Paleo-ish Pizza for Dinner

 I have been very busy the past couple of weeks, so posts might continue to come a little less frequently. That does´t mean though, that my experimental spirit has lessened much.

Tonight I had pizza on the menu and the results were quite good.

Ingredients:

For the dough (adapted from here)

• 3 eggs
• 1/1/3 cups buckwheat flour
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1/4 tsp salt
• garlic powder (or I used a half clove of garlic shopped up finely)
• 1/2 tsp of baking soda

For the tomato sauce

• 1/2 onion (finely chopped)
• 1/2 clove of garlic (finely chopped)
• 2 strips of bacon (cut into thin slices)
• 1 tomato
• 2 cups tomato paste
• 1 to 2 cups of broth
• parsley, salt, pepper, pizza seasoning, paprika spice
• dash of herbal vinegar

For the toppings

• you´re on your own

Here is what you do:

• Preheat oven to 375F
• Prepare cookie sheets with parchment paper
• In a bowl mix eggs with garlic and coconut milk

• Add buckwheat flour, salt and baking soda

• Mix everything well. The dough will be kind of runny.
• I prepared two baking sheets and divided the dough in half (making sure to distribute it thinly). Both circles were about the size of a 9-inch pie dish.

• Bake dough for 20 minutes (until golden).
• In a small pot, heat butter, and sautee onions, garlic and bacon.
• Add tomatos, tomato paste, broth and season to taste

• Remove pizza crust from oven and turn over very carefully (my dough resembled pita bread or tortillas to some extent).

• Now get your kids and have them help you by adding the tomato sauce (I some leftover), your desired toppings (and depending on how strictly you follow the paleo diet, you can add cheese on top).
• Bake for another 10 minutes or so until the pizza is completely done (and the cheese melted).
• Sprinkle with parsley and garnish with fresh basil.

My son enjoyed this pizza very much and finished his entire portion in no-time.



And my portion was gone equally fast.



Now, the dough, since it contains buckwheat does have a distinct flavor (which might not be everyone´s cup of tea). Personally, I felt my cravings for pizza were fully compensated through this replacement dish and I will definitely keep this on my list of go-to-recipes.

Give it a shot. Maybe this will become a good pizza crust replacement for you as well.