A somewhat Mediterranean Pizza for day 2. A thin Spelt crust, topped with baby greens, mushrooms, olives, pretty golden tomatoes, herbs and some almond feta.
I cant believe the amazingness that so many bloggers are bringing to Mofo. Keep an eye out on VeganMofo Page for fun giveaways and highlights. I will probably do a round up of some my faves too every week.
For Gluten-free Crust options see here.
I made Ricki’s Almond feta with parsley and thyme for this pizza. I used raw almonds and soaked them overnight. Peeled some of them and left some unpeeled (I am z lazy ;), hence the brown flakes in my cheese. With all the herbs and added sourness, it does taste fabulous. It is not exactly a feta though.
Crusty 
I used some of the feta on the pizza and used some to make stuffed savory french toasts. The toasts were an absolute hit at breakfast. Here is the recipe for the Samosa savory toasts. Press some feta between 2 slices instead of the potato filling, coat in the savory batter and pan fry them. nom nomPizza Steps:In a bowl, mix warm water, sugar and yeast and let sit until frothy(10 minutes)
Add the flours, salt, herbs and evoo.
Mix and knead for a minute, spray water on top and cover with a damp towel. 
Let rise for 1.5 hours. Listen to some music, walk the dog. Clean the kitchen, setup props, yell at the buyers who are giving an inflated price for the house you like, think of more pizzas to make..
Use some spelt flour and oiled hands to gather the dough and knead for 3-4 minutes.
Roll this dough out to as thin as possible on parchment.
Brush evoo on top. Arrange the baby greens, golden cherry tomatoes, olives and mushrooms. Sprinkle feta liberally.
Sprinkle the spices and bake in preheated 410 degrees F for 12-13 minutes.
Broil on Lo for half a minute.
Take out, top with fresh baby greens/chopped basil, cut and serve.
Eat me.
Ricki’s Almond feta recipe variation: I added parsley and thyme for this pizza. I used raw almonds instead of blanched and soaked them overnight. Peeled some of them and left some unpeeled, hence the brown flakes in my cheese. The rest of the recipe is the same.
Recipe Card
Almond Feta, Mushroom, greens, olives, golden cherry tomatoes. Vegan Mediterranean Pizza with Thin Herbed Spelt Crust. vegan recipe
Ingredients
Crust
- 1/4 cup (62.5 ml) warm water
- 1 teaspoon active yeast
- 2 teaspoons raw sugar
- 1/3 cup (40 g) Spelt flour
- 2 Tablespoons bread flour
- 1/4 teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) salt
- a generous pinch of garlic powder dried parsley, dried basil and paprika
- 1 Tablespoon EVOO extra virgin olive oil
- 2-3 tablespoons (2 tablespoons) spelt flour to work the dough
Toppings
- 1 Tablespoon evoo
- 1 recipe Ricki's Almond feta
- baby kale and spinach
- sliced mushrooms
- kalamata olives
- golden cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) cumin powder
- black pepper to taste Or use a light sprinkle of dukkah spice blend
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix warm water, sugar and yeast and let sit until frothy(10 minutes)
- Add the flours, salt, herbs and evoo.
- Mix and knead for a minute, spray water on top and cover with a damp towel.
- Let rise for 1.5 hours.
- Use some spelt flour and oiled hands to gather the dough and knead for 3-4 minutes.
- Roll this dough out to as thin as possible on parchment.
- Brush evoo on top.
- Arrange the baby greens, golden cherry tomatoes, olives and mushrooms.
- Sprinkle feta liberally.
- Sprinkle the spices and bake in preheated 410 degrees F / 210ºc for 12-13 minutes.
- Broil on low for half a minute.
- Take out of the oven, top with fresh baby greens/chopped basil, cut and serve.
- For gluten-free crusts, see here.
Notes
Nutrition
Ricki
Seriously, how did I just now find out that I was tagged in this post?!!! Talk about late to the party–! Thanks so much for the shout-out–and whoah, I agree with Cadry–this is my perfect pizza (if only I could eat gluten–ha ha!!). Gorgeous, as usual. And I like the brown flecks! 😀
Nina
I have just made this and it was delicious!! This is the first vegan pizza I really loved. So I guess I have to make some more of your pizzas 😉
The feta was perfect. Didn’t think much of it when I started but I was astonished how much it tastes like feta. 😀
Richa
Awesome! there are a ton of awesome pizzas on the blog! my current fave is the buffalo chickpea and celery ranch pizza
Nina
I was looking at that one. It looks and sounds really delicious. I am gonna give it a go! You are a life saver. Since I have discovered your recipes I haven’t fallen off the vegan wagon 🙂
By the way, my husband said that this almond feta pizza looked like a painting :’). He didn’t take long to admire it though ha ha
Richa
Awesome! so glad to hear that the blog is helping you stay on 🙂 Good looking food definitely helps to get people to try it.:)
Sunday Morning Banana Pancakes
LOVE the second to last picture of the whole pizza on the White Board just before the recipe and lets talk about this recipe – Ah-mazing! This is my kind of pizza and the almond feta looks incredible!
to sun it all up this whole post has me craving everything you mentioned!!!
