New Pictures for Simply Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free Paperback – and Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free Chargrilled Pepper, Parma Ham & Pine Nut Pizza
Author: Grace Cheetham
Recipe type: Lunches
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
6 tbsp passata
2 tbsp tomato purée
80g/2¾oz/1 cup drained, bottled or tinned chargrilled peppers in oil, cut into strips
50g/1¾oz Parma ham, thinly sliced
10 cherry tomatoes, halved
10 large basil leaves, torn into little pieces
30–60g/1–2¼oz/⅓–⅔ cup soya cheese, shaved
25g/1oz pine nuts, toasted
Pizza Dough:
85g/3oz/scant ½ cup brown rice flour, plus extra for rolling the dough
85g/3oz/¾ cup gram flour
30g/1¼oz/¼ cup maize flour
scant ½ tsp xanthan gum
½ tsp salt
1 tsp dried active yeast
2 tbsp olive oil
Method
To make the pizza dough, sift the flours, xanthan gum, salt and yeast into a large mixing bowl and, using a metal whisk, mix thoroughly. Add the oil and mix in gently. Pour in 100ml/3½fl oz/scant ½ cup warm water and, using either a wooden spoon or your hands, mix thoroughly. It will be sticky. Alternatively, sift the flours, xanthan gum, salt and yeast into a food processor. Blend to mix together, then add the oil and blend well. Add 100ml/3½fl oz/scant ½ cup warm water, a little at a time, and continue blending to form a soft dough. Process for 3–4 minutes to aerate the dough. Put the dough in a clean bowl, cover with cling film and leave to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/gas 7 and line a baking sheet with baking parchment. Turn the dough out again onto a lightly floured surface and knead a little, then shape it into a ball. Flatten the dough slightly, roll it out into a large circle about 5mm/¼in thick and neaten the edge, using a sharp knife. Transfer the dough to the baking sheet.
Put the passata and tomato purée in a bowl and mix well, then spread it over the pizza base and place the peppers, ham, cherry tomatoes and basil over the top. Bake for 12 minutes until the base is starting to turn brown and the tomato sauce is bubbling. Remove the pizza from the oven and sprinkle the cheese and pine nuts over the top, then return to the oven for 3–4 minutes until the cheese has started to melt. Serve immediately.
Recipe by Grace Cheetham at https://www.gracecheetham.com/new-pictures-for-simply-gluten-free-dairy-free-paperback