Well Nourished | Spring Green Pizza

Over the coming months our favourite foodie Niki Webster, founder of Rebel Recipes, will be serving up a series of vegan recipes, from super healthy salads through to gratifying treats. First up her seasonal Spring Green Pizza with crunchy kale and pumpkin seed pesto.

Info

  2 servings
  1 hr preparation time
  30 minutes cook time

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Ingredients

To make the dough:

  • 100g white organic flour 

  • 100g rye 

  • 1/4 tsp sea salt 

  • 1 tsp quick yeast 

  • 1 tsp sugar 

  • 1 tbsp olive oil 

  • 175ml  luke warm water

For the pesto:

  • 3 handfuls kale 

  • 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil 

  • 5 tbsp pumpkin sees 

  • 2 tbsp sunflower seeds 

  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive 

  • 3 tbsp nutritional yeast 

  • 1 clove garlic 

  • Juice 1/2 lemon 

  • 75ml water 

  • 1 tsp sea salt 

  • Black Pepper 

For the veg:

  • 5 spring onions 

  • 1/2 fennel chopped

  • Handful asparagus 

  • Purple sprouting broccoli 

  • 1 tbsp olive oil 

Toppings:

  • Plant based cheese – optional 

  • Capers 

  • Fresh herbs 

Method

To make the dough:

  • Add the flour and salt to a large bowl – mix well. 

  • Mix the yeast, sugar, olive oil with the luke warm water and leave for a minute or so. 

  • Create a hole in the middle of the flour and gradually add the liquid until you have a dough.

  • Tip the dough onto a floured chopping board. Knead for a few minutes until the dough is springy. 

  • Transfer back to the bowl and cover with a damp cloth for about an hr.

  • The dough should have doubled in size. 

  • Transfer back onto the floured chopping board and knead again to knock back. 

To make the pesto:

  • Firstly Sauté the kale in a little oil until wilted. Set aside. 

  • Dry toast the seeds in a frying pan until lightly golden. Set aside. 

  • Add all the ingredients to your food processor or high speed blender and blitz until everything is combined to the texture you prefer. You may need to scrape the sides down a few times. 

For the veg: 

  • Fry veg in a large pan with the olive oil for a 2-3 minutes. 

To make the pizza:

  • Heat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4 

  • Lightly oil a large baking tray. 

  • Roll out the dough on a floured chopping board.

  • Place on the baking tray. 

  • Top the pizza with the pesto, veg and cheese if wanted then bake for 15 minutes, until the crust is cooked and a little golden. 

  • Remove from the oven and then top with capers and leaves.