cups strong white flour
  • Topping (tomatoe base sauce):
  • 1 bottle pasata
  • 1 teaspoon of dried italian herbs
  • 2 cloves of crushed garlic
  • pinch of salt
  • Other toppings:
  • Mushrooms
  • Artichokes
  • Capers
  • Olives
  • Green / red chili peppers

Instructions

  1. Add yeast to a bowl, add warm water and sugar. Stir and let stand for 2 min
  2. Mix in the olive oil, the sourdough starter, salt and about half of the flour
  3. Gradually add the remaining flour to make a dough
  4. Put dough onto lightly floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic.
  5. Put the dough in lightly flowered bowl, cover with a cloth and let rise until it doubled in size. This will take about 2 hours. Tip: leave it in a warmish place and don’t rush things.
  6. Preheat oven to as hot as it goes – if you are using a pizza stone make sure you are giving it enough time to properly heat up!
  7. Shape the dough into pizzas and the fun of adding toppings can begin.
  8. For the tomatoe base I just use pasata and add crushed garlic, italian herbs and a pinch of salt.
  9. Don’t overdo it with the other toppings since the dough will yield around four thin crust pizzas around 25cm in diameter so you can try all the variations you want.

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