Recipe: Grain-Free Pizza Crust (SCD/GAPS)

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gluten-Free pizza crust

I was really missing pizza but the grains and gluten in the crust are not on my 28 Day Grain-Free Challenge and I’m also dairy-free at the moment. Years ago, when I still ate conventional pizza, the combination of grains and cheese would be ghastly for me. So I came up with a suitable crust and topping for a quick and fun meal.  The crust is just the right texture and consistency to emulate a crispy thin crusted pizza loaded with your favorite topping!

This is definitely kid friendly. Kids love to make their own crusts and there are a multitude of choices for toppings. Anything from shredded meats and chicken to roasted or sauteed vegetables. This recipe is appropriate for SCD/GAPS and certainly if you are eating cheese that would make a great topping!

 

Grain-Free Pizza Crust

Ingredients

3 eggs (pastured if possible)

2 Tablespoon organic apple sauce (homemade)

1/2 cup coconut flour (where to buy coconut flour)

1/4 – 1/3 cup almond flour (where to buy almond flour) (how to make your own blanched soaked almond flour)

1/2 teaspoon sea salt (where to buy high quality sea salt)

1/4 teaspoon dried basil (where to buy spices)

2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil

Olive oil to grease the pan (where to buy high quality olive oil)

Options: add other spices such as onion powder, oregano, etc

Instructions

  • In a food processor process the 3 eggs
  • Add the applesauce and mix
  • Add the salt and other spices and mix
  • Add the coconut flour, mix and then add the almond flour
  • The batter will be somewhat sticky but should be soft and just starting to form a ball in the processor
  • Use two flat cookie sheets lined with parchment paper
  • Using olive oil grease the parchment paper
  • Using a spatula, scrap the dough together into a large ball
  • Put the dough onto the parchment paper and divide in two
  • Place each piece of dough on a separate cookie sheet
  • Press the dough into an oval shape
  • Cover the dough with clear wrap and with a rolling pin roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness
  • Pull off the clear wrap and you have a thin, even crust
  • With your fingers, go around the perimeter of the crust pushing inwards, to even out the edges
  • Bake at 375 degrees F for 12 minutes or until slightly browned
  • Remove from oven and flip over using a large spatula
  • Bake for another 2 – 4 minutes or until slightly browned (you may omit this step if you like)
  • This makes 2 pizza crusts about 10″ x 7″

Toppings

  • Homemade tomato sauce and raw grassfed cheese would be lovely
  • Add those two on top of the crust and put under the broiler for a minute or two to melt the cheese
  • I precooked grassfed chopped beef which I sauteed with my No Tomato Sauce and simply added that on top

This post is linked to: My Meatless Monday, Melt in Mouth Monday, Hunk a Meat Monday, Sugar free Sunday, Savory Sunday, Monday Mania, Meatless Monday, Mouthwatering Monday, Mangia Monday, Homemaker Monday, Real Food 101, Tuesday Tasty Tidbits, Made From Scratch Tuesday, Tuesday at the Table, Tasty Tuesday, Tasty Tuesday, Hearth and Soul Hop, Traditional Tuesday, Slightly Indulgent Tuesday, Tasty Tuesday, What’s Cooking Wednesday, Real Food Wednesday, Gluten-Free Wednesday Health 2Day Wednesday, Cast Party Wednesday, What’s Cooking Wednesday, These Chicks Cooked, Foodie Wednesday, Mommy Club, Creative Juice Thursday, Simple Lives Thursday, Pennywise Platter, Full Plate THursday, Turning the Table Thursday, Foodie Friday, Fresh Bites Friday, Friday Favorites, Fat Camp Friday, Living Well Blog Hop, Tastetastic, Fight Back Friday, Friday Food, Friday Potluck

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  • Hhramblings

    I have been gluten-free for about 7 weeks now.  I’m still trying to navigate these new waters.  We used to have homemade pizza almost on a weekly basis.  I canned a lot of homemade pizza sauce this summer, so am excited about the prospects of adding pizza back into our meal rotation.  I’ll definitely be trying out this recipe!

