Deep dish falafel pizza
Unique deep dish pizza with a beetroot hummus filling and falafel base. Healthy and low fat.
Ingredients
Falafel Crust
- ¾ cup chickpeas, either canned or pre-soaked dry
- ⅓ cup gf flour (I used millet)
- 1 small red onion
- 1 cup fresh mint
- 1 cup fresh cilantro / coriander
- 2 cloves garlic
- 3 tbsp tahini
- 3 tbsp chia or flax seeds finely ground
- 2 tbsp cumin powder
- 2 tbsp coriander powder
Beetroot hummus layer
- 1 cup cooked chickpeas
- 1 small beetroot, boiled
- 2 tbsp tahini
- 1 clove garlic
- oregano, basil and other herbs as desired
Sliced vegetables as desired
Tahini Cheese sauce
- 2 tbsp tahini
- As much nutritional yeast as you desire!
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C. Line a cake tin or deep pie dish with baking paper.
- For the crust: Put all crust ingredients in a food processor and whizz until all ingredients have combined. Spread mixture in a cake tin to form a 'pie crust'. Bake for 10 minutes to half-cook.
- Meanwhile, for the beetroot hummus: In a food processor, process all ingredients until smooth.
- When the falafel crust is dry to the touch, remove from oven.
- Layer the beetroot hummus with sliced vegetables in the pizza crust. Return the pizza to the oven for about 30 minutes or until vegetables have cooked.
- Meanwhile, for the cheese sauce: Mix ingredients together adding water until desired consistency. Drizzle on pizza and enjoy!