Water Kefir

Vegetarian wholegrain pizza with water kefir – Life can be so easy

I greet you 🙂

we were in my favorite pizza place last week. Don´t betray it, but apart from salad I like to eat pizza for my life …

When I go out to dinner with my family, I always come back with new ideas and inspirations. So this week pizza was on the menu again – but made by myself. I like to use (also self ground) whole grain flour and regional organic products from the market. You are welcome to exchange one or the other ingredient yourself. What I would not do without is the elderberry jam. It gives the pizza a special something in addition to your own water kefir ferment ….

For this very simple water kefir recipe you need these ingredients:

Ingredients for the dough:

  • 500 g wholemeal flour
  • ½ teaspoon Himalaya stone salt* (You can simply order your stone salt here*)
  • 30 g of fresh yeast
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 250 ml of your own organic water kefir* (you can order the starter complete set here*)

Ingredients for the tomato sauce:

  • 1 tsp elderberry jam
  • ½ tsp mustard
  • 100 g of tomato paste
  • 1 prs. Himalaya Stone Salt* (You can easily order your stone salt here*)

Ingredients for the topping:

  • 1 prs. pepper
  • 6 tomatoes
  • 10 champion mushrooms
  • 1 pepper (red, yellow or green)
  • 1 handful of basil leaves (fresh or dried)
  • 1 tsp oil
  • ½ packet of grated cheese (or more if desired, less)

useful accessories:

  • rolling pin
  • baking sheet
  • baking paper

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Do you have all the ingredients ready? Ok, let’s get started:

  1. Mix the ingredients for the dough in a large mixing bowl and knead with either your hands or a nimble kitchen helper.
  2. Leave the dough for about 30 minutes in a warm place (without drafts) covered with a damp cloth.
  3. In the meantime, place the ingredients for the tomato sauce (elderberry marmalade, mustard, tomato paste and salt) in a bowl and stir well.
  4. Wash the fresh ingredients for the topping and cut into small pieces / cubes.
  5. Preheat the oven to 220 ° C.
  6. After leaving the dough, knead the dough well again and roll out to the size of the sheet with the rolling pin on the baking paper or a floured work surface.
  7. Distribute the elderberry and mustard mixture on the pizza base and top with the chopped vegetables.
  8. Now drizzle the topping with the teaspoon of oil and then distribute the cheese.
  9. Place the tin in the middle of the oven and bake at 200 ° C for about 20 minutes until golden brown.

Enojoy 🙂

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Vegetarian wholegrain pizza with water kefir

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Serves: 4 (1 Blech) Cooking Time: 15 Min. (ohne Geh- oder Backzeit/without soaking and baking time)

Ingredients

  • Ingredients for the dough:
  • 500 g wholemeal flour
  • ½ teaspoon Himalaya stone salt
  • 30 g of fresh yeast
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 250 ml of your own organic water kefir
  • For the tomato sauce:
  • 1 tsp elderberry jam
  • ½ tsp mustard
  • 100 g of tomato paste
  • 1 prs. Himalaya Stone Salt
  • Ingredients for the topping:
  • 1 prs. pepper
  • 6 tomatoes
  • 10 champion mushrooms
  • 1 pepper (red, yellow or green)
  • 1 handful of basil leaves (fresh or dried)
  • 1 tsp oil
  • ½ packet of grated cheese (or more if desired, less)
  • useful accessories:
  • rolling pin
  • baking sheet
  • baking paper

Instructions

1

Mix the ingredients for the dough in a large mixing bowl and knead with either your hands or a nimble kitchen helper.

2

Leave the dough for about 30 minutes in a warm place (without drafts) covered with a damp cloth.

3

In the meantime, place the ingredients for the tomato sauce (elderberry marmalade, mustard, tomato paste and salt) in a bowl and stir well.

4

Wash the fresh ingredients for the topping and cut into small pieces / cubes.

5

Preheat the oven to 220 ° C.

6

After leaving the dough, knead the dough well again and roll out to the size of the sheet with the rolling pin on the baking paper or a floured work surface.

7

Distribute the elderberry and mustard mixture on the pizza base and top with the chopped vegetables.

8

Now drizzle the topping with the teaspoon of oil and then distribute the cheese.

9

Place the tin in the middle of the oven and bake at 200 ° C for about 20 minutes until golden brown.

I wish you a lot of fun by making this recipe and I am very excited to hear your opinions about your selfmade water kefir.

I am looking forward to see you again for my next recipes.

Petra

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2 Comments

  • Reply
    Anne-Marie
    Monday May 8th, 2023 at 09:32 AM

    Hallo Petra, wieso lässt du den Pizzateig nur eine halbe Stunde aufgehen?
    Normalerweise desto länger man den Teig aufgehen lässt desto besser verdaulich ist er.
    Oder macht der Wasserkefir den Teig besser verdaulich? Danke für die Erklärung!
    Herzlichen Gruß, Anne-Marie

    • Reply
      Petra
      Tuesday July 30th, 2024 at 12:45 PM

      Liebe Anne-Marie,

      vielen Dank für Deinen Hinweis.

      Du kannst den Teig auch länger gehen lassen. Du hast vollkommen recht. Je länger der Teig geht, desto bekömmlicher wird er. Allerdings wird er dann auch säuerlicher, was einige als nicht so angenehm empfinden.

      Liebe Grüße

      Stephan

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