Vegan fig caramelised onion pizza

Vegan fig caramelised onion pizza, restaurant-style gourmet food in the comfort of your own home! This healthy vegan pizza is packed with vegetables and has an optional spelt and buckwheat flour crust.

Ingredients you'll need

Notes about the ingredients

All-purpose or bread flour. I'd recommend using bread flour for a more authentic and fluffy pizza base! If you'd like a healthy pizza base, you can use a mixture of spelt and buckwheat flour (featured in the photos in this post). Alternatively, feel free to use a store-bought pizza base.

Vegetables of choice, such as capsicum and tomato. For any big vegetables, I'd recommend slicing them as thinly as possible so they cook at the same time as the pizza base.

The full list of ingredient quantities and instructions are in the gray recipe card at the bottom of this post.

Making the healthy vegan pizza base

If you're using instant yeast, you can simply add all the ingredients to a bowl (or bowl of a stand mixer) and knead until combined.

If you don't have a stand mixer, knead the dough on a floured surface rather than in the bowl! You can even use a food processor, like Recipe Tin Eats!

The dough is ready when it's soft and stretchy. There shouldn't be any large cracks in the dough. And the dough shouldn't stick to the side of the bowl or kneading surface. Of course, the consistency of your dough will depend on your ingredients, your climate and other factors.

If the dough is too dry, simply knead in more water. Conversely, if it's too sticky, knead in more flour!

If you used spelt/buckwheat flour like me, your dough may not be as stretchy as regular pizza dough due to the absence of gluten in buckwheat. However, your dough should still be soft!

How to caramelise onions

The caramelised balsamic onions are my FAVOURITE part of this fresh fig pizza. They add flavour, depth and sweetness which elevates all the other ingredients.

First, simply saute the sliced onion and oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Normally we'd use high heat to saute onion and vegetables but to caramelise onions, we need a lower heat.

Once the onions are slightly golden brown, add your balsamic vinegar and sweetener. Reduce the heat to low to allow the onions to slowly soak up the flavours.

Tip: if at any point, your onions or balsamic vinegar sticks to the bottom of the saucepan, add a dash of water to deglaze the pan and continue cooking. The water will evaporate!

Eventually, your onions will be soft, gooey and caramelised. Pure perfection!

Assembling the fig caramelised onion pizza

Homemade pizzas are best cooked on a pizza stone or heavy-duty baking tray. Conventional baking trays can warp when they're at a high heat (which is needed for baking pizzas).

To flatten the healthy vegan pizza dough, you can use your fingers or a rolling pin. For ease, I flattened my pizza ON my baking tray. However, you can flatten your dough on your kitchen bench then transfer it to your baking tray.

There are no rules for assembling the toppings. However, I'd recommend the following order:

1. Vegan mozzarella cheese (if using).
2. All the vegetables and fresh figs.
3. After baking, top with soft cheese and rocket/argula.

Baking the vegan pizza

One large pizza takes about 10-15 minutes to bake in a preheated oven. If you're making 2 or more pizzas, you'll probably only need around 5-10 minutes.

The pizza is ready when the crust is firm and crispy to the touch and the toppings are cooked.

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This recipe was originally published in 2019 and updated in 2022 with more helpful pictures and information.

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