  • http://realfoodforager.com Jill

    Hi,
    Please let me know how it goes! You can still join my Grain-Free 28 Day Challenge if you are so inclined.

    http://realfoodforager.com/2011/10/28-day-real-food-grain-free-challenge-signup/

  • http://realfoodforager.com Jill

    Hi,
    Please let me know how it goes! You can still join my Grain-Free 28 Day Challenge if you are so inclined.

    http://realfoodforager.com/2011/10/28-day-real-food-grain-free-challenge-signup/

  • Pavil, the Uber Noob

    I don’t get the applesauce? How does it contribute to the crust?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mary-Korte/1657887350 Mary Korte

    I am guessing it adds moisture. I will probably use shredded zucchini instead of the applesauce when I try this out (but then I like zucchini in everything).

  • http://realfoodforager.com Jill

    Hi Pavil,
    Yes, it adds moisture to any recipe with coconut flour. You can leave it out if you don’t have any but it may be a little dry.

  • Meagan

    Looks good – there are so many GF/grain-free primal pizza crusts out here that seem doable. I have yet to try one, but I am bookmarking like crazy and am going to do it myself some evening. I LOVE PIZZA :D

  • Hannah

    These sound great Jill. I’ve tried some other pizza dough recipes, but I think the coconut flour might make a nice difference in the texture.

  • Meghan

    I was wondering about the applesauce, too. I guess I will try adding some vegetable instead. We never eat applesauce here and I’d rather not go to the work (and dishes!) for just too tablespoons.
    I tried the cauliflower crust this weekend. It was pretty good, but not crispy like I was hoping for. I will have to give yours a try!

  • Meghan

    Oops, “two tablespoons,” of course…can I blame that on GAPS brain fog? =)

  • http://ladywiththeredrocker.wordpress.com/ Stephanie

    This is so good to know. I have a friend who has to eat grain free. I will send this to her. I am pinning this. Thanks for sharing!
    Stephanie @ Ladywiththeredrocker.wordpress.com

  • Leah Beyer

    Fascinating what can all be done GF today. My grandpa got diagnosed about 10 years ago, and we were sure he would starve to death. Sharing this with my mom to make for him. Thanks for linking up to

    Hunk
    of Meat Monday    .

  • http://twitter.com/Chowstalker chowstalker

    I can’t wait to try this one! Pizza used to be a regular week-end food for us, but since we started a paleo, gluten-free diet it has been well over a year since having it.  This recipe might let us start enjoying it again at least every once in a while!  Thanks Jill!

  • http://kitchenswathi.blogspot.com Swathi

    like this grain free version of pizza. Thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop.

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  • JoAnn Ryan

    Hi Jill,

    Thanks once again for letting us post your recipe on Food Blog: Post of the Day.
    My sister-in-law has celiac, so I will be passing this recipe on to her.
    Thanks for all your hard work in helping us make better food choices!

    JoAnn Ryan
    Food4um.com

  • Miz Helen

    Hi Jill,
    This looks like a great pizza. I like that you gave resources for the ingredients, thanks for doing that. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday. Hope you are having a great week end and come back soon!
    Miz Helen

  • Anonymous

    This looks quite tasty!  Thanks for sharing.

  • http://www.alittlenosh.net Amy @ A Little Nosh

    So glad you were able to find a pizza that you can enjoy!  Thanks for linking up at A Little Nosh this week!

  • Pcrichart

    My husband is doing gluten-free and was missing Pizza.  I make him homemade pizza using green peppers as the “crust”.  Just cook the peppers for about 20 minutes in a 350 degree oven and then top with seasoned tomato sauce, hamburger and cheese.  Then put back in hot over for about 5 minutes until cheese melts.  He says it’s better than pizza crust!

  • Shannon

    Cool!  I’m definitely sharing this with a couple of friends who are GF.  I think for many of the kids, it’s pizza they miss most!

    Thanks for linking up to Momtrends.com this week!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=502881961 Nicole North

    Hi, I love your website! I want to make a whole bunch of stuff on certain days where I am less busy and freeze. Does this recipe freeze well? Say, if you made this then topped it and froze a couple then you could toss them in just like frozen pizza when your to busy and tired to cook? Or do you think it wouldn’t work out?

  • http://realfoodforager.com Jill

    HI Nicole,
    Thanks! I think the crust will freeze just fine, but if you have toppings that would make it soggy, it may not be as good. I would not freeze it with toppings. But you could try just one to see…