You can never go wrong with pizza! It might seem like a worrying experience to make our 5 a day version from scratch, but you’ll be a pizzaiolo – pronounced pizza-yo-loh – (pizza maker) in no time! The ingredients and quantities in this recipe will ensure that you’ll get your 5 a day. So this popular comfort food is both tasty and nutritious! As with any pizza, feel free to go wild and decide your own toppings! Remember that one of your 5 day counts as 80g. Bear this in mind when it comes to incorporating other ingredients.
5 A Day Pizza – The Easy Way!
If you’re in the mood to make a tomato sauce from scratch, then do check out our very own Best Ever Tomato Sauce recipe!
Reaching your 5 a day isn’t just limited to toppings! In this recipe, I’ll be using roast sweet potatoes to create our base. Remember, the sweet potatoes do count as one portion of your 5 a day, but white potatoes do not. In addition to this, we’ll also be making a vegan “egg” out of flaxseeds and water. Yep, you heard that right! If you’re curious about flaxseeds – sometimes called linseeds – then do check out our mini section on flaxseeds as part of our product profiling on our Ancient Grains soup!
There are so many combinations out there so I’m really looking forward to seeing what you’ve come up with. Be sure to let us know how you get along via social media! This recipe serves 2 if you are willing to share! We’re souper passionate about helping people reach their 5 a day the easy way. This recipe is just perfect for introducing any “problem” vegetables to the palates of any fussy eaters too!
You can find this recipe, and all my other quarantine cooking here on our blog, or you can watch a step-by-step video guide over on our Instagram.
5 A Day Vegan Pizza
Equipment
- oven
- Food processor
- Large Mixing Bowl
- Small Bowl (For Flaxseed "egg" mixture)
- Spoon
- Knife
- Baking Tray x2
Ingredients
For the base
- 2 Medium Sweet Potatoes skin on
- 150 g Oats
- 2 tbsp Ground Flaxseed + 6 tbsp Warm Water
- ¼ tsp Garlic Powder (optional)
- Extra Plain Flour
Toppings Per Person
- 2 tbsp Tomato Double Concentrate (at least 20g a person)
- 80 g Mushrooms (per person)
- 80 g Grilled Artichokes (per person)
- 80 g Sweetcorn (per person)
- A good handful of Basil chopped fresh or frozen
- Vegan Cheese of your choice (optional)
- Mixed Herbs (dried)
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 220°C/425°F.
- Place the whole, unpeeled sweet potatoes in the oven for 35-45 minutes, or until a knife can pierce all the way through the skin and flesh.
- While the potatoes are cooking, mix the ground flaxseeds with the warm water. Give it a stir and set aside for 5 minutes. This is our flaxseed “egg” mixture.
- Next, tip the oats into a food processor and grind until completely smooth. This step can take longer than you would expect for grit-free oat flour. If you pinch some of the oat flour between your fingers, it should be as grain-free as possible. Tip the flour into a large bowl.
- Add the garlic powder and any seasoning to the oat flour.
- Once the sweet potatoes are cooked, remove from the oven and allow to cool. Keep the oven at the same temperature.
- Peel the skin off the cooled sweet potatoes, scoop out the flesh and add to the flour. Mashup the soft sweet potatoes. Then, add the flaxseed egg mixture and, using a spoon, stir the mixture into a dough.
- If the dough is too sticky, you can add some flour at this point to turn into a pliable dough.
- Dust your work surface with flour. Tip the dough onto the surface and knead until smooth.
- Cut the dough in half, as this recipe will make 2 pizza bases for 2 people.
- Roll out each segment into a round, pizza shape. You want the pizza base to be about 0.5cm/0.2” thick. If you’d like a thicker crust, you can crimp the edges slightly by folding over the edge onto itself.
- Repeat the previous step with the second ball of dough, if using.
- Place pizza bases face down onto the baking tray.
- Cook the base in the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until it starts to turn a light golden-brown.
- Once the pizza base is cooked, remove the pizza base from the oven and let cool for 1 minute.
- Once cooled, flip the base upside down using a spatula, or similar. Now spray or brush the top lightly with some olive oil.
- Spread the tomato puree with a spoon all over the base. Top the pizza with your favourite toppings! I’ve used mushrooms, grilled artichokes, sweetcorn and vegan cheese. Add some dried or fresh herbs, salt and pepper, to taste.
- Place the pizza back in the oven and cook for a further 10-15 minutes or until the cheese has melted and the crust is golden brown.
- Now, you may be eager to eat your pizza at this stage but, if you can wait, set the pizza aside for one minute to allow the toppings to firm up slightly…Did you wait for a minute? Excellent! Slice your well-deserved, delicious pizza and enjoy!