Gluten Free Pizza Crust and Vegan Sunflower Seed Pesto
From glutenfreepalate.com and theschmidtywife.com
Pizza crust Ingredients
- 3/4 cup warm water (between 110-120 degrees F)
- 1 tablespoon sugar or honey
- 1 packet yeast (1/4 oz.) (2.25 tsp)
- 2 cups (285g.) gluten-free flour blend (for this recipe I used Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-Free 1-to-1)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon cider vinegar
Instructions
- Set pizza stone or heavy baking sheet on lowest rack of oven, and preheat to 450°F.
- Mix water, sugar, and yeast and let sit for 5 minutes, or until it looks foamy.
- In electric mixer bowl, mix flour blend and salt. Add in egg, olive oil, vinegar, and yeast mixture.
- Mix on low speed for 1 minute.
- Using an oiled spatula, transfer the gluten-free pizza dough onto a piece of parchment paper. Using oiled hands, spread dough into a 10-12-inch round.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Add toppings and bake for an additional 8-10 minutes. (Sautéed mushrooms, pesto, red onion, kale, spinach, olives, vegan cheese are my favorites)
- Enjoy hot.
Notes
- Working with or measuring gluten-free flour: spoon the flour into the measuring cup and level. Do not scoop your measuring cup into the gluten-free flour. The best method really is to weight it but I don’t have the ingredient weights for all my recipes yet.
- Yeast: This recipe works with active yeast and instant yeast.
- Oil: If you don’t have olive oil you can use your oil of choice.
- Gluten-Free Flours: This recipe works with several types of gluten-free flour blends but we find that our homemade gluten-free flour blend and Bob’s Red Mill 1-to-1 Gluten-Free Baking flour work best in this recipe.
- Mix your own flour: If you want to mix your own blend for this pizza combine 1 cup white rice flour, 3/4 cup brown rice flour, 1/4 cup tapioca starch.
Pesto
Sunflower Seed Pesto Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups packed basil and or spinach leaves
- 1/3 cup raw sunflower seeds
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
- salt & pepper, to taste
- 1/3 cup olive oil, or a little more for consistency
Instructions
- Add basil, sunflower seeds, garlic, lemon juice, and salt & pepper to taste to a food processor or blender.
- Start the processor, slowly drizzle the olive oil into the food processor until a sauce forms. It might not be the whole 1/3 cup or it might take more until you get a consistency you like.
- Use immediately or store for up to a week in an airtight container in the fridge.
My family loves this on pizza and pasta.
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