Margherita Pizza with Cassava Flour Crust
This margherita pizza with cassava flour crust is the perfect recipe if you’re looking for a gluten free pizza that actually tastes like pizza! Make this recipe dairy free & paleo by omitting the mozzarella and adding some garlic and/or oregano to the tomatoes to make it marinara style instead.
Ingredients
- ½ cup warm water, roughly 105-110 F
- 2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 cup cassava flour, I recommend Otto's cassava flour*
- 1 tbsp coconut flour
- 5 tbsp arrowroot flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic powder, optional
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup avocado oil
Toppings for classic margherita
- Plum tomatoes, drained and crushed
- Buffalo mozzarella (sliced), omit for dairy free & paleo version*
- Fresh basil
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Sea salt, to taste (mix into tomatoes)
Instructions
- Prepare yeast mix: In a small bowl, add warm water and honey. Mix to dissolve. Sprinkle yeast in. Mix to dissolve. Set aside for 5-10 minutes to activate. It will get foamy on top.
- Mix dry ingredients in large mixing bowl to combine.
- Lightly whisk eggs and olive oil together in a small bowl.
- Add egg mixture and activated yeast to the dry ingredients.
- Mix to form a dough ball. Transfer ball to an oiled bowl, cover with dish towel and set aside in a warm place (70-80 F is ideal) to rise for 1 hour. It will not double in size, but it will rise a little.
- Once dough has risen, preheat oven to 550 F. Preheat pizza stone, baking sheet or metal pan.
- Place the dough on parchment paper. Place a piece of parchment paper over the dough (if necessary) and shape dough with your hands by pushing down (on top of parchment, so it doesn't stick) and roll with rolling pin. Flatten your pizza about 1/8-1/4 inch thin. Roll the crust thick or thin (to your liking) by shaping with your fingers and rolling the edges. Use extra cassava flour if dough is sticking.
- Place toppings (tomatoes then cheese then some basil) on the dough. Lift the whole piece of parchment paper with pizza on top and transfer to the preheated baking sheet.
- Bake in the oven for 8-12 minutes until dough is firm and slightly golden, pulling out halfway and removing parchment paper. For a crispier golden crust, allow a few more minutes. Allow more time if cooking at lower temperature.
- Add remaining basil leaves on pizza and drizzle with olive oil.
Notes
*Find Otto's cassava flour here.
*Make this recipe dairy free & paleo by omitting the mozzarella and adding some garlic and/or oregano to the tomatoes to make it marinara style instead.