Bomb Ass Pizza Night

People are really particular about their pizza sauce. It can be too garlicy, too chunky, too much, too little. Whatever.

I like mine a little chunky, with a lot of flavor. So, I made a red wine sauce [[with Andrew's suggestion]] with a little spices and garlic.

I also went with a whole wheat crust-- all whole wheat. I notice a lot of whole wheat crusts are half all-purpose, which I don't understand. I went all whole wheat and it was perfection.



I topped it with spinach, some vegan gourmet mozzarella cheese, pickled jalapenos, and spicy tempeh [[I love Isa's spicy tempeh. It rocks]].


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[[Red Wine Sauce]]
This makes a lot of sauce but you can freeze it and use it later.

* 2 14 1/2 oz. cans of diced tomatoes
* 1/3 cup organic red wine with no added sulfites
* 1 tsp basil
* 1 tsp thyme
* 1 tsp parsley
* 1/2 tsp oregano
* 1 tsp salt and a few shakes of pepper
* 2-3 cloves of garlic
* 1 Tbs. Olive Oil
* 2 Tbs. tomato paste

-- Heat oil and garlic about 1-2 minutes on medium heat. Add spices, then crush diced tomatoes in your hands and add to pan. Add wine and tomato paste. Then, blend half of it a blender for like 10 seconds and add it back to the pan. Mix and let cool before adding to pizza dough.

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[[Whole Wheat Pizza]]
This is based off of VwaV pizza dough recipe, but better... no icky white flour. Plus a zesty crust. If you google pizza dough recipe, they're all going to look like this. It's not really rocket science.

* 1 package of active dry yeast
* 1 cup room temp. water
* 1 1/2 Tbs. raw sugar
* 2 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
* 2 Tbs. extra virgin olive oil, plus 1 tsp.
* 1 tsp. salt
* about 1 tbs extra olive oil
* garlic powder & onion powder

-- Proof the yeast by added 1 cup room temp. water and yeast and sugar in a bowl. Leave for 10 minutes to bubble.
-- While it's proofing, combine whole wheat flour and salt together.
-- Once proofed, add to flour mixture with 2 Tbs. extra virgin olive oil. Mix with your hands until the dough can't absorb any more flour.
-- Take out and knead for ten minutes on a floured surface.
-- Soak a towel in warm water, ring out. Line a bowl with 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil and coat the dough in it. Cover with warm towel. Leave for one hour.

-- When you come back, bunch the dough, and knead for one minute on a floured surface. Let rest for about an hour.
-- When it's ready, rip it in half and flatten into a round ball. Do whatever technique works well for you to get into a pizza shape. I stretched and threw it. It's not as hard as it looks to toss in the air. Andrew could even do it. :)
-- Grease the crust with a little olive oil, and sprinkle the crust with garlic powder. It's tasty. It's so good this way.



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Heat oven to 500. Top with whatever you like. Or go my route if you want. Cook for 8-12 minutes. And there you have it, the healthiest, most delicious pizza ever.