Gluten and Dairy Free Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza

serves / makes 4
20 prep time
20 mins cooking time

Description

I absolutely love pizza, and while I’ve found a lot of restaurants serving good gluten free bases I miss the cheese as I haven’t come across one that offers dairy free cheese yet. The gluten free bases I’ve tried have always been thin crust so I thought I would have a go at making the Chicago style deep dish pizzas.

Note: the recipe for the pizza sauce makes a lot of sauce but it is handy to keep in the freezer for future use

Enjoy!

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Ingredients

For the base:

• 180ml water, warmed in the microwave for 30 seconds
• 4g dried active yeast
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 500g gluten free bread flour
• 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 35g ground rice
• 60ml olive oil

For the pizza sauce:

• 1 clove of garlic, minced
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 2 teaspoons of sage
• 460g fresh, ripe tomatoes
• 2 x 400g tins of chopped tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons sweet, smoked paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar black pepper, to taste

Toppings:

• handful of dairy free grated cheese
• any other toppings you wish, the choice is endless!

Method

To make the pizza dough:

• Mix the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl
• Stir in the olive oil and water
• Beat with a dough hook on an electric blender for 5 minutes or knead by hand
• Cover the bowl with cling film
• Leave in a warm place for one hour

For the pizza sauce:

• Place all the ingredients in a large saucepan and bring to the boil with the lid on
• Simmer the sauce for 30 minutes and then remove the lid and cook for another 30 minutes stirring occasionally
• The sauce should be thick but still juicy
• Top the pizza and freeze the rest for future pizzas

To assemble the pizza:

• Preheat the oven o 200 oC
• Split the dough in half and roll out each piece of dough to about an 8″ diameter circle
• Line 2 shallow pie tins with the dough, I used the tinfoil disposable ones
• Fill the bases with the pizza sauce, sprinkle on the grated cheese and top with whatever you fancy
• Bake in the centre of the oven for 20 minutes
• Remove from the pie dish and serve immediately