Pizza Party

I've been dying to share a recipe on this blog, and finally! I took photos as I came up with this last one.

The other day, I saw a billboard for a major pizza chain, and my mouth instantly watered for the bread and cheesy goodness. Mom and I discussed what we'd need to make our own improv pizza, and afterwards I promptly forgot about my desire to make one. I was therefore pleasantly surprised, after Mom went to the store yesterday, when I found goat cheese and tomato paste among the grocery bags.

And now I happily share this egg, grain, and gluten-free pizza. It tastes exactly like regular pizza; I could hardly believe it when I first tasted it. I almost cried. Really. I haven't had pizza in over two years.

Coconut Flour Pizza

Makes 5 to 10 little miniature pizzas.

INGREDIENTS

Dough –
½ cup of coconut flour (I use Bob's Red Mill)
½ cup of goats milk
6 tbsp coconut oil (Dr. Bronner's Magic "All-One" is really flavorful)
4 tsp greek yogurt (goat greek yogurt can also be used instead)

Toppings –
1 6 oz. can of tomato paste, unseasoned
goats cheddar cheese
basil
oregano
sea salt
cooked ground beef – optional
any other topping of your choice

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Combine coconut flour and goats milk in a medium sized bowl, and stir until smooth. Add and stir in the coconut oil, and then the greek yogurt. Make sure you don't use any of the watery stuff if the yogurt container has already been opened. You want the thick stuff; it makes the dough stick together. Stir/mash until smooth.

With your hands, form the dough into balls a little smaller than golf balls. Begin to flatten them in between your palms. Place the balls-but-not-really on a lightly greased cookie pan (we accidentally used olive oil instead of coconut) and flatten completely to about ¼ of an inch thickness. Their diameters should be about 3 to 3 ½ inches across.

I only used about half the dough because I didn't have a big enough pan, so I sealed the unused half in a container and stuck it in the fridge for later use.

Push up the edges on each crust to form a little rim. Then smear on tomato paste (you don't need to water it down) and sprinkle on grated goat cheese. We don't have a grater, so my mom cut the cheese in strips instead. We had cooked some ground beef earlier, so I sprinkled that on two of the pizzas. Personally, I like it better without the beef. Add any other of your favorite toppings. Then sprinkle on the oregano and basil and the tiniest bit of salt on each pizza.

Pop the pan in the oven and cook for around 20 minutes until the crust is crisp and lightly golden. At this point, my brain decided to stop working and after every time I checked to see if they were done, I forgot to set the timer. So they need to cook for at least 15 minutes, but probably more like 20. Also, I have a teeny little oven, so the conduction and temperature difference could vary greatly in a regular oven.

Once done, let them cool on the pan for 3 to 5 minutes. Use a spatula to remove them from the pan. Because coconut flour doesn't stick together as well as regular flour, the crust will be a lot more crumbly than normal. It's also sweeter and complements the sauce and spices nicely.

Then bon appétit!