Welcome to our Pizza Party!
Yesterday we invited 10 of our Facebook followers to join us for a pizza party. It was a lot of fun, and we all had quite a food coma after. We just came out with a gluten, egg, and dairy-free pizza crust, and once we tried it, we knew we wanted to do a baking class using it. We hope our crust, 8in and 12in, will soon be available for purchase on our website from anywhere in the states.
Thai
Pizza –
12in Jewel’s Pizza Crust
½ cup Annie Chun’s gluten-free peanut sauce
3 Tbsp peanut butter
1 cup Roasted Chicken
1 cup mozzarella
½ cup shredded carrot
3 Tbsp chopped peanuts
1 Tbsp fresh chopped cilantro
Set
oven to 425F. Mix Annie Chun’s peanut sauce with 3 Tbsp of peanut butter. Spread
evenly on pizza crust. Top with roasted chicken, carrots, peanuts, mozzarella, then cilantro. Put
in the oven for 8-10 minutes, or until cheese is melted thoroughly and starting
to bubble. Remove from oven and enjoy!
As you can tell from our pictures, this pizza crust is just like any other gluten crust. It's not flaky, or grainy, it's perfectly soft on the inside and chewy on the outside. Our fans can attest to that. Super easy and fun recipe. If you like cucumbers, or any other veggies add them on.
Baked
Potato Pizza –
12 in Jewel’s Pizza Crust
2 medium potato’s (any kind will do, Yukon
gold is the best)
½ cup ranch (find our homemade recipe below)
4 slices bacon
1 cup sharp cheddar
½ yellow onion (sliced)
1 Tsp chives
2 Tbsp Butter
1 Tsp fresh minced or powdered garlic
Set
oven to 425F. Wash and slice potato very finely 1/4in, with a mandolin if you
have one. Toss slices in melted butter and garlic. Spread slices out on a foil
covered sheet pan and cook for 10min. Meanwhile, thinly slice the bacon and cook on
medium heat until brown and crispy. Once the bacon is done place on a paper towel to drain the grease. Spread the ranch on the pizza crust. When the potatoes are cooked, place evenly as pictured above. Top with bacon, cheddar, and chives. Cook the pizza for 8-10 minutes or until cheese is melted and crust is
golden brown. Remove and drizzle with sour cream or ranch if desired!
This may have been the favorite pizza. We used our homemade ranch recipe, but you can always use your favorite GF ranch. But give this one a try, it may just become your fave.
Homemade Ranch -
3/4 c. extra virgin olive oil (plus a dash more for roasting garlic)
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar (or any type of vinegar you prefer)
4 Tbsp sour cream
3 Tbsp buttermilk
1 Tsp dill
1 Tsp parsley
1 garlic bulb
1/2 yellow onion
Start by talking some foil and drizzling some olive oil in the middle of the sheet. Take the bulb of garlic and wrap the foil around tightly. Heat in the toaster oven on 400F for about 20 minutes or until soft to the touch. For this next part you will need a food processor, or I use a handheld immersion blender and a cup. Use the egg yolk only and blend for about a minute. Then add the vinegar and blend for another minute. Before adding the oil, add the salt and 4 cloves of roasted garlic. Slowly add in the oil, at first drizzle but about half way you can start to pour more. Over blending will cause it to be very thick, so I recommend from the start of the pour to the end, no more than two minutes. Once that part is over add the rest of the ingredients; sour cream, buttermilk, dill, parsley. Take the half of the onion, and a fine grater, and grade as much of the onion as you can over the ranch. It's best to let the ranch sit in the fridge over night, but a few hours will do. It sounds like a lot of steps, but it takes less then 10 minutes, and it's well worth it. Use the extra roasted garlic on a pizza, or store it in a plastic bag in the fridge for up to a week.
Vegan
Kale Pizza –
12 in Jewel’s Pizza Crust
½ yellow onion (sliced)
½ cup tomato sauce
1 clove fresh garlic (chopped finely)
1 ½ cup kale (finely chopped)
½ pesto
We didn't have anyone who was vegan, so we decided to add a little goat cheese. Of course, you can omit the goat cheese, but it adds a nice tang.
Set
oven to 425F. Take pizza crust and spread tomato sauce, toss kale with olive
oil, add to pizza. Sauté onions with garlic and olive oil until soft. Add
onions to pizza and drizzle pesto on top. See how easy that was? We didn’t do
it, but we recommend adding whatever veggies you love on this one, make it your
own.
Justine’s
Pizza –
12 in Jewel’s Pizza Crust
¼ cup fig jam
1 pear
½ cup sugar
¼ cup Gorgonzola
1/3-cup mozzarella
¼ cup walnuts (chopped)
3 slices bacon
½ cup arugula
1 tsp. truffle oil (or any good olive oil)
2 tsp. Parmesan
Heat
1-quart water and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add peeled pear to water and
cover with parchment paper that has a 1-inch hole in the middle. Keep at a very
low boil, low to medium heat for 15 minutes. Remove pot from heat, do not
drain, and let pear cool. Starting on no heat, place sliced bacon in pan, and
set to medium high heat. Stir frequently until brown and crispy, about 15
minutes. It’s probably about time now to take out the pear and slice it thinly,
as well as set oven to 425F. Take pizza crust and lightly cover with fig jam. (Too much and it boils over the crust and makes your oven smoke up). Add slices of pear, Gorgonzola, mozzarella, and bacon. Cook pizza for
about 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown. While
the pizza is in the oven, take the arugula and toss with oil, walnuts, and Parmesan. Once
the pizza is done cooking, place arugula salad on top and serve!
We are letting our fans decide which pizza will be on our menu for our bakery & cafe when it opens. Vote for your favorite pizza, and which ever pizza gets the most votes will end up on our menu. Though, we will have monthly pizza specials and the three that didn't make it will likely be one of our monthly specials. If you were not in attendance of our pizza party, order our pizza crust now to make these pizzas and place your vote in the comments below!
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