But I just haven't had the time to make homemade pizza dough. It's so freakin' simple to make DIY dough, so there's no good reason to buy the pre-made stuff. But homemade dough can take up to two hours for the first and second rise. Since I work all day, and I don't care to wait all evening on dough to rise, making homemade crust is restricted to weekends. I always use Isa's "Pizza Dough — A Novel" recipe from Vegan with a Vengeance.
But another busy weekend passed me by with no time to make dough, but today, I REALLY wanted pizza. I got all sad about my pizza plight, and I even considered buying a pre-made dough at Kroger, but they all contained milk or non-vegan dough conditioners. Whole Foods sells a vegan crust, but the only one is nearly 20 minutes from my house. So I resorted to an old favorite — French Bread Pizza:
I haven't had French Bread Pizza in years! In fact, the last time was probably in my pregan days, and it was more than likely a frozen Lean Cuisine cheese French bread pizza. Ick!This one was topped with Prego traditional marinara, Daiya, sliced Creole Steamed Sausages, bell peppers, kalamata olives, and mushrooms. I love the way the soft French bread makes for the world's thickest crust. I've always been a thick crust kind of girl.
So next time you're in a hurry and have no time for a homemade pizza crust, don't forget about French bread.
What do you do when you need pizza in a hurry?
If I want to make quick pizza, I make dough with baking powder instead of regular yeast dough. It's not as good as yeast dough, but good enough.
ReplyDeleteI use naan or pita bread and sometimes tortillas. I also stash the frozen gf cornmeal crust from Whole Foods in the freezer because you don't need to thaw it before cooking. Love pizza!
ReplyDeleteI never had French bread pizza. It's a cool idea!
ReplyDeleteI agree with tofuhead. In fact, even when I have the time, I still make a baking powder dough. It's so quick and easy, and I think it tastes great! I love pizza :) I make it almost every weekend!
ReplyDeletewhen i need it in a hurry (twice a year maybe) we go to Spak Brothers. Vegan options for pizza, wings, tacos, and more. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteThat recipe reminds me so much of the English Muffin mini-pizzas my mom used to make when I was a kid! :) I always make non-yeast (ie, non-having-to-wait-for-it-to-rise) pizza dough. It's almost like a quickbread, but it works great, so it's fast enough that I use that recipe in a hurry!
ReplyDeleteFlat bread pizzas all the way baby! I usually chop up some onion,bell peepers, and broccoli, and I am good to go!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I rarely plan to make pizza, so when I start craving it I'm like, will I still want this THREE HOURS from now? I never would have thought of french bread. Yay!
ReplyDeleteOn man, I've been looking at the Tumblr dedicated to vegan pizza all day & now this has made me want pizza eeeeeven more!
ReplyDeleteEnglish muffin pizza for sure. But french bread's a great idea, I don't think I've ever done that.
ReplyDeleteYum! We like those Flat Out flax flatbread things...awesome for pizzas.
ReplyDeleteI make quesadillas and put "pizza" stuff in them instead of traditional fare.
ReplyDeleteOh man, I ate a TON of Lean Cuisine french bread pizza back in the day. That stuff was the jam. I really like pita pizzas, and I've used brown rice tortillas as a crust too. Basically, anything with sauce and vegan cheese is good!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds way better than the oozy french bread pizzas we got in school.
ReplyDeleteI haven't had french bread pizza in years (it was the nasty stuff). Can I just say that this is brilliant?
ReplyDeleteFor pizza in a hurry, I use Greek pitas. During the summer and we have more time, we cook our pizzas with a yeast dough crust on the grill.
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