Red Pepper Pizza

Unfortunately, the past week went by way too fast with not enough cooking experimentation time, but I did end up making a pretty simple pizza! It is pretty basic, since I did buy the dough at Trader Joe's (...I know, I know, could have made it myself but it was a spur of the need for pizza)

Here is what I used:
1 batch of pizza dough
1 block of "Follow Your Heart" Vegan Gourmet Mozzarella
1 Pint of Cherry Tomatoes
1 28oz. can of diced tomatoes
1-2 red peppers
1 head of garlic
olive oil
vegan sugar
basil

Since I didn't do anything special for the dough, this is mainly for making a simple and verrry delicious tomato sauce for your pizza....the sauce is so so important in making or breaking a really yummy pizza for me, and this really hit the spot.

Begin by chopping up your garlic and toss it into a pan with some olive oil. Let this cook for 2-3 minutes, enough to let the garlic soften up but not burn. Cut your tomatoes into small slices and then add it to your garlic. Add about 1 tsp. of vegan sugar, this help cut the acidity of the raw tomatoes. Let this simmer for about 10-15 minutes, and then add your can of diced tomatoes.

Chiffonade your basil, and add this to the sauce. Also, add any salt/pepper and other spices to your taste. I added some of my really great italian seasoning I got from Italy, which includes red pepper flakes! yum!

Let this cook down for a while, so you don't get left with too much watery liquid, this might take another 15 minutes or so.



Roll out your dough, add sauce, grate the vegan gourmet cheese, add topping....you know the rest! For baking pizzas with the FYH Vegan Gourmet cheese, I found that it works best baking it at about 400 degrees for 12-13 minutes. Your cheese will look like it is starting to melt, but still in pieces and not really melting together. The trick here is take a flat spatula, and slightly smoosh your pizza down, and then set your over to broil for about 4 minutes. Keep an eye on your pizza once you do this, you don't want it to burn. But this is the best way to get vegan cheese to actually melt like regular cheese.

Let cool for a few, if you can and enjoy!