Gluten-free Pizza Crust

Shadowknight137

This is my first time posting a recipe on the Recipe forums. I usually post in the Primal/Paleo Support Group forums because they're a community I can more closely relate to (we all avoid gluten - as a coeliac, this is actually quite important for me, unless I find myself enjoying bloating, vomiting and diarrehea in the near future) and, well, I got a vast majority of my oldest recipe ideas from Paleo blogs.

But here it is, anyway. My first recipe post here. Gluten free, fairly macro-friendly, filling as hell and damn tasty to boot. Doesn't even taste "coconuty" provided you add enough salt and seasoning to the mix and give it some good toppings. And hey, even if you don't like reading recipes (or if you can't read) I've included purdy pictures! Hooray!
Please, if you have any stupid questions, refrain from posting them here or PMing me them - I get enough of the latter already as well as in my day to day life.

But without further ado and babbling, here's my recipe for pizza. Enjoy!

YOU WILL NEED

-Coconut flour
-Four whole eggs
-Salt, pepper and seasoning
-Pizza sauce / Tomato paste (store-bought or homemade)
-Two or more bacon strips (Or if you're against using pork because of religious reasons, or you're boring, feel free to use two tablespoons of butter or coconut oil)
-Toppings of choice (chicken/salami/olives/cheese/mushrooms/capsicum/etc)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Slice your bacon strips into pieces and toss in a frying pan on medium heat to fry. Once bacon has become nice and crispy and a fair deal of fat is left in the pan, place the bacon aside on a plate - it doubles as a topping.


2) Prepare all your ingredients to top the pizza with; grate some cheese, dice your veggies, cut up some chicken breast, grab some pepperoni and make sure your bacon is still bacon.


3) Pour a 1/4 cup (roughly 33g) of coconut flour into a bowl.


4) Crack four eggs on top of the coconut flour and add a sprinkle of salt, pepper, seasoning and (if you have any) garlic pepper). Then mix.

Don't even BOTHER trying to lower calories or do something silly by using just egg whites or decreasing the amount of eggs used. Believe me: this stuff is thick, you will need those four eggs.

5) Once the the eggs and pepper have been firmly mixed in together (you *may* need to add a tablespoon of water to get a desirable consistency, scrape the mix into the pan on top of the bacon fat resting in it.

And spread the mix out across the pan. Think as if you were making a pancake; get it around all the edges.


6) Once the underside of the pizza base has cooked - check this by running a spatula under the edges delicately, if it has, it should lift fairly smoothly - ever-so-carefully flip the base over and allow the other side to cook.


7) Once both sides have been well-cooked and look similar to the image above, remove the base from the pan and p[lace it upon a baking tray ready for the oven. If you have any mixture left - and odds are, you probably will for at least one more pizza base - repeat the instructions exactly as above.

8) Allow your pizza base(s) to cool ever so slightly - maybe three minutes, whilst resting on the baking tray. Then, cover them in pizza sauce.

Add as much sauce as you like - and I like a LOT of pizza sauce.

9)This next part is really simple. Take the toppings of your choice over to the pizza base(s).

And put stuff on top of them.


As a general rule of thumb, I would suggest putting the cheese - if you're using any - on last. This helps hold all the ingredients on top, and allows you to taste all the cheesy awesomeness.

10) Now, place the pizza(s) in the oven for around 10-15 minutes on 180 degrees Celsius (or 35o degrees Fahrenheit).

Keep an eye on them - last thing you want is shriveled, burnt pizza.

11) Once pizza(s) are appropriately cooked - slightly brown, melted cheese, smell becomes unresistable, etc - remove them from the oven.

And serve immediately.


Pepperoni-Bacon-Pizza.

Chicken-Bacon pizza.

Serves: 1-2
Macros for the entire base (Two bacon strips, 1/4 cup coconut flour, four eggs):
P: 39g (26%)
C: 25g (17%)
F: 38g (57%)
KCal: 605

I hope you enjoyed this recipe, and thank you for taking the time to read it. If you like it and decide to make it for yourself, please give feedback and post pics - I'd love to see how it turns out for people.



Enjoy.

skinnytayy

Yum! Going to try this soon ... I just attempted a coconut flour crust recently that was horrible and looked nothing like this one so hopefully I have better luck with this one. Thanks for sharing! & I'm glad you mentioned that it doesn't taste all coconuty ... I can't stand the taste of coconut flour even though I love coconut itself.