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Falafel Pizza Recipe
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Falafel Pizza

"Our pizza is weird and our dough is wild, made from sourdough starter."
Course Main Course
Cuisine Middle Eastern
Keyword Falafel
Prep Time 1 day 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 day 45 minutes
Servings 8 slices
Calories 503kcal
Cost $5-10

Equipment

  • BAKING STEEL
  • CAST IRON PAN
  • PIZZA CUTTERS
  • PIZZA PEEL
  • ROLLING PIN
  • Squeeze Bottle

Ingredients

TOPPINGS

  • 2 cups Falafel instructions below*
  • 2 cups Mozzarella cheese
  • 1 cup Tahini
  • 1 cup Yogurt sauce instructions below*
  • ½ cup Arugula
  • ½ cup Cucumber
  • ½ cup Tomato

WILD PIZZA DOUGH

  • 2 cups Sourdough starter
  • 1 cup Bread flour
  • 1 tsp Salt

FALAFEL*

  • 1 cup Dried chickpeas
  • 2 cups Water
  • ½ cup Red onion
  • 1 cup Parsley fresh
  • 6 cloves Garlic
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Black pepper
  • 1 tsp Cumin
  • 1 tsp Coriander
  • ½ tsp Cardamom
  • ½ tsp Baking soda
  • ¼ tsp Cayenne pepper

YOGURT SAUCE*

  • 1 cup Plain yogurt
  • 2 tbsp Lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp Cumin
  • ½ tsp Salt

Instructions

FALAFEL*

  • Soak chickpeas in water for 24 hours. Rinse. Add to food processor.
  • Chop onion, garlic, parsley and add to food processor. Add baking soda, salt, pepper, cumin, coriander, cardamom and cayenne pepper. Mix until well blended.
  • Cover mix and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Make falafel using 1½ tbsp of mix per ball.
  • In cast iron pan bring ½" of cooking oil to medium heat. Cook falafel 1-2 minutes each side, or until golden brown. Remove from heat, set aside to cool.

YOGURT SAUCE*

  • Mix yogurt, lemon juice, cumin and salt. Add to squeeze bottle.

WILD PIZZA DOUGH (1 hour)

  • Make your dough by mixing the sourdough starter, salt, and bread flour (adding a bit of flour at a time until it takes shape but is still a little sticky).
  • Knead the dough for 30 seconds, flour lightly as needed.
  • Place the wild dough in a lightly floured bowl and cover with a towel, set aside for 1 hour. (The pizza steel or stone needs to preheat for 1 hour as well, so preheat oven to 550°F after you finish making your pizza dough).

PIZZA

  • Preheat oven to 550°F with baking steel or pizza stone inside the oven.
  • Grate mozzarella cheese.
  • Dice cucumbers and tomatoes.
  • Flour surface and roll out the dough. Put a floured pizza peel underneath the dough.
  • Add tahini, mozzarella cheese then falafel. Pat down the toppings before putting into the oven.
  • Bake pizza at 550°F for 8-10 minutes, by sliding pizza onto baking steel with pizza peel.
  • Remove pizza from oven with pizza peel. Let cool for 5 minutes. Add yogurt sauce and slice up that pizza!

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Nutrition

Calories: 503kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 864mg | Potassium: 508mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 1020IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 272mg | Iron: 4mg