Spring Veg Pizza

“This is an easy pizza recipe using gram flour for the base so it is gluten free. Load up your pizza with veg so you are getting your five a day. ”

Prep time - 20 minutes

Cook time - 8-10 minutes

Difficulty - Easy

Serves / makes - 20 cookies

Ingredients

100g gram flour (more if you want a thicker base)

240ml water

1/2t salt

300g passata

1T nutritional yeast

1 garlic clove

Basil leaves

1/2 fennel bulb

Few asparagus

1 leek

1 courgette

Few mushrooms

Olive oil

Equipment

Jug

Baking tray

Baking paper

Bowl

Peeler

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 200c/390f/GM6.

  2. In a jug mix the flour, water and salt with a fork. Leave to rest whilst your oven is heating up, the batter will thicken during this time. The quantities I use make a thin pizza base so the batter is quite thin. If you want a thicker base use more gram flour.

  3. Put baking paper on a large baking tray. Pour the flour mixture onto the paper, try to make it a round pizza shape but it's not a problem if you can't. Put this in the oven whilst you prepare the toppings. This should take 10-15 minutes, the edges will be starting to brown.

  4. In a bowl mix the passata with the nutritional yeast. Grate the garlic into this, shred or tear the basil and add that too. Using your peeler shred the fennel, just a handful will suffice. Put into a large bowl.

  5. Chop about 2 inches off the bottom end of the asparagus. Roughly chop at a diagonal angle. Add to the bowl. Finely slice the leek. Add to the bowl.

  6. Cut the top and bottom off the courgettes. Using the peeler shred into wide thin pieces. Add to the bowl. Finely slice the mushrooms but do not put these in the bowl yet.

  7. Add a splash of olive oil and a dash of salt to the bowl. Using your hands mix this well and massage the oil into the veg. Now add the mushrooms and mix just a little.

  8. Take your base out of the oven if you haven't already. Turn the oven up to 240c. Top with the passata, use however much you want, some people like a lot and some people like a little, it's up to you. Top with the veg.

  9. Put the pizza on the top shelf of the oven. After 10 minutes check the pizza, the veg should be starting to brown, bake more if needed.

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