Paleo Pizza Crust
Looking for a grain (and egg) free pizza crust to follow your Paleo diet? Well, you’ve found it!
In a small saucepan, combine flax meal and water. Bring to a simmer, cooking until mixture is thick. Set aside and allow to cool.
Combine remaining dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a large measuring cup combine wet ingredients, then pour into large bowl along with flax mixture. Whisk until well blended. Divide mixture in half and prepare 2 pie plates -parchment lined, greased with a bit of oil and sprinkled with a bit of cornmeal if desired – this will prevent sticking as well a giving the crust a crunchy bottom).
Spread out evenly, making a bit the edges a bit higher. Bake at 425°F for 15 minutes.
Remove from oven and add pizza sauce and toppings, and bake for an additional 20 minutes until crust is golden and toppings are hot.
Paleo Pizza Crust
Ingredients
- 4 Tbsp ground flax seeds
- 9 Tbsp water
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1 cup tapioca starch or arrowroot
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp dried Italian herbs
- ½ cup almond milk or other milk alternative
- 1 Tbsp olive or coconut oil melted
- ½ tsp cider vinegar
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, combine flax meal and water. Bring to a simmer, cooking until mixture is thick. Set aside and allow to cool.
- Combine remaining dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a large measuring cup combine wet ingredients, then pour into large bowl along with flax mixture. Whisk until well blended.
- Divide mixture in half and spread in 2 8” circles on a parchment lined baking sheet (greased with oil and sprinkled with a bit of cornmeal if desired – this will prevent sticking as well a giving the crust a crunchy bottom). If mixture is too runny, spread into pie plates (prepared the same as above using parchment).
- Bake at 425°F for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and add pizza sauce and toppings, and bake for an additional 20 minutes until crust is golden and toppings are hot.
Notes
Thank you so very much . Apart from the gluten I also have an allergic reaction to peanuts. Can you suggest an alternative to almond flour? Thank you
Check out the article Secrets to Baking Gluten Free Bread under the Flour/Starch Substitutions section. It will list the other flours that can be substitute for almond flour (look under the High Protein Flours column). Although having said that in this recipe almond flour is the only flour used, and it is used in a large quantity, and since its texture is very different from other flours, you may not get the same results if you substitute in a quinoa flour (for example). You may not need as much liquid as the recipe calls for, so use only just enough liquid until a spreadable dough is created. Please let me know how it turns out, and what you used and I can update the recipe. Thanks!
Since peanuts are legumes and almonds are tree nuts, how do they relate.
It seems that people who have an allergy to peanuts, are more susceptible to developing an allergy to tree nuts as well. Here is some more info on it if you’re interested: http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.org/resourcespre.php?id=166
THAT PALEO CRUST LOOKS YUMMY! CAN’T WAIT TO TRY IT. SO HAPPY TO BE BACK ON THIS SITE…
finally an easy peasy pizza crust! gonna try this one!!!!!!