Pizza with Garbanzo Bean Crust and Butternut Squash Sauce

Garbanzo Bean Crust

Ingredients:

• about 2 1/2 cups garbanzo bean flour
• 1/2 Tbsp Sea Salt (to taste)
• 1 tsp coriander ( or pepper)
• 3 tbsp olive or grapeseed oil or safflower oil
• 1 1/2 cups (approx) water. Add water until consistency is a little thinner than pancake batter. Should be stirrable and pourable. It won’t be thick like bread dough but it won’t be water thin, either.

Instructions:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees while the batter rests.
• Pour another 2 – 3 TBSP grapeseed oil into cast iron pan. I like using a round one for pizza, but a rectangular can be used also. 
• Put pan with just oil into 450 degree oven for about 6 minutes to heat the oil. 
• Carefully remove pan, then pour the batter into it.  A nice hot pan will ensure a crispier crust.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes. Remove and turn oven down to 350.

Pizza Sauce – pureed Butternut Squash

• Bake a butternut squash at 375 for about 45 minutes. Let it cool a bit.
• Scoop the flesh out of the peel and put it into a food processor.
• Add a bit of water and mix.
• Add enough water to make it the consistency of a pizza sauce that you desire.
• Add seasonings such as garlic, rosemary, thyme, basil, salt, pepper as desired.

***You could also use beets. Boil them and puree as above. Add desired seasonings.

Add Toppings to Pizza and Sauce

• Let bread cool a bit after it’s done baking.
• Ladle your pizza sauce onto the crust.
• Add desired toppings: hamburger, organic turkey pepperoni, home-made sausage, veggies of any kind, olives, Daiya Mozzarella Cheese.
• Return pizzas to 350 degree oven. Bake 15 minutes.
• Remove, slice with pizza cutter, and enjoy!

NOTE: Measurements are approximate. I’ve made this so many times that I throw it all together by feel. Experiment and get the right thickness and crispiness of crust that you want for your pizza. This recipe is super flexible! Bread can be made thick or thin – just adjust water and adjust baking times.  We also use this bread for snacking and sandwiches.

DISHING ON THIS DISH: We don’t do well with nightshades which excludes tomatoes from our diet. I use butternut squash as a great alternative to tomato sauce in pizza, ketchup in meatloaf, and it’s fabulous as a pumpkin alternative in bread and pie too!