Broccoli Vegetable Pizza
I gotta confess...I honestly never thought that veggie pizza could be this good. This Broccoli Vegetable Pizza was so yummilicious I couldn’t stop moaning 'OMG, this is so good' over and over as I devoured my first slice. Embarrassing but true.
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 portion New York Crust Pizza Dough (recipe here)
- 1 portion homemade tomato sauce (see recipe below)
- 1 yellow bell pepper
- 1 broccoli head
- 10 button mushrooms
- 1 half red onion
- 12 oz grated cheese, 340g
- 1/2 tsp freshly grated black pepper
- 1 tbsp virgin olive oil
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 450°C. Place baking stone into the oven when cold.
- 2
Prepare dough as in the recipe linked. After shaping the dough into four equal pieces, shape them into round balls by tucking down until the ball is smooth and taut and place onto well floured tray. Cover with plastic bag and let rest while preparing the veggies.
- 3
Wash broccoli and shake water off completely. Slice into pieces that are around 1 inch big max. Wash bell pepper, removing the core and the seeds and slice into strips. Slice red onion into half and then to thin strips. Slice mushrooms.
- 4
Take out one dough ball, keeping others covered. On top of a well floured surface use fingers to press down into a circular shape. Keep pressing and stretching, leaving a slightly thicker edge all around, until the pizza dough is 10 inches around. Be careful not the poke any holes in your dough. Holes mean sauce leaks and that's bad. Optional: We find it easier to move the pizza in and out of the oven with this method. Tear off a 12 inch by 12 inch square of parchment paper. Sprinkle with flour. Stretch dough out on the paper.
- 5
Spoon 3-4 tbsp of tomato sauce onto the dough and use spatula to spread out evenly. Sprinkle 1/4 of grated cheese evenly over the pizza, saving a bit for the top. Sprinkle red onion evenly all over. Place the bell pepper in a radial pattern. Place broccoli evenly all over. Same with mushrooms. Sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese over. Grate black pepper over.
- 6
Repeat above steps for other three pizzas.
- 7
Slide a pizza peel (or a chopping board) under your pizza. If using parchment paper, slide it right under the paper (paper goes in the oven as well). Slide pizza onto the baking stone. Let bake for 20-25 mins or until the pizza crust is golden and the vegetables just caramelized.
- 8
Slide out with pizza peel. Slice into 6 wedges and serve hot and roasty. Enjoy the veggie blast!