What is your favorite type of pizza? For us, "no-cheese" pizza is definitely the one! Our Eggplant & Onion Pizza is a red sauce pizza made with very simple but all real ingredients...with a short cut! It's vegan and no fake-cheese on it but super delicious!*This recipe is made with a particular pizza dough mix, but you can certainly substitute with whatever the dough of your choice!
Prep Time25 minutesmins
Cook Time50 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr15 minutesmins
Course: Entree, Lunch, Dinner
Cuisine: Italian Inspired, Vegan, American Inspired
Servings: 2
Author: Plant-Based Matters
Ingredients
Roasted Eggplants
2Chinese eggplants(about 1 pound), slice into 1/3-inch medallions
1/2 - 3/4tspsalt
1tbspextra virgin olive oil
The Rest
1bagFeel Good Dough Classic Original Organic Dough Dry Mix (The bag makes two 12-inch thin crust pizzas. This recipe is for one 12-inch pizza)
Meanwhile, prepare eggplants. On a parchment paper lined baking sheet(s), array sliced eggplants in a single layer (don’t over crowd.) Brush them with extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle salt. Flip them and do the same on the other side. Pop them in the oven and bake for about 15-20 minutes until they are slightly tender. Take them out of the oven and set aside. Keep the oven on at 425-450°F.
While waiting for the roasted eggplants cool down a bit, start preparing the dough. To do this, simply follow the instructions on the package. After kneading, use a half of the dough for this recipe and save the other half for later. Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough into roughly 9 by 12 inches rectangular shape (to fit a baking sheet.) Transfer the dough to a parchment lined baking sheet.
Brush the surface of the dough with extra virgin olive oil, then spread out passata, sprinkle dried oregano, season with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp black pepper. Then place the roasted eggplants, and yellow onion. Season with another 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp black pepper. Drizzle more extra virgin olive oil over the whole pizza (optional.) Bake it in the oven at 425-450°F for 25-30 minutes until the dough is fully baked.
Serve with fresh arugula on top and vegan parmesan-style cheese (optional.)
Notes
Adjust the baking temperature and the time for the best result depending on your oven. In our oven, baking pizza at 450°F for 30 minutes seems to work better than at 425°F for 10-12 minutes which is the recommended temperature on the package.
If you have proper tool like a pizza stone, you may also need to modify the baking temperature and the time accordingly.
Feel free to substitute the pizza dough with whatever that's available for you!