With a delicious, crunchy, falafel crust, this vegan pizza is far from typical. 100% gluten-free, full of protein, fiber, and incredibly healthy! Doesn’t sound very much like a pizza, does it?
Vegan Pizza with Falafel Crust
Yield: Makes 1 large falafel pizza crust.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup ground, cooked chickpeas, black beans, or lentils
- 1 1/2 cup oat flour
- 1/3 cup ground flax seeds
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 3 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon molasses
- cumin, curry, cayenne, and thyme spices, to taste (optional)
- 1 tablespoon pesto sauce
- 1 red onion, sliced
- 1 tomato, sliced
- black olives
- fresh basil, rosemary, and thyme, to taste
- salt and pepper, to taste
Toppings:
Cooking Directions
- Preheat your oven to 400°F.
- Mix all of the ingredients (besides the toppings) in a large bowl and stir until a thick batter forms. When you can no longer stir, use your hands to press the ingredients together.
- Form the dough into a ball, and use a floured rolling pin to flatten it to 1/2 a centimeter in thickness. Bake for 10-15 minutes at 350°F.
- Once the crust has baked, layer on your toppings and bake the pizza for another 20 minutes or until crispy.
- Enjoy!
Looking for more vegan pizza inspiration? Check out some of our more traditional vegan pizza ideas.
Sounds fabulous!
I must try it as I’m not sure how the crust would stay together and not crumble or break
ummmm
Happy vegan eating
Anita
I agree about the crust … any tips? Directions for putting it together seem to be left up to our imagination.
Just got come clarification on this, and I’m updating the instructions now!
Oh my goodness – this sounds AMAZING! I know what I’m making for dinner! :)
This looks amazing! I have to try this!!! I am always looking for nice alternatives to the standard pizza crust.
When you say 1/2 cup of ground chickpeas, do you mean ground chickpeas that or cooked or like chickpea flour?
Just heard back about this one, as well. :) Cooked chickpeas. I’ve updated the recipe to reflect that, too!