It's pizza time! This Maitake with Basil & Arugula Miso Pesto Pizza is an Japanese-inspired pizza. It's made with umami-packed maitake mushrooms, aromatic scallions and shallots with savory basil & arugula miso pesto. It's vegan as usual with no fake cheese and tomato sauce!
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Total Time45 minutesmins
Course: Entree, Lunch, Dinner
Cuisine: Japanese Inspired, Italian Inspired, Vegan
Servings: 2
Author: Plant-Based Matters
Ingredients
Basil & Arugula Miso Pesto
2cupstightly packed basil leaves
2cupstightly packed baby arugula
1garlic clovechopped
1/2tbspfreshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2tbspmiso paste
1/2tspsalt
2tbspextra 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)
8ozmaitake mushroomstrim the bottom and shredded
2scallionsthinly sliced diagonally
1/4cupthinly sliced shallots
1/2tspsalt
1/2tspblack pepper
1/2tbspextra virgin olive oil
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 425-450°F.
Meanwhile, prepare arugula & basil miso pesto. In a food processor, combine basil leaves, baby arugula, garlic and lemon juice. Pulse until basil and arugula leaves are finely chopped. Scrape the side if necessary and pulse again. Next, add miso paste and salt then pulse again. Lastly, leave the food processor on slowly pour extra virgin olive oil until well blended. Set aside.
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.
Spread the pesto on the surface of the dough. Then layer with maitake, scallions, and shallots then with salt and black pepper. Drizzle extra virgin olive oil over the whole pizza. Bake it in the oven at 425-450°F for 25-30 minutes until the dough is fully baked.
Serve immediately
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 with your choice of pizza dough.