Vegan Mushroom Skull Pizzas
Playful vegan mushroom skull pizzas that add fun to your Halloween celebration while satisfying pizza cravings.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 minutes
- Total Time: 22 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Vegan
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Zest of ½ lemon
- 1 sprig thyme (or ½ teaspoon dried thyme)
- 350 ml tomato puree
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1½ teaspoons chili flakes
- 50 g white mushrooms
- 15 g vegan cheese shreds
- ½ green onion (only the green part)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to its highest setting, placing a pizza stone or baking steel inside.
- For the sauce, combine the minced garlic, lemon zest, and thyme leaves in a bowl. Mix in the tomato puree, salt, pepper, and chili flakes. Refrigerate until ready to assemble.
- Slice the mushrooms in half and carve faces into the caps to create spooky skulls.
- Roll out the pizza dough to about 32 cm in diameter and transfer to a floured pizza peel.
- Spread the sauce over the base, sprinkle with vegan cheese, and arrange the mushroom skulls on top.
- Switch the oven to broil and bake the pizza for 5-7 minutes, or 1-2 minutes in a pizza oven, until golden.
- Sprinkle finely sliced green onions over the top before serving.
Notes
Make it a family activity by involving kids in carving the mushroom skulls. Adjust seasoning to taste and consider using store-bought pizza dough for convenience.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 500mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 36g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 8g
- Cholesterol: 0mg