
Veggie crust Margherita pizza
Ingredients
For the veggie pizza bases
- ½ large cauliflower (about 300g) cut into florets, stems discarded
- ½ large head broccoli (about 300g) cut into florets, stems discarded
- 90 g ground almonds
- 30 g ground flaxseeds
- 3 large organic free-range eggs beaten
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
- Sea salt and cracked black pepper
For the tomato sauce
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- ½ tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp cracked black pepper
- 1 tbsp tomato puree (I like BOMBA)
- 250 ml passata
- Handful each of fresh basil and parsley leaves roughly chopped
Toppings
- Mozzarella or MozzaRisella (dairy-free mozzarella) torn
- Basil leaves
- 2 large handfuls of rocket (arugula) leaves to serve
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Lightly grease and line two 30cm round pizza trays with plastic-free baking parchment.
- First, make the pizza bases. Place the cauliflower and broccoli in a food processor and process until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Transfer to a clean tea towel and squeeze out as much moisture as possible (don't skip this step or the recipe won't work).
- Place in a large bowl with the ground almonds, ground flaxseeds, eggs, nutritional yeast, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper and mix to form a soft dough. Divide the mixture in half, gently press into 25cm circles on the prepared trays and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden and crispy.
- Next make the sauce. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, salt and pepper and cook for 4–5 minutes, or until softened. Add the tomato puree, passata and herbs and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 8-10 minutes. Transfer to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Remove the pizza bases from the oven, leave to cool slightly then loosen from the parchment with a palette knife. Spread with a thin layer of tomato sauce, and top with the cheese and basil leaves. Return the pizzas to the oven for another 8–10 minutes.
- Allow to cool slightly and top with rocket leaves to serve.
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