Vegan Pizza Dip. Easy Pizza Dip with sauteed mushrooms, olives, pizza sauce and from scratch vegan mozzarella cream sauce. Gluten-free Recipe. Can be soy-free
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time25 minutesmins
Total Time35 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: fusion, Gluten-free, Vegan
Servings: 4
Author: Vegan Richa
Ingredients
12ozjar pizza saucesee quick sauce recipe below
1 tomato thinly sliced
1/4cupsliced olives
2tbspchopped fresh basil
Mushroom onion Mix:
2tspolive oil
1/2medium onion
8ozsliced white or cremini mushrooms or a combination with portabella and shiitake
1/4tspdreid thyme
1/4tspsalt or more salt
1/4tsppepper flakes
Mozzarella Cream Sauce:
1/3heaping cup raw cashewssoaked for 5 mins in warm water if needed
Make the mushroom onion saute: Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook for 2 minutes. Add mushrooms and toss well. Cook partially covered for 7 minutes. Add thyme, salt and pepper flakes and mix well. Cook for another 3 to 4 minutes or until golden.
Drain the cashews if soaked. Blend all the ingredients under mozzarella cream, Taste and adjust salt and tang and set aside. If you omitted the miso, you might need to add more salt. Prep the rest of the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F / 200ºc.
In a loaf pan, or other small baking dish, Add some of the pizza sauce and spread it out, then a some of the mozzarella cream. Distribute the mushroom mixture over the cream.
Add another layer of pizza sauce, another layer of mozzarella cream. Sprinkle olives all over.
Place tomato slices on top. Sprinkle salt, thyme or oregano.
Bake at 400 deg F / 200ºc for 25 minutes.
Sprinkle fresh basil and pepper flakes on top. Serve hot with crusty bread, garlic bread or pita bread. I use mini wheat pitas that have been warmed in the oven in the last 5 minutes of the dip bake time.
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Notes
Quick Pizza Sauce: 6 oz tomato paste, 2 tsp or more italian herbs to taste, 1/4 tsp salt, black pepper, 1 tsp olive oil, 2 tsp minced garlic, water to thin (3/4 to 1 cup). Mix everything and use.Nutritional values based on one serving