Pizza with Mushrooms and Vegan Mozzarella

I love simple recipes like a homemade pizza dough that you can top with any vegetables or keep it as it is, as we in Italy call it "Margherita": just tomato sauce, mozzarella and fresh basil leaves.
For this recipe I used the vegan mozzarella medallions that you can watch here:

Ingredients:

for the dough

- 250 gr bread flour (if you want a fluffy pizza you can choose the manitoba flour)
- 1 tsp salt
- a splash of olive oil
- 160 ml water
- 1 tsp dried yeast
- 2 tsp sugar
- 4 T lukewarm water

for the topping
- 5 T tomato sauce + 1 T tomato paste (fix with salt and pepper)
- vegan mozzarella cheese
- 5 mushrooms
- dried oregano
- fresh basil
- olive oil

Instructions:

* PREHEAT THE OVEN at 160° *

STEP 1: combine the yeast together with sugar and 4T lukewarm water, whisk it, cover it and let the yeast to activate for about 10 minutes. You should be able to see a foam on the surface.

STEP 2: put the flour in a large bowl together with 1 tsp of salt, the activated yeast, a splash of olive oil and pour a bit of the 160 ml water at time until well combined. If necessary add more flour if too sticky or more water if too dry.

STEP 3: transfer the dough in a floured clean surface and knead it for at least 10 minutes until the dough is smooth. Roll it into a ball.

STEP 4: place the ball into a greased bowl and cover it with a kitchen cloth and let the dough to rise for at least 2 hours.

STEP 5: Roll or stretch the dough out in a baking tray covered with a floured baking paper.

STEP 6: top with tomato sauce, mozzarella, mushrooms and herbs and bake it for about 15 minutes. This time could change from oven to oven, so please check it time to time.
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