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Healthy, happy Pizza with Zucchini-Crust

Lea Green
4.50 from 6 votes
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Pizza
Cuisine Mediterran
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

For the pizza crust

  • 35 g (1/4 cup) ground flax seed
  • 450 g (15.8 oz) zucchini + ca. 60g (2 oz) zucchini slices for garnish/for the topping
  • Sea salt
  • Black pepper
  • 100 g (1 cup + 1 tbsp) chickpea flour
  • 1 TL baking soda or baking powder
  • 1-2 tsp lemon juice

For sauce & topping

  • 1 garlic glove
  • 180 g (6.3 oz) silken tofu
  • 2 tbsp cashew butter or almond butter (50-60g/ 1.7 oz)
  • 1 tsp spicy mustard
  • 3 tbsp yeast flakes
  • Sea salt
  • Black pepper
  • 1 tbsp herbes of Provence
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • Some colorful bell pepper slices for garnish
  • A handful baby spinach for garnish
  • Sprouts to your liking
  • 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds
  • Optional: 40 g (1.4 oz) mais (Dosenware)
  • Optional: Avocado for garnish
  • Optional: Some fresh basil leaves

Instructions
 

  • Mix ground flax seed with 5 tbsp water and let it soak for some minutes.
  • Wash and grate the zucchini, mix it with a pinch of salt and let it sit for 10 minutes.
  • Drain the leaking water from the grated zucchini, put it in a kitchen towel and wring-out further liquid.
  • Preheat the oven to 200 °C (392°F) circulating heat.
  • Mix grated zucchini, the soaked flax seeds, chickpea flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1-2 tsp lemon juice and a pinch of salt and pepper in a bowl.
  • Form a dough with your hands by kneading the ingredients. Put the dough on a baking tray covered with baking paper. Form a flat pizza crust with your hands and the help of a second baking paper and a rollin pin.
  • Bake pizza crust (in a first round without the topping) for 12-14 minutes at 200 °C (392°F) circulation heat.
  • Meanwhile prepare the sauce for the pizza topping. Peel a small garlic clove and mix it with the silken tofu, the nut butter, 1 tsp spicy mustard, 3 tbsp yeast flakes, a pinch of salt and pepper, herbes de Provence and 1 tbsp of lemon juice in a blender. Blend to a smooth, creamy sauce and season with salt to your taste.
  • After 12-14 minutes baking time, remove the pizza crust from the oven, spread the sauce over the crust and top with some zucchini and bell pepper slices.
  • Now continue baking the pizza with topping at the same heat for another 10-12 minutes.
  • Now you can finalize to garnish of the pizza Pizza with mais, baby spinach, sprouts, pumpkin seeds and fresh basil to your liking. I also add some delicious avocado slices. Drizzle the pizza with some lemon juice and enjoy.
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