Season
All year

Occasions
Lunch
Dinner

Estimated
Time
60 min

Buckwheat
Pizza


Ingredients for 1 serving

3-4 tbsp
Buckwheat flour

1 tbsp
Flaxseed flour

⅓ tsp
Bicarbonate

some
Water

little
Rock salt

1 tbsp
Sesame oil

little
Rock salt



5–6 florets
Cauliflower

little
Rock salt

1–2 tbsp
White Tahini (blanched, fine ground)



handfull
Sage (fresh or dried)

little
Rock salt

1 tsp
Black Cumin

1 tbsp
Sesame oil

1
Green Bell Pepper (not spicy!)

4-5 florets
Broccoli (shortly steamed)

Preheat oven on 220° (top and bottom heat).

  1. First the dough: Mix the two flours with 1 tbsp sesame oil, little rock salt and water, until it forms a liquid but sticky dough.

    If there is time, let dough set for a while. After, spread dough on a lined baking tray, or if on hand a coated tart form. Spread evenly about 5mm high and around 24 cm in diameter.

  2. The base: Chop cauliflower into small chunks. Fill them with some water into a pressure cooker and steam for 10 minutes, until they become soft and buttery.

    Add them into a mini chopper or food processor, as we want to create a cream. Also add tahini, salt and if needed some water. Process into a creamy texture. Spread this evenly on top of the dough.

  3. The topping: steam the broccoli florets in the pressure cooker also (2-5 min). Cut the green bell pepper into slices. Marinate both together with salt and sesame oil in a bowl. Arrange them on top of the cauliflower base.
    Sprinkle with black cumin, sesame seeds, salt flakes, choped sage and some more sesame oil.

  4. Bake until the cauliflower base starts to get golden at the edges and the dough is firm and crispy. It takes about 30 min — depending on oven, liquidity of dough and base. Make sure the broccoli does not burn.

How
to

Pizza never tasted that light. I do not feel heavy after eating it.
The cauliflower base with its cheese-like flavor and tomato sauce-like bite will ensure that I will never miss a “normal” pizza again.
If done in a real pizza oven, you'll have to use a baking tray or make the dough firm by using less water (in my taste, it gets to crispy but works).

Variations:

Base: Try out other vegetables (seasonally), or mix them with half the cauliflower. I like to use red paprika and 3-4 florets of cauliflower. Or use plain red paprika with tamarinde. Proceedure is the same. You can also try without adding tahina, as it gets less creamy/cheese-alike kind of «Pizza Marinara» like.
Topping: Red or yellow paprika only, is one of my favs. Stick to seasonal and tolerated vegetables.