Richgail @AstigVegan
Yum! You should open a vegan pizzeria Richa! I’m sure it’ll be a hit.
Mushrooms Canada
A winning combination of flavours…how exotic! Absolutely love the thought going into your dish, thanks for sharing!
-Shannon
Gabby @ the veggie nook
I love the colours Richa! Just beautiful!
kristy
Oh man! I have been drooling over pics of this pizza on instagram and facebook and my inbox for the last few days now, but I finally have time to stop by. Everything about this pizza is so beautiful- the mediterranean flavors, the almond feta… It’s like a dream come true. The only thing better would be you making it for me!
Maggie Muggins
I looooove almond feta, I’d eat that entire pizza in a heartbeat.
Hannah
The discovery of good store-bought tofu feta has made me quite lazy. I’m really digging the look of the almond version though! Any extra effort for results that are so delicious would be completely worthwhile… And probably even less expensive, too.
Richa
for sure less expensive. i like some of the options, but they are always out of stock in stores here. seattle is getting very vegan oriented lately 🙂 so as well try some at home:)
Sihi
This looks super delicious, Richa! Gorgeous looking pizza.
Best,
Sihi
Veganosaurus
OMG this looks soooo good, Richa!! I just woke up and I’m soooo wishing I had this for breakfast right now. Yum!!
Anonymous
I love how there are herbs in the crust, herbs in the feta, and the whole pizza gets topped with more herbs. Lots of flavor everywhere!
Richa
you figures my tastebuds out 😉
Andrea
I love the way you load toppings on your pizza- that’s what I do, too. The more toppings the better! I hate when restaurants scatter a few mushrooms and a couple of pieces of broccoli on my pizza. I want TOPPINGS!
Richa
😀 i do too! if my crust can hold it, load it!
Shira
YUMMY Richa! This looks so good – I think your site is my fave so far of the blogs I frequent for MoFo – there is always appetite for pizza 🙂 I am loving the spelt crust on this one!
Richa
Thanks Shira!:) keep dropping by:) its a crazy month but i will try to drop by your space too!
runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com
Watching this space .. its pizza month yay!!
Love those orange golden tomatoes on top.. and have to make this almond feta!!
thebearandtheblackberry
YUM!
vedgedout.com
I need to try spelt! It’s probably the only grain I haven’t tried baking with. Weird eh? So yummy Richa, but then again, I didn’t expect anything less! Love your new badge!!!
Richa
Thanks somer!
narf7
Another fantastic recipe. I LOVE this blog…I only just recently discovered it and can’t wait to use these recipes in the near future. I am clearing out my rss feed reader so that I can fit more good quality vegan food blogs in and yours is right up there 🙂 Cheers for all of your hard work and thank you from the bottom of my little vegan heart for making these fantastic recipes. We don’t have a lot of vegan produce here in tiny Tasmania at the ends of the earth and so I have to make my own and I love it when I can find recipes from scratch 🙂
Richa
Thank you narf7.. 🙂 thank you for the kind words. the appreciation is what keeps me going!:)
VeganFling
Yum! Would love to try this. The almond feta looks so pretty too!
GiGi
I will eat your “somewhat” haha Meditterranean pizza anyday. I had been planning on making almond feta during this MoFo as well, but your recipe is delicious looking.
Veggiegirl
This is probably the most beautiful pizza I’ve even seen. It almost looks too good to eat. Almost.
Richa
it didnt last too long inspite of the beauty:)
ANU
wow this looks so inviting, healthy and yummy….
SYF&HWS – Cook with Spices
South Indian Cooking (SIC) Series
Anu
Looks tempting with colorful arrangements.
Caitlin
what a beautiful pizza! it reminds me of greece! i need to make that almond feta. i love the speckles in it 😉
Richa
yeah, me too 😉
ella@lifeologia
Beeeuuutiful!
The pizza and the photography is stunning Miss Richa ;D
Yum.
And good luck with the house hunting 😉 xoxo Ella
dassana
delicous looking pizza. your two pizza posts till now have been so good. i am looking forward to more 🙂 making vegan almond feta is next on the cards. hope they turn out good.
Richa
thanks Dassana. i hope to be able to keep it up!
Angie's Recipes
This pizza looks wholesome! I love the topping a lot.
Kirsty
I’d never thought to do almond base ‘cheese’ before – will definitely have to give it a go!
Cadry
Wow, this is absolutely my dream pizza! Olives, cherry tomatoes, and spinach have those Mediterranean flavors I love. And the almond feta sounds like the perfect creamy topping.
Mandee
This pizza looks so good, I really need to try that feta recipe and I would definitely eat this pizza, minus the olives!
And yes, I LOVE your pizza month logo!
Richa
Thanks Mandee:)
jd
A pizza theme?! All month?!? OMG. You’re killing me here!
Happy MoFo – that looks delicious!