Are you on a diet but can't give up the pleasure of pizza? Or does celiac disease prevent you from taking any food capable of developing gluten? I'll come to your rescue, to combine the useful with the pleasure: we will prepare a sort of "false pizza", without flour of any kind and low in fat. Did I whet your curiosity? egg whites instead of the classic leavened dough Let's find out how to prepare flourless pizza.
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Identity Card of the Recipe
- 90 KCal Calories per serving
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Ingrediants
For the dough
- 400 g of Romanesco cabbage
- 150 g of egg white
- 100 g of fresh ricotta
- 20 g of chia seeds
- q.s. of salt
For the filling
- 100 g of fresh ricotta
- 1 teaspoon of oregano
- 1 bunch of rocket
- 100 g of cherry tomatoes
- 80 g slices of Fontina cheese
- About 100 g of tomato sauce
- 70 g of bresaola
Materials Needed
- Casserole for steaming
- Bowl
- Round pan with a diameter of 30 cm
- Chopping board
- Knife
- Scale weighs food
- Fork
- Baking paper
Preparation
- First, clean the Romanesco cabbage by removing the hard and woody ribs. Cut the inflorescence (the "pulp" of the Romanesco cabbage) into fairly small pieces of regular size. As an alternative to Romanesco cabbage, cauliflower can be used.
- Steam the Romanesco cabbage for about 10 minutes.
Perfect cooking
Romanesco cabbage must not be overcooked, but neither should it be too hard. Cooking times depend on the size of the pieces obtained.
To speed up times, we recommend steaming in the microwave with the special pot.- Remove the Romanesco cabbage from the pan and allow to cool.
- Gather the Romanesco cabbage in a bowl and mash it with the prongs of a fork: you will have to obtain a sort of puree with numerous pieces that are still firm.
- Season with salt and mix the cabbage puree with fresh ricotta, egg whites and chia seeds: you will have to obtain a rather thick and sticky mixture.
What are chia seeds?
Chia seeds are the seeds of a herbaceous plant grown mainly in Mexico and Guatemala. Chia seeds are rich in omega three and mineral salts (in particular phosphorus). In this recipe, chia seeds can be replaced with flax seeds, sesame seeds, or poppy seeds.- Line a round pan with a diameter of 30 cm with parchment paper, then distribute the mixture, possibly with the help of a spatula.
- Preheat the oven to 220 ° C.
- Bake the base of the "pizza" for 20 minutes: it will be ready when the edges begin to turn golden.
- Remove the pan from the oven and fill with slices of Fontina cheese, a veil of tomato sauce, a few teaspoons of lean ricotta, oregano and the cherry tomatoes cut in half.
- Put the pan back in the oven and cook for another 10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and serve with fresh rocket and slices of bresaola.
Alice's comment - PersonalCooker
Yes, I know I know that I have baptized this recipe "pizza" even if it is actually not! But if you are at least a little curious, do not hesitate to prepare it yourself: I am very sure that you will be thrilled by the flavor! I have to thank Alessandra Gentilini for giving me the idea of this phenomenal pizza.Nutritional values and Health Comment on the recipe
The Pizza Without Flour is a single dish suitable for the diet for celiacs. It has a fairly moderate energy value, provided above all by lipids and proteins. The fatty acids seem predominantly saturated, the fibers are abundant and the cholesterol is not very considerable.
Pizza Without Flour is a food that, except for lactose intolerant people, can be included in any diet. The average portion corresponds to about 300g (240kcal).
