Gluten Free Pizza Hertzberg Francois Olive Oil Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 220C/200 fan/gas 7 and put two baking sheets inside.
• Make the sauce: heat the oil in a small saucepan and cook the onion with a generous pinch of salt for 10 mins over a low heat until softened. Add the chopped tomatoes, purée and sugar and bring to a gentle simmer. Cook, uncovered, for 25 - 30 mins or until reduced and thick, stirring regularly. Blitz the sauce with a hand blender until smooth. Season to taste and stir through the basil. Allow to cool a little.
• Make the dough: mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and xanthan gum in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour in 250ml warm water and the olive oil. Combine quickly with your hands, to create a thick, wet, paste-like texture, adding an extra 20ml warm water if the dough feels a little dry. Store in an airtight container or covered bowl in the fridge for up to 24 hours before using. Lightly flour two more baking sheets. Split the dough into two and flatten with your fingers into 20 - 25cm rounds on the sheets.
• Finish the bases with a thin layer of the sauce and torn up mozzarella. Place the baking sheets on top of the hot baking sheets in the oven and cook for 8 -10 mins or until crisp around the edges.

Steps:

• To make the dough (enough for 8 pizzas) --.
• Use a container (at least 5 quart capacity) you can cover, but is not airtight.
• Mix together all the dry ingredients (rice flour through xantham gum).
• In a separate bowl, mix the liquid ingredients (water through vinegar).
• Gradually mix the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients -- no need to knead -- you can use a spoon, a food processor with dough hook, or a stand mixer with paddle.
• Cover (not airtight) and allow the mixture to rest at room temperature for about 2 hours.
• Can be used at this point after the rest (go to step 9), but it's best after a 24 hour rest; alternately, you can refrigerate it, covered, but not airtight and use over the next 7 days.
• On baking day --.
• Prepare a pizza peel (or a pizza pan, greased cookie sheet or a silicone baking mat), either sprinkled with cornmeal or rice flour or lined with parchment paper.
• In your oven, put the rack in the middle space and put a baking stone on it in the middle space if you have one; otherwise use a cookie sheet, pizza pan, or a silicone mat.
• Thirty minutes before baking, preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
• Wet your hands slightly -- keep your hands moist so you can work with the dough, but not so wet that the dough becomes soggy.
• Take an orange-sized piece of the dough (about 1/2 pound) and quickly shape it into a ball (no gluten, so no stretching).
• Dust as needed to keep it from being sticky, but no so much that you're working lumps of flour into the dough.
• This dough will be sticky, so use a metal dough scraper and be generous in dusting the peel, the roller, the dough, etc.
• Roll out the dough (hands or a rolling pin, but remember, no gluten, so no stretch in this dough) 1/8 - 1/16 inch thich, directly on the pizza peel or silicone mat (or roll out, then transfer to the cookie sheet).
• Add toppings of your choice (you should have them all prepared and ready to go -- the faster this dough gets into the oven, the better the pizza will be).
• Slide the pizza onto the stone or into the oven.
• Check for doneness in 10-12 minutes.
• May need to be turned to brown evenly; may need up to 5 more minutes to complete baking.
• Cool slightly on a rack before serving.

Steps:

• Making the dough (enough for 8 12-14" pizzas) --
• Use a 5+ quart lidded container, that can close but isn't airtight.
• Mix together (whisk) the dry ingredients (rice flour through xantham gum).
• In a separate container, mix together the liquid ingredients (water through honey).
• Gradually mix the liquids into the dry ingredients -- you can use a spoon, a food processor with dough attachment, or a stand mixer with paddle; if you mix by hand, incorporating the last bit of flour may need some extra hand work!
• Cover and allow the dough to rise for at least 2 hours at room temperature.
• At this point, you can use the dough immediately (go to step 8), or you can refrigerate and use over the next 7 days -- note that the flavor improves with 24 hours' rest.
• When ready to bake --
• Prepare a pizza peel (or a prizza pan, greased cookie sheet or a silicone baking mat), either sprinkled with cornmeal or rice flour or lined with parchment paper.
• In your oven, put the rack in the middle space and put a baking stone on it in the middle space if you have one; otherwise use a cookie sheet, pizza pan, or a silicone mat.
• Thirty minutes before baking, preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
• Wet your hands slightly -- keep your hands moist so you can work with the dough, but not so wet that the dough becomes soggy.
• Take an orange-sized piece of the dough (about 1/2 pound) and quickly shape it into a ball (no gluten, so no stretching).
• Dust as needed to keep it from being sticky, but no so much that you're working lumps of flour into the dough.
• This dough will be sticky, so use a metal dough scraper and be generous in dusting the peel, the roller, the dough, etc.
• Roll out the dough (hands or a rolling pin, but remember, no gluten, so no stretch in this dough) 1/8 - 1/16 inch thich, directly on the pizza peel or silicone mat (or roll out, then transfer to the cookie sheet).
• Add toppings of your choice (you should have them all prepared and ready to go -- the faster this dough gets into the oven, the better the pizza will be).
• Slide the pizza onto the stone or into the oven.
• Check for doneness in 10-12 minutes.
• May need to be turned to brown evenly; may need up to 5 more minutes to complete baking.
• Cool slightly on a rack before serving.