Making A Gluten Free Pizza Crust Requires The Right Tools

There are many people who suffer from celiac disease. This means that their body is missing what it needs to properly digest gluten. Celiac disease is actually an autoimmune disease that causes the tiny hairs on the small intestine to lay flat. When the hairs are flat they cannot absorb the nutrients and it can lead to all kinds of serious problems including cancer. Just ten grams of gluten can reactivate the disease. Gluten is the protein that is found in certain grains like wheat. Gluten is part of what gives dough made from those flours the spring and stretch. It also helps give the finished product a nice crunch. Because people who have celiac disease can't eat gluten there are a lot of things that they miss out on like pizza. It is possible to make delicious pizza that has gluten free pizza crust.

The very first step to making gluten free pizza crust is to be sure that the kitchen is free of gluten, or as much as possible. An often overlooked problem is cross contamination, so it's important to make sure that the workspace has been thoroughly cleaned and doesn't come in contact with any gluten based flour or products. It's best to keep separate tools for cooking and clear of any wheat rather than it is to trust everything got cleaned well enough. Having tools that are different colors makes it easy to make sure that tools don't get mixed up. Many people choose for the whole family to avoid gluten to make it easier on cooking. Besides gluten free pizza is delicious and avoiding gluten is better for everyone.

Another step to making good wheat free pizza crust is having the right tools to cook it. The best pizzas come from the traditional brick wood fire pizza ovens. But those aren't really convenient for most people to have in their kitchen. The next best thing is to use a pizza stone. The stone gets heated up in the oven as the oven preheats. This gives the pizza a really good crunch, and makes sure that it is cooked evenly. Be sure to only use the stone for gluten free pizza and not wheat flour pizza. Remember we don't want to cross contaminate our pizza.

Making a good gluten free pizza crust starts with making sure that everything used to make the dough is clean so that there is no risk of cross contamination. Then making sure that the pizza is cooked using either a pizza stone or pizza screen for the right crust. Using the right tools is the biggest secret to making a good pizza every time.

By: Morgan Manchester

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Want to learn more about how you can make delicious gluten free pizza visit my website www.easyglutenfreepizza.com/gluten-free-pizza-dough/ Morgan Manchester is a gluten free living enthusiast and author. She lives in Costa Mesa, CA and spends her time teaching others how to make amazing gluten free pizza. Her latest book, "How To Make The Most Amazing Gluten Free Pizza"