Coconut Flour Pizza Base
It’s a tall ask I know. Vegan and low carb and grain-free and nut-free? Not to mention using coconut flour which is inherently hard to work with! You could call this my allergy-proof pizza base recipe – honestly it’s obviously not like an authentic pizza dough, it’s a bit more like a pita or a more-bready wrap… If that’s even a thing.
I like to serve mine with a smear of homemade pesto, some roasted veggies and goat’s cheese and it’s such a good thing to make when I feel like switching up my usual dinners.
Coconut Flour Pizza Base
You could call this my allergy-proof pizza base recipe! I like to serve mine with a smear of homemade pesto, some roasted veggies and goat’s cheese and it’s such a good thing to make when I feel like switching up my usual dinners.
Serves:
2
Prep time:
45 minutes
Cook time:
20 minutes
INGREDIENTS
- ½ cup plus 2 tbsp coconut flour
- 2 tbsp psyllium husk
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
METHOD
- Preheat the oven to 200℃.
- Prepare the pizza dough by combining all dry ingredients in a bowl. Add in the olive oil and 1 cup (250ml) warm water and stir well to combine. Knead with your hands to ensure it’s all mixed in well.
- Separate the dough into 2 or 3, depending on how many pizzas you want. Shape each into a flat disk. Brush a large piece of baking paper with a little olive oil and place the disk on top, roll out with a rolling pin until it’s about ½ cm thick. You can shape it up with a knife if it’s not a perfect circle. Repeat with the rest of the dough.
- Place all the pizza bases on a large baking tray lined with baking paper. Brush with extra olive oil and bake for 30 minutes.
Notes
- You can serve as is with toppings or if you’re after some more melty cheese action, simply top with cheese (and toppings) and place under the grill for 5 minutes. If I want roasted veggies on mine I prefer to roast them in a separate tray and assemble the pizza after, as opposed to placing the veggies on raw.
- This base recipe is great to prepare in advance - you can make the base, bake it and keep it in the fridge for 1 or 2 days, then when you want to eat it just place your toppings on and grill in the oven for 5 to 10 minutes. It seems to dry out a little more in the fridge overnight which is a good thing as it makes it more “bread-y”. I mean, would it even be pizza if it wasn’t even better cold out of the fridge the next day?!
- Serving suggestion: Try adding my hemp seed pesto.