(upbeat electronic music)
- Hello and welcome to the PLANT BASED NEWS channel.
I'm George.
- And I'm Juliet.
- And what are we gonna be doing today?
- Well, today we're here to do
a really special recipe with Applewood cheese.
The new Applewood cheese,
which is completely vegan and dairy free.
- Nice. - And
today we're gonna be cooking up Mexican pizzas.
- Nice - Really delicious.
So the first thing we'll do is make a spicy bean mixture.
So, Mexican pizzas are in a sense
a nice crispy tortilla with a spicy bean mix
and then they've got the cheese.
So we're gonna show you a recipe for our spicy beans
but you could use any recipe you wanted.
So, first of all,
we've got some olive oil in our pan
and we're gonna fry up some onion and some celery.
George, do you mind just passing that over here to me?
So this recipe, Mexican pizzas,
I always used to make for George
and your sisters when they were little,
like, all the time.
It's a really quick snack
and they used to love it, didn't you?
- [George] Mm-hmm. - [Juliet] Make it all
the time 'cause it's really easy.
- Usually, if we make something like this,
I'll usually use nutritional yeast
to kind of add sort of a similar taste.
- Yeah. - So I'm really excited
to give this Applewood cheese a go and--
- You know. - Exactly
and with the nutritional yeast,
obviously, you've got the added nutrients.
So with Applewood cheese,
they actually fortify it with Calcium and vitamin B12.
- Right. - So you're gonna
get that in there too.
We're just gonna soften these up for a few minutes.
Now we're gonna add some chili flakes
and some cumin seeds just to get
that sort of Mexican flavor going on there.
We're gonna add some garlic into that too.
(mumbles) Brilliant.
We're gonna add some chopped pepper.
Oh, that smells really good now actually.
That garlic.
So we're just gonna soften these
for, like, another five minutes
and then we're gonna add the last few ingredients.
I reckon that's looking pretty good, George.
- Mm-hmm.
So, we're gonna add some other ingredients.
So, a little bit of smoked paprika.
So, just wanna cook that up for, like,
a nice minute just to release the flavor.
So now we're gonna use a couple of cans.
Beans, you can use any ones you want, really.
You guys quite like the black beans
and black eyed beans, don't you?
- [George] Yeah.
- [Juliet] I just use them including the liquid as well.
- [George] You just chuck the whole thing in?
- [Juliet] Yeah, (stammers) I don't like
the spicy beans to be too tomatoey
so with the liquid from the beans--
- Okay. - That's perfect.
And then the can of tomato.
So, whack them in.
Then one can of chopped tomatoes.
So now we're just gonna bring that to the boil
and simmer it for about 30 minutes
and then it'll be time to assemble the Mexican pizzas.
So, it's nice and thick.
Been cooking that off for about 30 minutes.
We're gonna take this away
and we're gonna get all of our bits and pieces
and ready to make the Mexican pizzas.
We're gonna fry up our tortillas
so let's get this out the way
and we'll come back in a minute.
Right, so now it's time to make our crunchy tortilla bases.
So, we're just gonna fry them up.
We've got some sunflower oil in here.
So, if you pass us the tortillas, George?
- [George] Here you go. - [Juliet] Brilliant.
- [George] First one. - So we're just gonna let this
get a bit hot first.
And do you know about the top tip for checking when
it's hot enough to fry? - No, I don't.
- Okay, so what you do is get a small little bit of tortilla
and just drop it in
and you should see it sort of bubble away and puff up.
- Okay. So, what we're gonna do,
being very careful, laying away from you,
just plop in your tortilla.
- [George] Nice! - [Juliet] There it goes
and it's gonna bubble up and go all crispy.
Just turn it over on the other side.
See it's starting to bubble up?
- [George] Yeah. - So it'll just be
for about a minute or so.
Do you wanna take that and plop it on the paper?
- [George] So we're good on this?
- [Juliet] Yeah, plop that onto the paper there.
- [George] Do I drip a little bit?
- [Juliet] Yeah. - [George] And then--
- Get the excess off,
onto the paper and then we do the second one.
So we've got those ready.
So, we're just gonna clear away all these hot stuff
and then we're gonna come back and do the building.
- Nice. - All right.
Let's take this away carefully.
- Get the beans on?
- Yeah, load up the beans.
- [George] Fantastic. - So,
put that down there.
So now, now it's time for the cheese.
Did you wanna do the honors, George?
- Sure. - So,
It's gonna be really nice, I think,
with this Applewood cheese because, obviously,
this is a nice smoky, Mexican dish
so the smoky cheese is gonna completely complement--
So, actually just grate it straight on the top.
- [George] Wow.
- Whack these in the oven for five or 10 minutes
until the cheese is nice and melted.
So let's whack these in
and then we'll get all of our bits and pieces to go with it.
There you go, George.
We make this, it's really simple sour cream,
it's nice, again, just have the drizzle on the top
and it's made with cashew nuts,
water, lime juice, nutritional yeast and salt.
- Just blend it up. - Just mix together,
yeah just put it all together. - Great.
- We made some fresh guacamole.
So just grab that out.
We put the recipe for this down there as well
if you fancy making your own
but you can just buy store-bought as well.
They've been in for about five minutes.
Oh, look at that! - Wow!
- Ho ho ho!
'Mazing.
Should we slice it up? - Mm-hmm.
- [Juliet] Look at that!
- [George] Wow.
- Wow, just grab these.
Do you want one?
One for you.
- Sure.
- Might be a bit hot.
Right, I'm going in.
Oh, yes.
What do you think?
- Yeah.
- It's really good, isn't it? - Mm-hmm.
- Get a bit of this for you.
- Wow. - Yeah.
- Gone. - Lovely.
A bit of that as well.
Hot.
- Hot but great.
- Hope you enjoyed watching that video.
All of the ingredients,
well, everything you need for all the recipes
is just down there.
Applewood cheese is out now, isn't it?
- It's definitely got my vote.
- Brilliant.
I'm gonna finish this off.
Thanks for watching!
Bye!