Three Cheese Plantain Crust Pizza

Have you ever tried making a pizza crust with plantains before? It’s so easy, and the plantains add a lovely sweet flavor. This three cheese beauty takes only 30 minutes to make!

Two years ago, I went through this phase of making pizza crusts with anything but actual pizza dough. It all started with this cauliflower pizza crust from Nutrition Stripped, and I thought was a genius idea to sneak it more vegetables to one of my favorite comfort foods. Then, I ventured over to other vegetables, like zucchini and spaghetti squash, which, by the way, was a total waste of time. Between waiting for that squash to cook and then wringing out liquid from the flesh, the spaghetti squash crust took nearly 2 hours make. Plus, the flavors didn’t exactly blow my mind either. That’s a recipe I’m never digging up again.

I played around with alternative pizza crusts a bit more, and by some lucky experiment, I discovered that plantain crusts are the way to go. I know, it sounds a bit strange, but stick with me here. It’s a bit like having a slightly sweet cornbread pizza crust, except it’s made with plantains instead. And, in case you’re wondering/slightly worried, this crust does NOT taste like bananas. There’s nothing but tastiness going on here.

I decided to revive this old plantain crust recipe on the blog and made a little video for it, too. Originally, I was going to do a pepperoni pizza, but I just fell in love with this three cheese version. Hope you’re enjoying my videos, and be sure to give this recipe a try!

By the way, if you’re looking for more ways to eat plantains, try my plantain fried rice or chicken fajitas with fried plantains!

MASTER MY MISTAKES / COOKING NOTES

• Make sure to use black plantains: You want to use very ripe plantains for this crust because they’re easiest to peel and mash. I’ve tried making a crust with a yellow plantain, and I could barely mash it with my potato masher! Usually, the plantains I see at the grocery store are green or just barely turning yellow. Pick up one of those and leave it on your counter for about a week. They should turn black by then.
• Substitutes for almond meal/flour: If you don’t have any of that around, just use gluten-free or regular all-purpose flour.

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Three Cheese Plantain Crust Pizza

• Author: Lisa Lin
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 20 minutes
• Total Time: 30 minutes
• Yield: 1 1x

Ingredients

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Crust

• 1 ripe, black plantain
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup (30g) almond meal or flour
• 2 TBS mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• pinch of salt

Toppings

• pizza sauce
• shredded mozzarella cheese
• shredded parmesan
• diced cherry tomatoes
• ricotta cheese
• chopped basil
• ground black pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a medium-sized bowl, mash the plantain. Mix in the rest of the ingredients for the crust. Pour mixture on prepared baking sheet, and spread to a circular shape.
3. Bake the plantain crust for 10 minutes, until the crust is firm to touch.
4. Remove crust from oven and bring heat up to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
5. Spread on pizza sauce. It’s up to you how much to use. I used about 3 tablespoons. Sprinkle on mozzarella cheese, parmesan, and diced tomatoes. Dot ricotta cheese all over the pizza.
6. Bake at 400º F for about another 10 minutes, or until the cheeses have melted. Serve immediately.