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Socca Pizza with Summer Squash and Feta

A simple and delicious, gluten-free chickpea crust pizza. I topped mine with summer squash ribbons and other Greek flavors, including feta and fresh thyme. You can add any pizza toppings you'd like! Be sure to allow an hour for the chickpea flour to soak up water. The rest comes together quickly. Apparently it’s a popular street food in Nice, France, where they sprinkle it heavily with freshly ground black pepper and serve it with cold glasses of rosé. The longer socca bakes under the broiler, the crispier the bottom sides and edges become. Crisp socca makes a fine gluten-free pizza crust, with a flavor slightly reminiscent of falafel, and it’s even easier to make than pizza dough.

Course: Main Course

Keyword: feta, pizza

Servings:

Author: Cookie and Kate

Ingredients

Socca pizza crust
1 cup 120 grams chickpea flour
1 cup water
1/4 cup olive oil divided
1 to 2 garlic cloves pressed or minced
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Pizza toppings
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella
1/4 cup crumbled feta
1 small zucchini and/or yellow squash I used both but had leftovers of each, ribboned with a vegetable peeler and/or julienne peeler and tossed lightly in olive oil
5 pitted Kalamata olives sliced in half lengthwise
Small handful sun-dried tomatoes either oil-packed or Trader Joe's dried kind
1 small sprig fresh thyme optional

Instructions

In a bowl, whisk together the chickpea flour, water, 2 tablespoons of the olive oil, garlic and salt. Let the mixture rest at room temperature for 1 hour.
Turn on the broiler with a rack positioned 8 inches from heat. Place a 10-inch ovenproof skillet (preferably cast iron) in the oven to preheat.
Once the skillet is hot, carefully remove it from the oven (it's crazy hot, wear oven mitts!). Pour in 1 tablespoon olive oil and swirl the pan around so the oil is evenly distributed. Pour in the chickpea batter and return the skillet to the broiler. Cook for 5 to 8 minutes, until the socca is set and the edges are browning and pulling away from the sides of the pan. Remove from oven, turn off broiler and turn oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
Spread the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil on top of the socca (it will soak right in). Top the socca with mozzarella, then distribute the ribboned/julienned squash on top. Sprinkle olives and sun-dried tomatoes on top, then sprinkle feta over the pizza.
Return the skillet to the oven and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the cheese is browning and the socca is crisp. Remove from oven and sprinkle fresh thyme on top.
Let the pizza cool for 2 to 3 minutes before slicing into 4 pieces and serving.