Ingredients
Whole Wheat Pizza Dough
2 cups organic whole wheat flour
1 cup organic spelt flour
2 ¼ teaspoon active dry yeast (1 packet)
1 cup warm water
1 teaspoon Ancient Sea Salt
1 teaspoon agave
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (optional)
Pizza Sauce
One 14 ounce can crushed tomatoes (you may need to buy bottled tomatoes to avoid bpa)
3 cloves garlic, minced
½ teaspoon dried thyme
½ teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon dried basil
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil (optional)
1 tablespoon agave
Sea salt and ground black pepper to taste
Fresh Moxarella Cheese
¼ cup raw cashews (soaked in water for several hours and then drained IF you don’t have a high powered blender)
1 cup hot water
2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon tapioca starch
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil (optional)
1 small garlic clove, minced
¾ teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Directions
Whole Wheat Pizza Dough
Combine all ingredients and knead for 10 minutes.
Cover and let rise in a warm place for 60 minutes until doubled.
While the dough is rising, make the pizza sauce and the fresh moxarella cheese.
Pizza Sauce
Sauté the garlic in a little vegetable broth or the olive oil in a small saucepan for a minute or two on medium heat.
Add all the other ingredients.
Reduce heat to low and let simmer while you make the Moxarella Cheese.
Fresh Moxarella Cheese
Blend all ingredients together in a high speed blender until completely smooth, about 1 minute.
Pour into a small saucepan and cook, stirring constantly over medium high heat.
After a couple of minutes the mixture will start to look weird, like it’s curdling or separating. This is totally normal, reduce heat to medium and KEEP stirring so you don’t burn the cheese to the bottom of the pot.
Keep cooking and stirring until really thick (about 2–3 more minutes) and the mixture becomes like a cohesive mass of melted dairy cheese and stretches.
Remove from heat and let cool a bit while you assemble the pizzas.
P.S. Moxarella stores well in a sealed container in the fridge for a few days and can be used to make excellent grilled cheese sandwiches, mac and cheese, etc….
Assembly
Your dough should be nearly ready now, so when it hits 60 minutes or is doubled, punch it down and divide it into four pieces.
Preheat the oven to 500° F. Roll out the dough on a floured surface as thin or thick as you like. We opted for thicker pizzas this round.
Spread each pizza with 1/4 of the pizza sauce.
Top with fresh tomato slices, dollops of the fresh moxarella cheese and fresh basil leaves.
Bake
Bake individual pizzas for 10–12 minutes on a baking sheet until cheese and the crusts are nicely browned.
Note: there is a very fine line between nicely browned and burnt here, so please, watch your pizzas carefully.
Sprinkle pizzas with a bit of additional chopped fresh basil once out of the oven if desired.
Recipe Note
This cheese stays in a “melted” type form until baked, and then it forms a nice crust, like dairy cheese does. It’s not intended to be eaten plain (like real dairy fresh mozzarella can). It’s also fairly salty to make it stand out in your recipes, if you prefer less salt, please feel free to reduce to 1/2 teaspoon, or less, but the flavor won’t be as pronounced.
This crust contains gluten. For several gluten free crust options, click here.
This recipe makes 4 individual pizzas.Don’t forget to have fresh tomatoes and basil on hand.
