Japanese pizza

Japanese style pizza using sliced lotus root and hijiki and sprinkled not with herbs but with ao-nori which is an edible green sea weed known as green laver which is dried and ground into a powder and used as a seasoning. It is rich in minerals and vitamins often seen sprinkled on Okonomiyaki and takoyaki .

和風ピザ

First use a plain pizza base and cover it with tomato purée then grate on some vegan cheese.

Add sliced lotus root ( you can either get this fresh from Asian super markets which you simply peel and slice ) or you can buy it in packets already peeled .

After this sprinkle on some already washed soaked and cooked hijiki sea weed . ( hijiki comes dried take a little and soak it in warm water for 20 mins it will double in size.  Then wash it well in a sieve then adds to a pan of hot water and simmer for 10 mins.  Drain . At this point I like to add a little mirin and tamari )

Then finally sprinkle on your aonori and bake until pizza crisp .

This is something a little different to the normal pizza toppings .