Pizza -- easy, gluten-free, yeast-free, can be dairy-free -- and delicious!
This is the pizza I have been wishing for! Quick, delicious, pourable dough makes a fantastic pizza! Gluten-free. Soy-free. Yeast-free. Can be dairy-free or vegan.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time30 minutesmins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Servings: 2-4 pizzas
Author: Valerie Mates
Ingredients
Crust:
3cupstapioca flouralso called tapioca starch
1tablespoonbaking powderor replace it with 1 teaspoon baking soda + 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4teaspoonsalt
1/4cupplus 2 tablespoons oilolive oil or canola work well here
You can use your choice of sauce. I like to make pizza sauce by putting about 1/2 cup of organic spaghetti sauce in the blender
Toppings: sliced up, any or all of:
bell peppers
artichoke heartsI am convinced that this is the secret to good vegan pizza; my kids do not agree
veggie hotdogs cut up into little circles like pepperoni
olives
broccoliI defrost frozen broccoli as described here, but heat it only until it is cool, not hot, so it is easy to handle
carrots - cut into circles is funor any other shape (I've been buying julienned carrots at the store)
cheeseif desired -- this pizza comes out cheesy-tasting even without it
pestoI've been finding jars of an organic ready-made dairy-free pesto at Whole Foods
and whatever else sounds good to you on a pizza!
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Put all of the crust ingredients into a mixing bowl and stir until mixed. It will be clumpy and annoying at first, but if you keep stirring it will turn into a pourable batter. If it really is too thick to mix, add 1-2 tablespoons of additional water. Mix until everything is nicely mixed, with just barely enough liquid to make it pourable.
Pour the dough onto two non-stick cookie sheets. I like to make four individual pizzas (about 9 inches across) for the four people in my family, but you could also make this into two bigger pizzas. Use a spatula or spoon to spread the batter into your choice of pizza shapes. It should not need much spreading -- its natural thickness after pouring is about right.
Bake the pizzas in the preheated oven for 9 minutes. While it bakes, prepare the toppings -- chop the veggies, defrost the broccoli, etc..
Remove the pizzas from the oven. Add sauce and then toppings.
Return the pizzas to the oven and bake for 8 to 15 minutes, depending on how high you piled the toppings and how hot you like your pizza. (Two of my kids like their pizza at 8 minutes; another kid and I like ours cooked for the whole 15 minutes. I pile on a lot of toppings, so the longer heating time works well.)