Easy Potato Pesto Pizza with 20 min Thin Crust. Basil Spinach Pesto makes for a refreshing Pizza Sauce Topped with thin potato slices, onion and garlic. Bake or make on the grill. Vegan Pesto Pizza Soyfree Recipe.
Its not really pizza season with the crazy heat, but this is one delicious Pizza you want to make come sun or rain. Thin crust, loads of fresh pesto, potatoes, onions or leek, thinly sliced garlic, loads of pepper. Delicious! Bake or grill it up if you’d rather not start up the oven. This flatbread Pizza works well with sliced potato or sweet potato and onions.
I use my 20 Minute Pizza Crust with Spelt flour for this flatbread pizza. The dough is rolled out into thin rustic crusts to make 2 medium size pizzas. I use a quick basil spinach cashew pesto as the base. Spread the pesto, sliced potato, onion and garlic. Add other toppings such as veggie crumbles or vegan sausage or artichokes. a Drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and bake to make a crisp refreshing Summery Pizza.
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Shape the dough into a thin rustic shape. Spread a generous layer of pesto, Place potato slices, onion and garlic. The raw potato slices are thin enough to get cooked in the bake time. If making the pizza on a grill, use precooked potato slices.
Brush olive oil, sprinkle salt and pepper and bake.
Recipe Card
Potato Pesto Pizza - Vegan Pesto Pizza
Ingredients
Pesto:
- 1 cup (24 g) well packed Basil
- 1 cup (30 g) loosely packed spinach
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 tbsp cashews or other nuts such as walnuts pine nuts
- water as needed
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) salt
Pizza:
- 1 recipe 20 Minute Pizza Crust with half Spelt flour and half unbleached white/all purpose
- 1 large or 2 medium potatoes yukon or other thinly Sliced
- 1/2 (0.5) red onion thinly sliced or use leeks
- 2 cloves of garlic thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Make the pesto. Blend everything with 1-2 tbsp of water until the nuts are coarsely blended and the basil is well blended. Alternatively, pulse the nuts in a small blender or processor until a coarse meal, then add the rest of the ingredients and blend or process until well combined.
- Preheat the oven to 425 deg F / 220ºc. Prep your pizza dough. I use half Whole grain Spelt and half unbleached white flour for the pizza dough. Let the dough rest near the warming oven for 10 mins. Divide into 2 balls and roll them out into 2 medium size thin crust pizzas or 1 large thin crust.
- Spread the prepared pesto over the crust.
- Slice the potatoes using a mandolin or a sharp knife. Layer over the pesto.
- Layer sliced onion and garlic, Spray or brush extra virgin olive oil. Sprinkle salt and generous freshly ground pepper. Add some veggie crumbles, vegan coconut bacon or other crisp toppings (optional)
- Bake at 425 degrees F / 220ºc for 17 to 18 mins. Add some crisp greens on top (optional). Cool for a minute. Slice and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
tasha
5g protein? really? definitely going to try it
Vegan Richa Support
right? let me know how you like it
Shawn
Love this recipe, tried it twice and both times turned out great. Very surprised to have a “no cheese” pizza taste so good. Thanks!!
Richa
Awesome!
Richa
I understand that. Maybe add some crisp coconut bacon and arugula and it might work. or use the pesto base with other toppings of choice.
Mrs.Fancypanties
I really enjoyed this, but my husband very much disliked it. There’s no accounting for people’s taste I guess, but I think it might have been a textural issue for him. Perhaps he would have liked it better with something like fresh arugula on top because the toppings are all kind of soft. We seriously eat your buffalo chickpea pizza at least once a week though. That is his (our) all time favorite!!
Emily
Oh gosh. This Pizza is Amazing! I added some caramelized mushrooms on it. Perfect!
Richa
Thanks!
Feestzaal
Potatoes on pizza? I have yet to try potatoes on pizza, but won’t hesitate now after seeing this. I’m trying this out this weekend for sure. Thanks for sharing.
Richa
They work really well with the pesto and onions!