I did not eat much pizza before going gluten free - however, I did enjoy good pizza every once in awhile. The thing that I love about pizza is its crust. I never minded not having cheese on the pizza, just good sauce, veggies and a great crust. I used to think vegan pizza was a challenge, but it really wasn't, I would sometimes endure funny looks from the waiters as I insisted that I really didn't want cheese, but other than that I always was able to get what I wanted. Now gluten free really does bring a challenge to good pizza. I have tried Mellow Mushrooms GF pizza. I applaud them for giving me an option - thank you. But I love Mellow Mushroom's regular crust, so I was hoping the GF would be somewhat similar. No, not at all. It was cardboard. Very disappointing as I was drooling over everyone else's pizza.
So, with great trepidation, I tried Sally's Bakery frozen GF / Dairy Free pizza crust.
http://www.sallysbakery.com Sally's is a long drive, but so far, worth it. I buy pumpkin bread, banana bread and muffins all GF/ DF and freeze them. The girls enjoy the baked goods as well. This was my first venture into her pizza crust. My friend K told me about a great sauce, once again from theppk.com . It is called Romesco Pizza. Here is the recipe:
http://www.theppk.com/2011/08/romesco-pizza-with-caramelized-onions-squash/
I had little luck with carmelizing the onions, but I did try. And, I still put them on the pizza. The sauce was amazing. I loved it. I used the left overs as a veggie dip- cold! I was going to also use it on GF toasted bread for a dinner on Saturday night, but I dropped the bowl and it shattered all over my kitchen.
Back to the pizza. I spread the romesco sauce on Sally's crust. Then I placed sliced peppers, squash and zucchini on top. I baked for about 15 minutes at 375. I did keep checking in on it, it can over cook quickly. The pizza was pretty good - it was by far the best GF crust I have had. Chad and I ate most of the pizza. S liked it, Ry would again not try it! But if you are crazing pizza and need GF/ DF try Sally's. And, regardless of your eating habits, the Romesco sauce is awesome.
Your adventures in the kitchen crack me up! While reading this post, I was eating leftover veggies and pasta Covered in leftover romesco sauce. I had to eat the rest before D did, whose been taking a spoon to it straight from the fridge!
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