Sesame Mushrooms Pizza

A delicious vegetarian pizza served in black sesame pizza crust and topped with sweet and spicy sesame paste, mushrooms, capsicum, tomatoes, baby rocket leaves, under the golden mozzarella cheese crust. Some Jagabee potato sticks were hidden under the pile of mushrooms and vegetables to serve as moisture absorber during baking. Wonderful flavour and texture 😋😋

Video for the making of the pizzas

Sweet Stiff Starter

20g water

5g raw sugar

1g instant dry yeast *

40g bread flour

* if you want a faster proofing time, you can increase the 1g instant dry yeast to 2g.

Mix all the ingredients together into a soft smooth ball. Place the sweet stiff starter in a bowl, and cut the upper portion into 4 portions with the base attached. 

Seal with a cling wrap, and let it rest for about 3 hours.

Spicy Sesame Paste

20g roasted sesame salad dressing

15g Korean red pepper paste

5g roasted sesame seeds

8g raw sugar

Mix all the ingredients together into a paste. Set aside.

Black Sesame Seed Dough

150g plain flour plus/plain flour

sweet stiff starter from above

5g crushed roasted black sesame seeds

15g raw sugar

2g low-sodium salt

60g low fat milk

30g water

20g to be added depending on dough condition

5g rice bran oil

Tear the sweet stiff starter into smaller pieces and add to the dry ingredients. Stir the mixture in one direction and gradually add in the liquid ingredients. Stir in one direction till the ingredients formed into a ball.

Cover and let it rest for about 15 minutes.

Knead the dough till it becomes a smooth dough. Shape into a ball and let it proof for about 60 minutes, or till double in size.

Toppings

20g baby rocket leaves

26g golden oyster mushrooms

80g white button mushrooms, sliced

20g green capsicum, sliced

20g onion, sliced

40g mini tomatoes, sliced and remove seeds

2 small packets Calbee Jagabee potato sticks

175g mozzarella cheese, shredded

Baby rocket leaves

Assembling the pizzas

1. Divide the pizza dough into 4 portions, shape into 4 balls, and rest for 15 minutes.

Roll out the dough into your desired shape and thickness.

Place the shaped dough over an non-stick baking pan dusted with some semolina or bread flour.

2. Spread the spicy sesame paste over the pizza dough leaving about 1 cm edge round the dough free.

3. Assemble all the toppings over the dough.

4. Preheat oven to 190℃ turning on the "Fan mode". Bake at middle rack for about 15 to 20 minutes, or till the mozzarella cheese turns golden.

5. Remove the pizza from the oven and rest over a cooling rack.

6. Top the hot pizza with some fresh baby rocket leaves. Serve hot 🍕😋