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Vegan Quinoa-Pizza (2-ingredients gluten-free crust)

Lea Green
3.80 from 5 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Mains, Pizza
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

For the gluten-free pizza crust

  • 200 g (7 oz) Quinoa
  • 2 heaped tbsp. chickpea flour (ca. 25-30 g/ 0.8-1 oz)
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 small tsp. cumin
  • Optional: 1 small tsp. paprika powder
  • 1 EL olive oil for brushing the parchment paper

For the topping (just a suggestion - choose all toppings to your liking)

  • 5 tbsp.  (150 g/ 5.2 oz) vegan tomato sauce or pureed tomatoes (ready-made product)
  • 1/2 small zucchini (ca. 100 g/ 3.5 oz)
  • A piece of (red) bell pepper
  • 1/2 small can of cooked corn (ca. 40 g/ 1.4 oz)
  • 1 handful of rocket salad

For the cheese substitute

  • 20 g (0.7 oz) margarine
  • 25 g (0.8 oz)  flour
  • 350 ml (11.83 oz) plantbased milk (e.g oat milk)
  • Optional: a pinch of garlic powder/granulated garlic
  • 1 tsp. herbes of Provence
  • 1 tsp. hot mustard
  • 15 g (0.52 oz) yeast flakes
  • 1-2 tsp. soy sauce (or a pinch of salt)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 200 °C/ 392 °F fan and cover a baking tray with baking paper. Important: Brush the baking paper with some olive oil (otherwise the bottom of the dough will stick to the baking paper!).
  • Rinse quinoa thoroughly and drain (this removes the bitter taste of quinoa). Puree the rinsed quinoa with 110 ml water, chickpea flour, 1 pinch of salt, cumin and optionally some paprika powder in a high-speed blender until creamy. Use a spoon to spread the quinoa dough round and evenly on the baking paper.
  • Bake the pizza base at 200 °C/ 392 °F fan for about 8 minutes. Take the tray out of the oven, turn the pizza base over and bake for another 5 minutes.
  • While the pizza base is pre-baked, the creamy béchamel sauce can be prepared (your easy cheese substitute). For this, melt margarine in a pot. Using a whisk, add flour to the liquid margarine and stir in plantbased milk one at a time. Stir in 1 pinch of garlic powder, 1 tsp. of herbs of Provence, 1 tsp. of hot mustard, yeast flakes and a pinch of salt or a little soy sauce. Let the cheese substitute thicken until creamy and then remove from the heat.
  • Remove pre-baked pizza base out of the oven (together with the baking tray - (be careful, it is hot!!!). Turn the pizza base over again and spread with tomato sauce. Generously drizzle the prepared cheese substitute over the pizza. Add some slices of zucchini, finely chopped mushrooms and paprika as topping. Finally, drizzle some more béchamel over the pizza.
  • Then bake the pizza at 200 °C/ 392 °F fan for another 8-10 minutes.
  • Take the pizza out of the oven, spread the corn over the pizza. Put 1 handful of washed rocket on the pizza and optionally add some more pieces of paprika. Isn't this super fast, healthy and simply delicious?! Enjoy!
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