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Five minute gluten free chickpea pizza base, An easy healthy pizza crust recipe, great idea for kids

Five Minute Gluten Free Chickpea Pizza Base

When you need a gluten-free pizza base, this easy chickpea pizza crust could be just the thing
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Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: New Zealand
Keyword: chickpea flour pizza crust, chickpea pizza, chickpea pizza base, chickpea pizza crust, gluten-free pizza base
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 325kcal
Author: My Kids Lick The Bowl

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Ingredients

  • 1 Cup chickpea flour
  • Cup water
  • Salt
  • 1.5 teaspoon olive oil
  • 3 tablespoon no added sugar tomato Pasta sauce
  • 30 g grated cheese

Instructions

  • Watch the quick recipe video before you get started, scroll up a little to find it
  • Check the notes at the bottom of the recipe for little bits of extra info and help
  • Heat oven to 220 degrees Celsius, 430 Fahrenheit
  • Heat non-stick frypan to medium/hot
  • Whisk chickpea flour, water and salt together
  • Grease fry pan with a spray of oil, or lightly coat with butter
  • Pour batter into fry pan, swirl fry pan to spread evenly over the base of the pan, or use a spatula to spread it
  • Cook for approximately 2 mins, flip like a pancake, and cook for a further 2mins, voila base is done
  • Leave the pizza base in the fry pan, for a basic topping, drizzle with a little olive oil
  • Spread with tomato pasta sauce
  • Top with the grated cheese
  • Bake in hot oven 4-5 mins or until cheese golden 
  • Serve

Video

Notes

  • You can totally get adventurous with the toppings
  • If you are serving to a kiddo under one, skip the salt, actually skip the salt if your family finds it palatable enough without it, I find it is better with a little salt though

Nutrition

Calories: 325kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 247mg | Potassium: 586mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 272IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 139mg | Iron: 3mg