Parsley Infused Pesto Socca Pizza
Parsley Infused Pesto Socca Pizza has amazing flavors of garlic and parsley! Socca pizza (Farinata) is a gluten-free garbanzo bean crust pizza or flatbread.
Friends, do you live in your dream home? As much as I love our little mountain home, it’s not my dream home by any means. But guess what? It has everything I need, and I’m truly grateful for it.
Pesto Socca Pizza
My kitchen gets used a lot. A LOT. And I love the openness and counter space. Recently my daughter and I whipped up a new recipe: Parsley Infused Pesto Socca Pizza.
What is socca pizza?
Socca pizza—farinata or socca bread–is a flatbread or gluten-free chickpea crust pizza.
It’s made with simple ingredients, garbanzo beans (chickpeas) flour, olive oil, water and salt. You can buy chickpea or garbanzo flour almost anywhere (Bob’s Red Mill or King Arthur are 2 brands). You can even order it on Amazon! :)
Infused with garlic and parsley, the flavors are delicious!
Add your favorite toppings for the best pizza around!
I can honestly say that I do love our home. It’s been such a gift and blessing to our family these last 2 years! With all its imperfections, original squeaky floors, quirks (thank goodness we got rid of the high tank toilets), with no A/C–it’s been a fun fixer upper project.
One of the best compliments I have received was a guest telling me, “I love to come to your house. It’s so cozy and it feels so peaceful! And I love that it’s filled with happiness and love.”
That truly warmed my heart.
Creating a lovely atmosphere (never perfect), even when it’s not in our “dream” place, reminds us that inviting people in is more about the guests than our surroundings.
Parsley Infused Pesto Socca Pizza
But I do want my guests to have their tummies filled up as well as their hearts, so today I think you’ll love this healthy, comfort dish: Parsley Infused Socca Pesto Pizza.
Of course the crust made with garbanzo beans (or chickpeas) is fantastic, but the toppings? Be still, my heart. :)
Get the Recipe:
Parsley Infused Pesto Socca Pizza
Ingredients
- Crust: 1/2 cup Bush’s Garbanzo Beans, drained
- 1 cup chickpea flour
- 1 cup water
- 1/8 cup avocado oil plus extra to coat
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 3/4 cup packed parsley
- Toppings:
- 1/4 cup pesto
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- Heirloom tomato
- Grilled artichoke
- Kalamata olives
- Mint
- Basil
Instructions
- In a blender, combine all crust ingredients, and blend until smooth and a vibrant green.
- Coat a medium-sized skillet with oil, then pour in batter. Broil at 450 for 3-4 minutes. Remove pan from oven, carefully flip the pizza, then return to broiler for additional 3-4 minutes. Remove from oven, then spread pesto—leaving about an inch of crust.
- Top with artichoke, olives, tomato, shaved parmesan, and any other desired toppings. Place on a lower rack and broil for about 3-4 minutes, until cheese browns slightly.
- Remove from oven and garnish with lemon zest, pepper, and basil. Serve warm.
More yummy recipes: Cauliflower Tortillas [RecipeGirl], Socca from Vieux Nice [That Skinny Chick Can Bake], and Socca Chickpea or Garbanzo Flatbread [Kalyn’s Kitchen].
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So into this one!
what a colorful pizza with pest too, love that, but really nice that you use chickpea flour rand garbanzo beans for the crust, wow, think that’s a good for bad carb swap too, very clever! Thank you!
Goodness gracious the color alone looks scrumptious!
Yum! Sounds great. I so agree that if I have my dream home (which I don’t either) but it’s not a place that cozy, loving, inviting, than it’s not worth it. I want my home to welcome people, to create an atmosphere where they can be themselves and I think that’s created not even by what is in the home, but how we make the home feel.
Your kitchen is fabulous!! A wonderful spot to gather. I love socca and adding pesto was genius! And adding toppings? YUM!
Where do you get chickpea flour??
You can buy chickpea or garbanzo flour almost anywhere (Bob’s Red Mill or King Arthur brands are 2). You can even order it on Amazon! :)
I love Socca! Wish I could go to France and try it there. I never thought of adding other things to it, but I bet the parsley is delicious!