Vegan Eggplant Pizzas

You know that feeling when you feel like eating something a little different and moreish but totally cbf?

This is how I was feeling one day last week! I had an abundance of eggplants to use and really felt like eating something special.

I’m so impressed by how this turned out. It ticks all the boxes!

Delicious

Quick

Easy

Special

Even my 5 year old loved it!

Serves: 4 Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

Wet ingredients:

Almond milk (can use filtered water)

Flour coating:

½ cup buckwheat

2 tbsps potato starch

Toppings:

3 eggplants, thickly sliced so it can hold the toppings

Basil

1 cup mushrooms, sliced

1 red capsicum, sliced

Chilli flakes (optional)

Tomato sauce:

1 brown onion, chopped

3 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 jar passata

1 tsp oregano

1 tsp date syrup

Cashew cream:

1 cup cashews

1 tsp onion powder

1 clove garlic

½ lemon, juiced

Method:

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees celsius and line a baking tray.

Grab a wide bowl and add your plant milk or water to it.

In a separate plate, add the buckwheat flour and potato starch to it.

Dip eggplant one slice at a time on both sides into the milk. Once coated, dip into the flour and set aside.

Repeat until all the eggplant slices are coated. Once they’re done, place on a baking tray and into the oven for 20 minutes, turning half way.

While that’s baking, start making your sauce by heating a saucepan on medium and adding your onions.

Once onions are translucent, add your date syrup until onions are caramalised. Next add your garlic for a minute before adding your passata and oregano.

Cook until sauce reduces and becomes more of a paste and set aside.

Next, prepare your veggie toppings and cashew cream.

To do that, place all the cashew cream ingredients in a high speed blender and blend until smooth.

Once eggplants are out of the oven, spread with sauce and add your toppings along with the cashew cream but leave out the basil.

Cook in the oven for 15 minutes or until the toppings are cooked.

Top pizzas with fresh basil and chilli flakes if using and enjoy!

Let me know in the comments below if you’re going to try this!