Vegan BBQ Jackfruit Pizza

A square slice of vegan jackfruit pizza on a board.

Vegan BBQ Jackfruit Pizza

Vegan BBQ jackfruit pizza is a top tier pizza that is easy to make, comes together quickly and can be made gluten free! Perfect for jackfruit lovers or jackfruit newbies.

Course Dinner

Cuisine Fusion, Italian

Diet Vegan

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 30

Total Time 35

Servings slices

Calories 244kcal

Author Jess & Dan

Ingredients

For the base:

400 g vegan pizza dough – shop bought, pre rolled
150 g cauliflower - cut into florets
2 tablespoon nutritional yeast
3 tablespoon water – reserved from cauliflower cooking water
0.5 teaspoon garlic granules

Toppings:

1 tablespoon olive oil
400 g jackfruit – 1 drained tin of young green jackfruit in brine.
5 tablespoon BBQ sauce
½ red onion – sliced
2 tablespoon jalapeños – sliced in half
cashew 'parmesan' optional

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

In a saucepan, boil the cauliflower for around 8 minutes or until cooked through.
150 g cauliflower
Scoop the cauliflower out of the water (reserve the water) and put into a blender.
Add the nutritional yeast and 3 tablespoon of the reserved water into the blender, along with some salt and black pepper and whizz up until smooth. Set aside.
2 tablespoon nutritional yeast, 3 tablespoon water
Drain and rinse the jackfruit. Remove the seeds (round/bulb shaped bits), and the core (the pineapple-like, hard part) - you can discard these bits if you don’t like the texture (they can be a bit tough).
400 g jackfruit
Pop a splash of oil in a frying pan, once hot, add in the jackfruit.
1 tablespoon olive oil
Add in the garlic granules and then pour in the BBQ sauce.
0.5 teaspoon garlic granules, 5 tablespoon BBQ sauce
Stir well and gently cook for around 8-10 minutes, stirring regularly. The BBQ jackfruit should turn into a sticky mixture. Use the stirring spoon to encourage the jackfruit pieces to break apart into smaller pieces, along the strands. Set aside once ready.
Remove all packaging from the pizza base and lay out onto a tray or pizza tray. If the pizza base has parchment paper underneath it, it’s often easier to leave it on. Meaning you won’t need to grease or line your tray!
400 g vegan pizza dough
Evenly spread the cauliflower sauce on the pizza base. All of the cauliflower creamy sauce will spread out and cover the base generously
Place the pulled jackfruit, red onion and jalapeños on the pizza, spread all of them out evenly.
½ red onion, 2 tablespoon jalapeños
Place the jackfruit pizza in the oven for around 15 minutes - or until the edges of the pizza go golden. Optionally, top with cashew parmesan or vegan parmesan.
cashew 'parmesan'

Notes

It keeps well in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Place parchment paper between each pizza slice if stacked.
Can be frozen for up to 3 months (check that your shop-bought pizza base can be frozen).
If your canned jackfruit is a little tough, cook for 5-10 minutes longer on a medium heat.
Try adding vegan cheese, slices of tomato, sweetcorn or even the ultimate love/hate pizza topping – chunks of pineapple!
Make it gluten free by using a shop bought GF pizza base. Double check the BBQ sauce is gluten free (most are).

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