| Cooking Advice from our Members |
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| Last updated on February 23, 2007 |
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| Pizza was a topic of one of our meetings. Sarah makes up a pizza for her family of four quite quickly. She makes the flour mix ahead of time and stores it in a clearly labeled container saying "pizza mix:" 2 2/3 cups brown rice flour, 2 cups tapioca flour, 1 /2 cup dry milk powder (or Darifee fro GFCF), 4 teaspoons xnathan gum, 2 teaspoons slat, 4 teaspoons unflavored gelatin powder, 3 teaspoons of (optional) Italian seasoning. For a large pizza, Sarah uses 2 2/3 cups pizza mix, 2 tablespoons yeast, 2 teaspoons olive oil, 2 teaspoons vingar, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 1/3 cups warm water. For a small pizze, use 1 1/3 cups pizza mix, 1 tablespoon yeast, 1 teaspoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 2/3 cup warm water. Preheat oven to 425. Place dry ingredients in mixer bowl, add wet ingredients. Mix until smooth. The dough will resemble soft bread dough. Add a small amount of water if too dry, or a small amount of rice flour if too sticky. Pat out dough on greased cookie sheet or pizza pan. Sprinkle on rice flour to help prevent dough from sticking to hands. Make edges thicker to contain toppings. Don't put on the sauce or topping yet! Bake crust for approximately 10 minutes. Remove from oven. You can transfer to pizza stone after the first 10 minutes. Now, spread the crust with sauce and toppings. Bake for additonal 15 minutes or until top in nicely browned. This freezes and reheats well. |
| Other tips: The Chebe Bread pizza mix is well liked by members. Use English Muffin holders to make individual pizzas. Those holders can be used for many baked products. Use Whole Foods Frozen Sundried Tomato Bread and add pizza sauce and toppings. Best when first out of the oven. Use the GF Pantry mix for pizza and rolls. Miss Roben's also has a good pizza mix. Betty Hagman has crumpets that are excellent. Carol Fenster's has excellent cookbooks and website - see her Pizza 101 web page |
| General cooking tips from our members: Put flours in containers and label them. Flours are easier to store in containers. Label them: "T" for tapioca flour, "P" for potato rice flour, and "BR" for brown rice flour. Place your pizza mix in a separate container and label it "pizza mix." You'll have it ready when you want a pizza! |