Vegan pizza night

I have always loved a good old domino's. The other evening me and my boyfriend came across an article that said if you order the domino's thin crust without cheese you could make a vegan pizza. So immediately we got on the phone to our local domino's to see if this wonderful news was true. Sadly it was not and it left us with shattered dreams of pizza. So we then planned a pizza night to make up for our disappointment. We knew how to make a base and really enjoy creating our own food, so the date was set. This was the result and my god was it worth the wait. So I'm now going to give you the best and simplest vegan pizza base and a whole load of ideas to make your pizza night great.

First off this is the recipe, this makes around 4 slices but we multiplied it by three because we're pigs and got too excited. You will need. 

125g Strong Flour
1 Tsp Salt
7g Instant Yeast
75ml of warm water

The method goes like this. 
Mix your flour, yeast and salt in a bowl, then make a little well in the middle and add your warm water. Mix this all together with a wooden spoon or hands and then kneed on a floured surface for around 5 minutes. Then its time to let this beauty prove. Leave it in a warm area in the bowl until it rises. Ours took at least 15-20 minutes. Cover it with a clean tea towel. See, simple. 

Now it comes to my favourite part, toppings. There is absolutely no need for cheese on a pizza, sounds strange I know, but its true. Some of the best pizzas Ive ever eaten have been cheese less. This time we did use some. we chose violife original which is actually really good, it melts well and doesn't go all chalky. My favourite base is a pesto but you can use BBQ sauce, tomato puree, brown sauce, hummus, caramelised red onions. You can literally just push that boat out. For me there must be pineapple and sweetcorn when it comes to toppings here are some other ideas

• Spinach 
• Mushrooms
• Peppers
• Asparagus
• Tender stem broccoli 
• Tomato's
• Onions
• Courgette
• Pine nuts
• Walnuts 
• Spring onions
• Garlic
• Fresh basil
• Mixed herbs

 but honestly apart from veggies there's a whole range of vegan goodies to put on top. In Holland and Barrett they have peperoni style slices, chorizo style bites, mozzarella style cheeses, chicken style strips, hot dogs (which you could slice up), ham style slices, chicken style slices. Go mental. One massive thing to remember is that stuffing a crust is easy and is the best thing that could ever happen on pizza night. Just grate up your best cheese or pop in your favourite sausage. Just place around the edge of the pizza and fold over, you could use a spot of water to seal it. 

Something else you could do is make up some garlic and herb wedges or even make a garlic butter to do a garlic bread on a pizza base. Get something nice to drink, invite your friends over and make a night of it. 

Enjoy!!