GLUTEN-FREE PIZZA
Ingredients
- butter
- ghee or coconut oil
- for greasing
- 140g/5oz cauliflower (about ¼ of a head without the stalk)
- 1 egg white
- beaten
- 50g/1¾oz ground almonds
- 40g/1½oz buckwheat flour
- ½ tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 medium mozzarella ball
- 2 handfuls fresh tomatoes (a mixture of colours look good)
- chilli flakes (optional)
- handful fresh basil
- drizzle of olive oil
- to serve
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 170C/190C fan/350F/Gas 4. Line a baking tray with baking parchment and lightly grease with butter
- ghee or coconut oil.
- Grate the cauliflower into rice-sized pieces using a hand grater or food processor.
- Put all the pizza base ingredients in a bowl and mix well with a spoon
- or add to the food processor and blend
- to form a sticky dough.
- Using the back of a spoon
- spread the dough out onto the greased parchment on the tray
- shaping it into a circle 30cm/12in wide.
- Bake in the oven for about five minutes
- then flip it over and return to the oven for another two minutes.
- Pull the mozzarella ball apart into small pieces and arrange over the base of the pizza.
- Slice the tomatoes into 1cm/½in thick slices and arrange over the pizza. Add the chilli flakes
- if desired.
- Bake the pizza for 10-15 minutes more until the mozzarella is melted and bubbling.
- Sprinkle the basil over the top of the pizza before serving and drizzle with olive oil.

