wycoff wrote:Is there a vegan pepperoni or vegan mozzarella that anyone can recommend that would be suitable for a vegan pizza?
Donald,
Rip Esselstyn (in Engine2 Kitchen Rescue) demonstrates making pizzas with extra tomato sauce, no cheese (not even vegan cheese), and lots of vegetables. I’ve seen him use peppers to substitute for pepperoni and sausage tastes. Roasted red bell peppers, roasted poblano, pickled jalapeno and crushed red chili flakes are all good substitutes. Rip also sprinkles some nutritional yeast over the top, for cheese like taste, though I have not tried this myself.
In my experience, pickled peppers are closer in taste to pepperoni and sausage than fresh, probably because of peppers are used in making pepperoni and hot sausage and something in the curing process.
One of my favorite combinations is fresh tomato, red onion, spinach, pickled jalapeno and pineapple.
At our house Saturday is pizza day for the kids. They help making the dough (like play dough, but they get to eat it), then they add tomato sause and choose their own toppings. The habit comes from their preschool, where the teachers and kids make bread together for lunch every Thursday. Trying to improve my 100% whole wheat doughs, but the kids are happy with anything.
Home made pizzas are a labor of love.