Quinoa Pizzas with Glazed Fennel and Fennel Cheezy Cream 

Quinoa Pizzas with Glazed Fennel and Fennel cheezy Cream 

Second Fennel Recipe is a great option for this rainy holiday: Gluten Free quinoa pizza with glazed fennel and cheezy fennel spread! 

Fennel and pizza? Give it a chance and discover new flavors and ways to use your veggies! 

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
for 4-5 people

Quinoa Pizza Base: 

• 115g rice flour(quinoa or millet flour also work)
• 85g quinoa flakes(rice or millet flakes also work)
• 1 tbsp psyllium husk
• 1 tbsp tapioca starch
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp ground flax seeds
• 1tbsp applecider vinegar
• 1 1/2 cup water 
• 1tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 tbsp mapple syrup
• ½ tsp salt

Glazed fennel: 

• 1 fennel, thinly sliced
• 1tbsp olive oil
• Pinch of rosemary
• ½ tsp salt
• Juice from 1 orange

Fennel Cream: 

• 100g sunflower seed (soaked overnight or boiled in water for 3 minutes) 
• 50g water
• 2 tbsp Fresh fennel leaves(or dill)
• 1 handful fresh parsley
• ½ tsp salt
• 1tsp applecider vinegar
• 1 tbsp mustard 

Optional Topping – Tofu Bacon or toasted walnuts

HOW TO:

1. Quinoa Pizza: Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl, until it forms a firm moldable dough. If too dry, add up to ¼ cup extra water until it is humid and easy to mold with the hands. Set aside;  
2. Glazed Fennel: Heat a frying pan with the olive oil, fry the fennel slices with the salt and rosemary for 3 minutes. Add the orange juice, turn down the heat and let it cook for 10 minutes with the lid on; 
3. Fennel Cream: Rinse the soaking water from the sunflower seeds and blend everything together in small food processor;
4. Using your hands, flat the pizza dough over a baking sheet paper until one finger thick (make it thinner if you prefer thin crispy pizzas); 
5. Bake it for 25 minutes at 180°C;
6. Spread the fennel cream over the pizza and top it with the glazed fennel and tofu bacon. Bake it for more 10 minutes;