Zomberoni Pizza Faces
Ingredients
For the pepperoni eye sockets:
- 1/2 cup cooked pinto beans rinsed and drained
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 1/4 cups vital wheat gluten
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1 tsp granulated garlic
- 1 1/2 tsp anise seeds crushed
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- Lots of fresh black pepper
For the white sauce:
- 1 cup cashews boiled
- 3/4 cup vegetable broth
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
Accoutrement and other ingredients:
- 6 pcs English muffins
- 3 cups of your favorite marinara
- 12 pcs fresh basil leaves
- Sliced black olives
- Baby bell peppers (see note above)
- Capers
Instructions
Make the Pepperoni:
- Before mixing your ingredients, get the steaming apparatus ready, bringing water to a full boil.
- Have ready 4 square sheets of tin foil. In a large bowl, mash the beans until no whole ones are left. Throw all the other ingredients together in the order listed and mix with a fork. Divide dough into 4 even parts (an easy way to do this: split the dough in half and then into quarters).
- Place one part of dough into tin foil and mold into about a 6-inch log. Wrap dough in tin foil, like a tootsie roll. Don’t worry too much about shaping it, it will snap into shape while it’s steaming because this recipe is awesome.
- Place wrapped sausages in steamer and steam for 40 minutes, until firm. Remove from steamer and let cool completely before slicing. You’ll only need two of the pepperoni for this recipe
Make the white sauce:
- Drain the cashews.
- Add all of the white sauce ingredients to the blender and purée until completely smooth, anywhere from 1 to 5 minutes depending on the strength of your machine.
- It’s rather thick, so definitely scrape down the sides with a rubber spatula often to make sure you get everything.
- Refrigerate until ready to use
Assemble the Zomberonis (before they diassemble you!):
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Split the english muffins in half and spread them out in front of you. Spread a few tablespoons marinara on each muffin. Tear a basil leaf into small pieces and scatter over the marinara for a rotting flesh effect. Spoon on cashew sauce in kind of a swirly way (see video above).
- Place two thinly sliced pepperonis where eyes might be, and place two thinly sliced olives in a googly sort of way.
- Place a thinly sliced pepper for the mouth, with a few rotting caper teeth inside.
- Arrange on a baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes. Now your zombie is complete. Proceed with caution!!!!
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