Today I finally decided to try my hand at making hummus pizza, which is something I have wanted to taste for along time. I adore hummus and vegan pizza, so why not bring the best of both worlds into one homemade pie. I am a self-proclaimed hummus lover, so anything chickpea and tahini related is right up my alley.
The first step to making the pizza was to mix up the dough.
The pizza dough recipe consisted of:
- 2 1/2 cups of flour
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 3 tablespoons of oil
- 2 crushed cloves of garlic
- a package of Fleishman’s pizza crust yeast
- a cup of water warmed in the microwave
To construct the pizza crust, I simply microwaved a cup of water for one minute and then poured it into the bowl. Next, I dumped the yeast in and stir it around a bit. There is no need to wait with the pizza dough yeast, but I feel the results are better when I first dissolve the substance into warm water the way regular yeast needs to be liquefied.
Rather than having to use a rolling pin or tossing the dough into a flat shape, I simply used my fingers to stretch out the dough on a glass pan. Once the dough was stretched out across the baking dish, I spread a thick layer of hummus on with a batter spatula.
I sprinkled a layer of nutritional yeast over the hummus.
For my vegan pizzas, I always use whatever vegetables I have left-over in the fridge, which happened to be red bell peppers and onions, so that is what I put on the pie.
I baked the pizza at 425 degrees in the oven for about twenty-five minutes.