Basic Pizza Crust

ingredients:

• 1 package of dry fast rising yeast
• 1 t sugar
• 1 cup warm water (about 110-120 degrees)
• 2 1/2 cups flour 
• 1/2 t salt
• 1 T olive oil

directions:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 
• Dissolve yeast package and sugar into warm water. Let sit a few minutes.
• Beat half of flour, salt and oil into the yeast mixture.
• Add remaining flour and mix wells. Knead until smooth. Place in oiled bowl, cover and let rise 1 hour or till dough has doubled in size.
• Oil pans, dust pans with cornmeal. Divide dough into two balls. Spread onto pans. Bake 8 minutes. 
• Top pizzas with sauce and toppings of choice. Bake 15-20 minutes till done!

Potato Crusted Pizza

recipe from: Wild Carrot Cooking Class

ingredients:

• 2 cups shredded potatoes
• 2 eggs beaten
• 1/4 cup sorghum or other gluten-free flour
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
• 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
• 1 T pesto
• 1 T olive oil

directions:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees
• Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper (Be sure to use parchment!) Lightly oil the parchment paper.
• Mix all ingredients together in a bowl
• Spread mixture evenly over parchment paper to desired size. (If you have a pizza stone, you may want to spread the mixture to a size that will fit onto your pizza stone, so you can transfer it to your stone later.)
• Bake 20-40 minutes (depending on size and thickness). Remove from oven when the crust is dry and golden brown.
• Heat your pizza stone if you have one.
• Flip your crust over onto the heated pizza stone (if you do not have a stone, simply flip it over onto your baking sheet to help crisp up the other side of the crust)
• Top pizza, then bake 10-12 minutes till it looks good!

Pizza Topping Ideas:

• Pesto or Tomato Sauce w/ Roasted Veggies, fresh herbs and cheese
• Pesto w/ Prosciutto, fresh mozzarella and arugula
• Tomato sauce w/ bacon, cheese, onions and mushrooms
• Tomato sauce w/ feta cheese, Greek olives, and fresh or sauted spinach 

Muhammara Pizza

Recipe 
Ingredients:
Muhammara Sauce
Pizza dough
Vegetables of your choice: red onion, zucchini, red bell pepper
Feta cheese
Greek olives

Directions:
1. Make pizza dough.
2. While dough is rising prepare Muhammara sauce and prep toppings.
3. Once dough is ready, spread onto a pan or pizza stone and top with toppings. Bake at 500 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

Whole Wheat Crust

Recipe

ingredients:
1 c. warm water (105-115 degrees)
2 tsp active dry yeast
pinch of sugar
2.5 to 3 c. whole wheat flour
2 Tb olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
cornmeal for sprinkling


directions:1. Pour warm water in a small bowl. Sprinkle yeast, sugar, and 1 Tb flour over surface of water. Stir til dissolved and let stand at room temp. until foamy, about 15 min.
2. Mix: In a large bowl, place oil, salt, 1 c. flour, and yeast mixture whisk hard until smooth, about 2 min. Add the remaining flour, 1/2 c. at a time, stirring with wooden spoon until soft, sticky dough forms that just clears the side of the bowl.
3. Knead: Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead to form a springy ball, dusting with flour when needed, about 3 min. The dough should be soft and springy. Form the dough into a flattened ball. (Optional - add seasonings to dough at this time...basil, rosemary, ect)
4. Place dough in a greased deep container. Turn once to coat the top and then cover with plastic wrap. Let rise at room temp. until tripled in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours. (The dough may be refrigerated overnight at this point. Let stand 45 min at room temp. before proceeding if you refrigerated the dough.)
5. Prepare toppings while dough rises. Preheat oven to 500 degrees at least 20 min. before baking. Put pizza stone in oven while preheating if using one.
6. After dough has risen, shape dough onto pizza pan (sprinkle both sides of dough with cornmeal if desired), pizza stone or cookie sheet.
7. Bake crust 5 min. at 500 degrees. Remove from oven, top the pizza and then return to over for 5-10 more minutes til dough is crisp and pizza toppings are warm and melted.

Whole Wheat Hummus Pizza

Whole Wheat Crust

ingredients:
1 c. warm water (105-115 degrees)
2 tsp active dry yeast
pinch of sugar
2.5 to 3 c. whole wheat flour
2 Tb olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
cornmeal for sprinkling


directions:1. Pour warm water in a small bowl. Sprinkle yeast, sugar, and 1 Tb flour over surface of water. Stir til dissolved and let stand at room temp. until foamy, about 15 min.
2. Mix: In a large bowl, place oil, salt, 1 c. flour, and yeast mixture whisk hard until smooth, about 2 min. Add the remaining flour, 1/2 c. at a time, stirring with wooden spoon until soft, sticky dough forms that just clears the side of the bowl.
3. Knead: Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead to form a springy ball, dusting with flour when needed, about 3 min. The dough should be soft and springy. Form the dough into a flattened ball. (Optional - add seasonings to dough at this time...basil, rosemary, ect)
4. Place dough in a greased deep container. Turn once to coat the top and then cover with plastic wrap. Let rise at room temp. until tripled in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours. (The dough may be refrigerated overnight at this point. Let stand 45 min at room temp. before proceeding if you refrigerated the dough.)
5. Prepare toppings while dough rises. Preheat oven to 500 degrees at least 20 min. before baking. Put pizza stone in oven while preheating if using one.
6. After dough has risen, shape dough onto pizza pan (sprinkle both sides of dough with cornmeal if desired), pizza stone or cookie sheet.
7. Bake crust 5 min. at 500 degrees. Remove from oven, top the pizza and then return to over for 5-10 more minutes til dough is crisp and pizza toppings are warm and melted.

Hummus
Blend together in a blender or food processor:
1 - 16 oz can garbanzo beans, 1/2 c. tahini, 1/4 c lemon juice, 1/4 c. water, 3/4 tsp salt, 3/4 tsp cumin, and 2 cloves of garlic crushed
Optional: add kalmata olives or red bell peppers

Hummus Pizza
1. After crust has baked 5 min. Remove from the oven.
2. Spread a layer of hummus over crust
3. Top with a variety of Mediterranean toppings, suggestions: red peppers, red onions, kalmata olives, feta cheese, spinach, egg plant (The red peppers, onion and egg plant can be roasted first for 5 min or so to ensure that they are tender)
4. Top with mozzarella or feta cheese, return to oven for 5-10 minutes
5. ENJOY!