Saturday, August 4, 2018

BUFFALO CHICKPEA PIZZA WITH WHITE GARLIC SAUCE AND CELERY RANCH DRESSING.

This Vegan Buffalo Chickpea Pizza with White Garlic Sauce and Celery ranch dressing packs a ton of flavor and takes minutes to put together. Vegan soy-free Pizza Recipe. Gluten-free with Gluten-free Crust. 


If you have the pizza dough ready, then this Pizza is a breeze to put together too. Mix up the buffalo sauce and chickpeas, make the blender sauces. Layer them all up, Bake and serve. Vegan, palm oil free and soy free! Easily gluten-free with my gf crusts. btw buffalo sauce has nothing to do with the animal Buffalo but everything to do with the location it was created at, Buffalo, NY.

Buffalo Chickpea Pizza with White Garlic Sauce and Celery Ranch Dressing Recipe

This Vegan Buffalo Chickpea Pizza with White Garlic Sauce and Celery ranch dressing packs a ton of flavor and takes minutes to put together. soy-free. Makes 1 large or 2 small pizzas.


Ingredients

  • 1 recipe Easy pizza dough
  • or my white garlic crust
  • or any of my gluten free crusts

For the Buffalo Sauce Chickpeas

  • 3 Tbsp hot sauce
  • 1.5 Tbsp Sriracha hot sauce
  • 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 15 oz can chickpeas or 1.5 cups cooked chickpeas

White Sauce Base

  • 1/2 cup ground cashew
  • 3/4 cup almond milk
  • 2 tbsp flour or 1 Tbsp arrowroot starch
  • 2/3 tsp salt
  • 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • a very generous dash of black pepper

For the garlic sauce

  • 2/3 of the white sauce from above
  • 4 cloves of roasted garlic or 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp italian herb blend
  • 1 Tbsp nutritional yeast flakes
  • 1 tsp apple cider vinegar

Celery ranch sauce

  • 1/3 of the white sauce from above
  • 1/2 tsp ranch seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp celery seeds
  • 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar

Instructions

  1. Make the pizza dough according to recipe. Use double the pizza dough recipe to make 2 pizzas.
  2. Make the Buffalo chickpeas: Mix everything under buffalo chickpeas. Mash a few chickpeas and let sit and marinate while you prep the sauce.
  3. Make the White sauce: Blend all the ingredients under white sauce base until well combined into a smooth sauce.
  4. Make the White Garlic sauce: Take about a 2/3 part of the white sauce from above and add garlic sauce ingredients. Mix well. Taste and adjust and mix or blend.
  5. Make the Celery Ranch: Add the ranch seasoning, celery and vinegar and mix and keep ready.
  6. Shape the pizza dough to a 10 inch rounds with thick edges so the sauce does not flow off the pizza during baking. Brush olive oil on it. Drizzle enough garlic sauce on the dough to coat. Add spinach or greens or other veggies of choice.
  7. Layer buffalo chickpeas on the greens. Drizzle some buffalo sauce from the marinade.
  8. Drizzle a generous amount of celery ranch. Add vegan mozzarella cheese shreds (optional). Try any of my cheeses
  9. Bake at pre-heated 425 degrees F / 220ºc for 14 minutes. Broil for a minute to crisp.
  10. Drizzle any leftover garlic sauce or celery ranch before serving.
Nutritional values based on one serving : 

Nutrition Facts
Buffalo Chickpea Pizza with White Garlic Sauce and Celery Ranch Dressing
Amount Per Serving
Calories 510Calories from Fat 162
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18g28%
Saturated Fat 3g15%
Sodium 790mg33%
Potassium 323mg9%
Total Carbohydrates 71g24%
Dietary Fiber 7g28%
Sugars 7g
Protein 17g34%
Vitamin A0.6%
Vitamin C14.4%
Calcium11.6%
Iron32.3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.