Top your very own gluten free pizza crust with anything you want
If you’ve ever been craving a delicious pizza with just the right amount of sauce, cheese and toppings, you will relate to this dilemma. Just as you resolve to not being able to enjoy pizza like the pre-gluten free days, then a commercial for a national chain pizza place just happens to come on TV. Being gluten free, this not only makes your tummy rumble, but it also means you are about to embark on a quest for a good gluten free pizza crust.
As you know, finding a gluten free pizza is not as easy task. It seems that there are more than enough wheat based pizzas but the gluten free ones you could count on one hand.
New pizza restaurants and to-go places pop up all the time, but none of them serve a very promising gluten free pizza.
So instead of wondering if there will ever be a pizza parlor serving gluten free pizza, just take note of this recipe and start making your very own pizza made just the way you like it.
If a delicious gluten free pizza crust is what you want, then that is what you’ll get with this recipe. It’s easy to assemble and comes together wonderfully to make the most chewy, mouthwatering pizza you’ve ever tasted.
Now if that doesn’t get your taste buds tingling, I don’t know what will.
Here is the recipe for an amazing gluten free pizza crust…
Gluten Free Pizza Crust Recipe
Dry Ingredients:
3 cups Brown Rice Flour
¼ cup potato starch
¼ cup tapioca starch
½ teaspoon Knox Gelatin
1 teaspoon onion salt or regular salt
2 ¾ teaspoons guar gum
½ teaspoon brown sugar
1 package gluten-free Rapid Rise yeast
Wet Ingredients:
1 ½ cups warm water
2 tablespoons olive oil
Directions
Step 1:
In a small bowl or measuring cup mix ½ teaspoon brown sugar into ½ cup warm water until dissolved. Add in the package of dry yeast and set aside.
Step 2:
In a medium mixing bowl add the remaining dry ingredients and set aside.
Step 3:
Take the remaining 1 cup of warm water and 2 tablespoons of olive oil and place in a large mixing bowl. Whisk together, adding a little of dry ingredients until the mixture is smooth. Then add in the yeast mixture and whisk until smooth.
Add the rest of the dry ingredients and work until it forms a ball.
Step 4:
Place the ball of dough on a floured surface and knead until it’s no longer sticky (adding more flour as needed).
Step 5:
Place into a lightly greased mixing bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 1 hour.
Step 6:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and place onto a lightly greased pizza pan or stone of your choice. A smaller pan will yield a thicker crust. Large pan will have a thinner crust. Lightly poke the dough with a fork and place into the oven.
Bake the crust for 5-7 minutes or until soft to touch.
Step 7:
Remove the pizza crust from the oven and turn the temperature up to 425F.
Add sauce and toppings of your choice. Return it to the oven and bake at 425F until cheese in the very middle is melted or golden brown.
Slice and enjoy!
Robyn Tanchum
is it possible to substitute the gelatin for something vegetarian, like agar for instance?
Lin
What is a good substitute for the guar gum
Christine
Hi Lin,
Either xanthan gum or something like psyllium husk powder would work as a good substitute.
~Christine
lin
Thanks for such a speedy reply, I am going to make it soon, will let you know how it goes, Lin
Dex
Hi Lin. Did you use psyllium husk by any chance? How did it go? - Dex
Dex
Hi Christine! Is it possible to omit gelatin and use more guar gum instead? If not, are there some other more suitable substitutes for gelatin? Thanks!
Christine
Hi Dex,
Good question and I have not tested it, so it may work, I just can't vouch for it. If you try it, let me know!
Christine
Dex
I may try this some day but for now it was easier to go buy some gelatin 🙂
Dex
Hi again! Could you please let me know how many grams of rapid rise yeast to use? There are different brands of yeast here compared to the USA and the weight varies from brand to brand. Thanks! --Dex
Christine
Hi Dex,
So the 1 package is 2 1/4 teaspoons. Which is 7 grams.
Thanks for asking!
Christine
Dex
Thanks Christine!
Dex
I baked this and it was very tasty, even though I messed up the instructions a bit and didn't cook the dough enough before adding the sauce and toppings. Also, I could not find brown rice flour and I used "wholegrain rice flour" which I think is a mixture of white and brown rice flours in unspecified percentages. The result was not quite as good as normal pizza but definitely the best gluten free pizza I ever had. I will attempt this again once I get my hands on some brown rice.
Christine
Thank you so much for the feedback Dex - glad you enjoyed it and sounds like it worked out pretty well!
Christine
Dex
Seems the first time was beginner's luck because I wasn't able to make another one as good (tried another two times). The crust comes out really dense. I'm probably doing something wrong with the yeast, or my new batch of white-brown rice flour mix is significantly different than the first time.