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SHARAN/Global Main Dishes/Italian/‘Cheese’ Pizza
‘Cheese’ Pizza
Photo by Vinita
Ingredients
For the Cheese
- raw cashew cheese
- Seasoning – choice of unrefined salt, pepper, chilli powder, chives, dill or jalapeno
For the Sauce
- 2-4 onions, each quartered
- 6-8 tomatoes, each quartered
- 2 red peppers, chopped into large pieces
- Unrefined salt to taste
- Oregano to taste
- Chilli powder to taste
For the Base
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- ½ cup peanut yoghurt
- Unrefined salt to taste
Method
For the Cheese
To the cashew cheese, add any seasoning of your choice – salt / pepper / chilli powder / chives / dill / jalapeno.
For the Pizza Sauce
Blend the chopped onions, tomatoes and red peppers into a sauce. Transfer to a saucepan, bring to a boil on medium heat and then simmer on low heat, stirring every now and then, until it reduces to half the original quantity. Add salt, oregano and chilli powder to taste.
For the Dough
Mix whole wheat flour and salt and make a dough adding ½ cup of peanut yoghurt. Allow the dough to rise in a warm place. When it rises in 6-8 hours, roll out the dough into a pizza base. Prick with a fork and bake for 5 minutes in a preheated oven at 180 ºC.
Assembling the Pizza
Take the pizza base, apply the sauce and then add dollops of the cheese all over, or just apply a layer of cheese. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 ºC for 10-15 minutes, until the cheese is brown.
Serves 4
