Celebrating Taco Tuesday differently with a taco pizza, how does that sound? This vegan pizza combines crispy, airy Italian pizza dough with the typical taco ingredients. Taco pizza is super easy to make and is perfect for using up leftovers from your last taco night with friends. Spicy, hot, hearty, this taco pizza is simply pure comfort food!
Course dinner & lunch
Cuisine American, Italian, Mexican
Keyword Taco-Pizza, vegan taco pizza
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Resting Time 14 hourshours
Total Time 14 hourshours50 minutesminutes
Calories 2002kcal
Author Velvet & Vinegar
Equipment
kitchen machine
pizza stone (optional)
Ingredients
Taco Spice Blend
2tsponion powder
2tspgarlic powder
1tsppaprika powder
1tspground cumin
1tsporegano
Pizza Dough
200gwheat flourorganic
1tspcane sugarorganic
100-120mlwater, lukewarm
10gyeast, freshorganic
20golive oilorganic
Taco Pizza
150gsalsa
100gbean puree
2tbspolive oilorganic
300gminced meat, veganorganic
Taco seasoning
50gsweet cornorganic
½red bell bell pepperorganic
50ggrated cheese, veganorganic
30gcherry tomatoesorganic
30gjalapeños or pimientos de padron
Nacho chips or taco shells
Instructions
Mix all ingredients for the pizza dough in a bowl. Knead dough with a food processor for 10 minutes until it no longer sticks to the dough hook.
Place dough in a bowl, covered, in the refrigerator overnight. The next morning, take out and let rise again at room temperature for 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 250° Celsius and preheat pizza stone in oven. *
Mix together all the ingredients for the taco seasoning.
Mix salsa and bean paste together.
Heat olive oil in skillet. Fry vegan ground beef in it until crispy. Mix in taco seasoning and set aside. *
Cut peppers, cherry tomatoes and jalapeños into desired shapes.
Knead the pizza dough again briefly. Then place on one hand and pull over that hand into desired shape, do not roll out.
Spread salsa and bean paste mixture on the bottom of the pizza. Top with vegan grated cheese and remaining toppings. *
Bake pizza in center of oven for 10 minutes. *
Add crumbled nacho chips on top of pizza while still warm.
Notes
*you can grease the pizza stone with some oil and sprinkle on some semolina to prevent your pizza from sticking.*you can use up all the taco spice blend for this recipe.*add the nacho chips after baking.*if your pizza is burning, bake it on a lower rack.