Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Gluten Free Potato Gnocchi

This is a great way to make comforting gnocchi a whole lot healthier and homemade is always so much tastier than store bought. Just a few simple ingredients and a fun process to a delicious Italian meal.


Sunday, October 28, 2012

Autumnal Pumpkin Pizza (gf)


This might sound a bit odd at first - who puts pumpkin on pizza? - but its actually pretty great. The savoury crust, the spicy pumpkin sauce, and the tang of gorgonzola cheese truly separate this pizza from its sweeter cousin the pumpkin pie. Omit the turkey and this pizza is still a great vegetarian option to savour the flavours of the autumn harvest.


Savoury Gluten-Free Pizza Crust

This savoury alternative to my Basic Gluten-Free Pizza Crust brings more flavour to pizzas that need a little more panache than a basic crust.

Basic Gluten-Free Pizza Crust

This is a basic recipe for gluten-free pizza crust that you can add to in order to create various types of gluten-free pizza crusts, such as my Savoury Gluten-Free Pizza Crust. It's akin to a thin crust, but a bit thicker, but definitely not a risen crust.

Why you have to start with a different basic pizza crust than in regular gluten-present baking is explained in my post: Binding Gluten-Free Bread & Pizza Dough. Be sure to observe the directions below as this is created in a much different manner than regular pizza dough.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Binding Gluten-Free Bread & Pizza Dough


Simply swapping regular flour for gluten free flour in a pizza, or any bread recipe, simply will not work. Period. End of story. This is because it is the gluten itself that binds the flour and makes it sticky and stretchy the way these doughs need to be to form them. In order for gluten-free bread and pizza doughs to work that gluten needs to be substituted with something that will give the dough a similar binding effect, otherwise you'll just end up with a crumbly mess.