Vegan day 296: Raw Vegan Pizza

Pizza, pizza, pizza…

Lately, it seems to be all I can talk or instagram about! When I posted today that I am making my first raw vegan pizza– even I couldn’t believe it. 

A friend of mine bought this book for me today, Raw Food Kitchen, by Dunja Gulin. We both stopped short in our tracks when we saw the picture of the raw mushroom pizza. It was a must! I talk so much about pizza, both vegan and raw vegan, that now was the time. I love experimenting with crusts too- and I certainly have yet to master it, so why not? 

We ran to the nearest health food store and stocked up on the ingredients:

TOPPING
Mushrooms (portabella)- 2-3
Tamari- a must have 1/2 teaspoon
Lemons- 1 1/2 tablespoons
Tomatoes- 2 large
Sun-dried tomatoes- 1/2 cup
Oregano
Umboshi vinegar- 2 teaspoons
Cashew nuts- 1 cup soaked for 30 minutes
Onion
Basil

BASE
Sunflower seeds- 1 cup
Oats- 1 cup
Flaxseed ground- 5 tablespoons
Turmeric- 1/4 teaspoon
Olive oil

First I scrubbed the portabella mushrooms, sliced them thin and set them in the  marinade of tamari and lemon juice. I let this sit for about an hour.

This would have been a good time to soak the cashews too. The recipe says 30 minutes but an hour would be fine here too. 

For the base, I used the sunflower seeds (ground) and then added them to a mix of oats wet with about 5 tablespoons of water. I also added the flax seed and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. 

There are definitely instructions here that I didn’t pay attention to like use a rolling pin to flatten the crust which would be between two sheets of parchment paper. This would have been helpful. 

Seed the tomatoes- I have heard this before and I’m still not sure why. I didn’t do it. I made the sauce in a food processor with most of the cut tomatoes, the sun-driend tomatoes, olive oil and spices. The recipe called for capers. Again, I can see how this would have added flavor. 

The nut cheese was also made in the food processor with the drained cashews, a little olive oil, onion, lemon juice and spices. 

It looked delicious and was definitely hearty. I have to work on it more! I think I made the crust to thick. The next day, my friend baked the leftovers. I try to share the wonderful information here about raw food eating but I guess it didn’t work lol. In any case, she said it was delicious. Personally, I am not baking my raw vegan pizza!

Disclaimer: The information given here is for educational purposes only. You should not use this to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease without consulting with a qualified health care provider.

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