Vegan White Pizza with Cashew Cheese Sauce
 
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Recipe type: Main Course
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • FOR THE PIZZA:
  • 1 pizza dough*
  • ½ white onion, thinly sliced
  • 4-5 baby bella mushrooms, thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp avocado or olive oil
  • fresh thyme
  • FOR THE CASHEW CHEESE:
  • 1 cup raw cashews, soaked for 2 hours, drained & rinsed
  • ½ cup water
  • 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • ¾ tsp kosher salt
  • black pepper
  • crushed red pepper flakes, optional
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line a pan with parchment paper.
  2. Heat the oil in a large skillet. Once hot, reduce the flame to medium-low and cook the onions for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  3. Add the mushrooms and continue cooking for 10 more minutes, or until caramelized. Remove from the heat and set aside.
  4. While the mushrooms and onions are cooking, in a blender or food processor, combine all of the ingredients for the cashew cheese. Adjust seasonings to taste.
  5. Spread the sauce on the dough, making circular motions form the center outwards to evenly distribute it. Top with the mushrooms and onions, then sprinkle on some fresh thyme.
  6. Bake for 15 minutes. Let cool on the pan for a few minutes before slicing.
Notes
*I used the dough from my Shakshuka Pizza, linked above.
Recipe by Lenses and Lentils at https://lensesandlentils.com/vegan-white-pizza-cashew-cheese-sauce/