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Vegetarian mushroom pizza (with olives)

8 Servings ~ 12-15 minutes
  • Pizza Dough
  • Pizza Base Sauce
  • 1 1/2 cup broccoli
  • 1 1/2 cup cauliflower
  • 1 cup oyster mushrooms
  • 1 large carrot
  • 3 tbsp green olives in brine, sliced
  • 3 tbsp pure vegetable/ olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 small onion, diced into rings
  • 200g Italian Mozzarella Cheese, grated

My family and I more than enjoyed for pizza. It was finger-licking good and everyone wanted a second helping 🙂 It was also enjoyable to make as my two daughters aged 6yrs and 5 yrs also helped in preparing it. This is probably my favourite of the pizzas I’ve made…. YET!

For the pizza dough recipe and follow THIS LINK for the pizza base sauce.

Some points to note when making pizza- Roll out your dough to about 1-2 cm thin. If it’s a thick crust it may be difficult for it to cook through properly. Apply the pizza base sauce only when it has cooled down. Add the toppings, again, only when they have cooled down.

Resources/Equipment You Will Need

  • Good pizza pan (check my online store if you need one)
  • Pizza cutter or suitable kitchen knife
  • frying pan
  • chopping board
  • wooden spoon
  • pastry brush
  • tablespoon
  • Optional – you can get your exact measurements pre-packaged ready-to-go ingredients box for this pizza recipe from my online store
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Quick Instructions

  1. Cut up all your vegetables as illustrated in the picture. Prepare your pizza dough and pizza sauce. Set them aside and allow the pizza sauce to cool.
  2. Get your pizza pan ready.
  3. Heat oil in pan (2 tbsp). Add garlic (2 cloves, chopped), onions ( 1/2 small, diced into rings) and curry powder (1 tsp). Sauté for about 2 minutes. Add carrots ( 1 large, diced), broccoli  which can be purple broccoli (1 1/2 cups) and cauliflower (1 1/2 cups). Fry until just about cooked, about 3 minutes. Add mushrooms (1 cup oyster mushrooms) and fry for another 2-3 minutes. Season with salt (1 tsp). Remove from heat and set aside, allowing the topping to cool.
  4. Preheat oven to 170 degrees Celsius/ 330 degrees Fahrenheit/ Gas Mark 4.  Fan assisted ovens- 150 degrees Celsius. Grease your pizza pan with some pure vegetable/olive oil using the pastry brush.
  5. Place your pizza dough onto the pizza pan and coat it with a generous, even amount of the pizza sauce. I used the back of a tablespoon to spread the sauce. You may use anything that’s convenient to you.
  6. Add the cooled vegetable toppings and the sliced olives (3 tbsp).
  7. Finally, for the finishing touch, add the grated cheese (200g Italian mozzarella cheese). Bake in preheat oven for about 12-15 minutes. And that’s it! Enjoy 🙂
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Pictorial Detailed Instructions

Step-1
Cut up all your vegetables as illustrated in the picture. Prepare your pizza dough and pizza sauce. Set them aside and allow the pizza sauce to cool.
Step-2
Get your pizza pan ready. Check my online store for one if needed.
Step-3
Heat oil in pan. Add garlic, onions and curry powder. Saute for about 2 minutes. Add carrots, broccoli and cauliflower. Fry until just about cooked, for some 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and fry for another 2-3 minutes. Season with salt. Remove from heat and set aside, allowing the topping to cool.
Step-4ed
Preheat oven to 170 degrees Celsius/ 330 degrees Fahrenheit/ Gas Mark 4. Fan assisted ovens- 150 degrees Celsius. Grease your pizza pan with some pure vegetable/olive oil using the pastry brush.
Step-5ed
Place your pizza dough onto the pizza pan and coat it with a generous, even amount of the pizza sauce. I used the back of a tablespoon to spread the sauce. You may use anything that’s convenient to you.
Step-6ed
Add the cooled vegetable toppings that we did in step 3 above and your sliced olives to your pizza dough coated with pizza sauce
Finally, for the finishing touch, add the grated cheese. Bake in preheat oven for about 12-15 minutes.
Finally, for the finishing touch, add the grated cheese. Bake in preheat oven for about 12-15 minutes.
step-7ed
Your pizza is out of the oven. At this stage you can use your pizza cutter or suitable knife to cut your slices whilst the pizza is still hot. That’s it! Enjoy your homemade pizza.
Tasty!
Tasty!

Go ahead and try it out! Let me know how it goes when you do 🙂 Enjoy! P/s  If you worry ingredients (or shopping time) will be an issue for you, I recommend my convenient ingredients box available for order in my online store. Finally, get alerts by email on new recipes as soon as they are published on the blog. Sign-up here.