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Chickpea Pizza Crust

May 31, 2020 by karine Recipe rating:
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For those of you who are watching their gluten intake or who want a healthier pizza crust, above are three pizzas that we taught in our class at Sur La Table. The recipes are based off of Weight Watchers. They were equally delicious. I will have all the recipes up soon, but I wanted to share my favorite one, the chickpea crust. It’s the pizza with the broccoli on top. The other two are cauliflower crust and butternut squash. You can really add whatever you want to this pizza. I think next time I will make it more Mediterranean, by adding olives, feta, peppers and tomatoes. The crust is super easy to make and can be “veganized.”

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Chickpea Pizza crust

This is a great pizza crust if you are lowering your gluten intake and it's delicious

Course Main Course
Cuisine Mediterranean
Keyword chickpea crust, gluten free, vegan
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 15 oz drained chickpeas keep juice from can if making vegan
  • 1 medium garlic clove
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 cup grated parm or vegan parm
  • 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 large egg or vegan-2 tbsp chickpea juice
  • 1/2 cup tomato sauce
  • Add whatever toppings

Instructions

  1. If you have a pizza stone or heavy baking sheet, place in the oven and preheat to 450 F

  2. Place chickpeas and garlic in a food processor and pulse until finely chopped.

  3. Add cornstarch, oregano, salt, pepper, cayenne and process until smooth. Scrape down sides as needed

  4. Add parmesan and egg or if making vegan, add vegan cheese and aqua fava (chickpea juice)

  5. Spoon chickpea puree onto a large piece of parchement paper. Spread out with a spatula to about 12 inch cirlce.

  6. Slide crust with parchement onto the hot pizza stone or baking sheet. Bake till lightly browned, for about 15 minutes.

  7. Heat up tomato sauce and spread over crust, leaving 1/2 inch border. Add whatever toppings you want. I did sausage, onion, mozzarella and brocolli rabe.

  8. Cook pizza for about 10 minutes.

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