dinsdag 2 april 2013

Glutenfree pizza that actually tastes like pizza

Many people think that glutenfree food has no flavour, no bite, nothing. Well, maybe that once used to be the case, but glutenfree products have developed so well, sometimes you don't even taste the difference. Exception, as i found out, is glutenfree pizza. The pizza base they sell here is awful, it just tastes like cardboard. That product is true to the myths surrounding glutenfree. So you have no other option than to make pizza from scratch and that always used to be quite an ordeal. I can't tell you how many failed pizza bases I baked and threw in the garbage can. And it was so much work, letting the dough proof and such. With two kids I don't always have that amount of time. And my pizza' s tasted like pan pizza's, while I love the Italian thin crust pizza so much better. But at least it tasted better than the pre-fab cardboard stuff. But a while back, I stumbled on this recipe in "recipes for gluten-free kids" and it's just perfect! It makes the yummiest, light, crispy glutenfree pizza's I've tasted so far. So here it is. 

Ingredients:
410 grams (3 cups) of glutenfree all purpose flour
14 grams of yeast (2 packets of 0.25 oz each)
2 teaspoons of xanthan gum
310 ml (1.25 cup) of warm water
60 ml (0.25 cup) of extra virgin olive oil
3 egg whites
1 tablespoon of honey
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
Toppings:
Well, whatever you want, as long as it's glutenfree. :-) 

This recipe for me makes one huge plate pizza for me & hubby (too much actually) and two kiddy pizza's the size of a breakfast plate. This also makes 6 kids pizza's.

Instructions:
  1. Preheat the oven to 230 degrees centigrade (450 degrees Fahrenheit). Line baking sheets or pizza pans with baking paper/parchment paper. 
  2. Mix flour blend, yeast, xanthan gum and salt in a large bowl. Whisk 1 cup of warm water, oil, egg whites, honey and vinegar in a bowl. beat the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients with a mixer at low speed until combined. Add additional by tablespoonfuls until batter is smooth and thick. beat 5 more minutes on medium-high, scraping the bowl occasionally. 
  3. Transfer the amount for one pizza (for the kids i use about 1/6th each, so 2/3 of the dough is left for our plate pizza) to a pizza pan. I roll the dough out till it's thin, because i like thin pizza's. If you prefer pan pizza's just smooth the dough out with your fingers into 5" to 6 " circles, making the dough thicker at the edges. just know this leaves you with very thick, fluffy pizza's.  Repeat for the other pizza's.
  4. Bake for 8 minutes till the crust is lightly browned (The plate pizza needs about 15 minutes). Top the crusts with your desired toppings, then put back into the oven for another 5 minutes till the cheese is all golden. 
Ps. I added a tablespoon of herbs to the dough to give it even more flavour. I used basil, thyme & oregano. 



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