Give your classic comfort food a healthy makeover with this nutritious plant-based healthy pizza recipe! Say NO to boring bland meals! This recipe is vegan, gluten free and low in calories.
1. CRUST
Ingredients
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Half a head of cauliflower
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½ cup chickpea flour
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2 tbsp flax meal
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6 tbsp water
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1 tbsp nutritional yeast
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1 tbsp olive oil
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¼ tsp sea salt
Method
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Chop the cauliflower into small florets and steam till you can just pierce with a fork, then let cool.
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Add cauliflower to a food processor till fine, then transfer to a nut milk bag or place in fine cheesecloth, and gently press out all of the excess water.
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Meanwhile, add the 6 tablespoons water to the flax meal in a small bowl and let stand for 5 minutes (this is your egg replacer).
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In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and use your hands to work them together into a dough.
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Let stand for 15 minutes to allow flax and chickpea flour to absorb any remaining water.
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Line a pizza tray with baking paper, and press dough evenly over the surface.
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Bake for 20 minutes.
2. MARINARA DRESSING
Ingredients
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2 medium-sized tomatoes
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1/4 cup chopped red pepper
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1 tbsp nutritional yeast
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1 date
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1/2 cup sundried tomatoes (preferably soaked in olive oil)
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2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
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Pinch of sea salt, cayenne pepper and black pepper
Method
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Simply blend all ingredients together.
3. VEGAN RICOTTA CHEESE
Ingredients
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1 cup almonds (soaked at least 1 hour)
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2 cups water
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1.5 tsp sea salt
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1 tsp black pepper
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Juice 1/2 lemon
Method
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Blend almonds and water
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Strain through nut milk bag. Save the milk for other uses and keep the almond pulp in a bowl.
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Add salt, lemon juice and black pepper to almond pulp and combine well.
4. ASSEMBLING THE PIZZA
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Top the cauliflower pizza crust with marinara and bake for 5 minutes.
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Add ruccola leaves, olives and ricotta.
Dig in and enjoy the healthy pizza!
Author: Tatiana Abou Assi from Health & Yum