Vegan pizza with cashew cheese

INGREDIENT:

Dough and topping ingredients:

• Vegan pizza dough (most is vegan anyway, you can get that in most supermarkets)
• Tomato paste
• Oregano
• 1/2 red onions (or any onion)
• 1 large tomato
• A couple of brown mushrooms
• Grilled artichokes
• Olive oil

Vegan cheese ingredients:

• 2 handfuls of cashew nuts
• Juice of half a lemon
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 1/2tbsp nutritional yeast flakes
• Sea salt (or any salt but it tastes best with sea salt)
• Dash of pepper

METHOD:

Preheat oven to 180C.

For the vegan cheese put two handfuls of cashews (depending on your blender you might have to increase the quantity a bit for it to blend properly) into a small blender, add all other cheese ingredients and a bit of water - make sure you add just enough for it to become a smooth but thick paste. You might have to start with less water and add more water gradually. Blend until you have a smooth paste - you might have to add more salt (cashews are salt hungry) and more nutritional yeast for a cheesier taste. Set aside.

Take the vegan pizza dough, and spread tomato paste on it (cover it well), sprinkle a little bit of olive oil, some garlic/garlic powder and some oregano. Then add the vegan cheese to the topping. Slice tomatoes mushrooms and artichokes, cut onions into rings and add to the pizza.

Bake on a baking sheet or pizza tray for 8-10 minutes or until crisp. Serve with a nice green salad.

Check out my other recipe and video of vegan cashew cheese pizza with mushrooms, green peppers and olives here.