Foldable Pizza

[ostrich]

A million gold stars to somebody that comes up with a pizza crust recipe that's floppy, thin, and foldable. Those NY style pizza commercials are driving me nuts!
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[aklap]

Hi Oz,

You might want to check out Deby's Pizza Mix. I was impatient [hungry] and didn't baked it quite enough to my liking and that's exactly how I had to eat it. I had to fold it in half, otherwise it was too floppy.

Good luck in your quest!!
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Al

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[The Edifying Conscience]

[ostrich]

Thanks guys! Just ordered some pizza dough. If this works it'll be a hell of alot cheaper than getting crusts from Whole Foods.

CHICKEN NUGGETS!! THEY HAVE CHICKEN NUGGETS!!! *dies happily*
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[gluten-free-mike]

I had a recipe here that would have fit the bill, as it folded nicely and had a good taste and all, but it wasn't my ideal pizza crust style - so, the recipe has probably gone the way of the dodo. I will see if my wife still has it. She basically took her thin-crust recipe from our website, and did some modifications to it while trying other formulas. No idea what she did though. Hope you find a something to satisfy your NY style cravings!
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[aklap]

[ostrich]

Thanks for all the tips Al! My order still hasn't shown up yet. I imagine the floppy, foldable goodness I'm looking for is a property of gluten.
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[The Edifying Conscience]

Thanks for your latest suggestions to limit the sticking problem. I was even thinking of lining the sheet pan with parchment, but then with my luck the crust would stick to the paper. I'll have to give them a try next time. The cracks don't bother me so much as long as they're filled in with pulled pork, barbecue sauce or cheese. Those last 6 words are making me very hungry!

I see pizza in my near future!
TEC

[aklap]

It still stuck a little. Nothing a little chiseling with a metal spatula didn't solve.

I'd be willing to come and eat your pizza and watch you decorate your tree I know that's a pretty tough job, but I'm willing to take one for the team.
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“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

[The Edifying Conscience]

The tree is going up tonight and there will be no pizza! I didn't plan ahead. The neighbor girl who LOVES to decorate trees will be over to help - thankfully.

[hangininthere]

Here's a recipe I finally happened upon recently, and it worked great! Perfecto! Made us a huge extra large pizza and it was totally floppy and foldable and no breakage whatsoever, wow! So glad to be able to have pizza again!

I use butter for non-stick on pans, works way better for me than oils, way better!



Foldable Pizza Crust

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons rapid rise yeast
1 1/3 cup warm milk
1 teaspoon sugar

1 1/3 cup brown rice flour
1 cup tapioca flour
4 teaspoons guar gum (xanthan gum interchangeable, same measurements, I use guar gum)
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin powder
2 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning (I left this out in mine, will try it next time though)

2 teaspoons oil
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

In a small bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm milk.

In a separate larger bowl, blend together dry ingredients.

Stir in yeast mixture to dry ingredient mixture.

Add oil and apple cider vinegar.

Mix well.

Butter and flour the pizza pan (just like you grease and flour a cake pan).

Pat down dough on pan, sprinkle top of dough with flour so dough doesn't stick to your hands as you're shaping pizza.

Bake 10 minutes.

Remove from oven and add toppings.

Return to oven and bake for another 20 minutes.

Best wishes to all!

[ostrich]

Woah, thanks Hangin! I'll have to give this one a shot. Do you think you can use white rice flour instead of brown rice flour?
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[hangininthere]

I don't know, I always use brown rice flour in everything so far, new at this, ha! I've been getting the brown rice flour because it's the only rice flour sold at my local grocery store, I use it far more than the other flours which I have to go a long way to my local health food store for.

I'm thinking you can try it with the white rice flour instead (hopefully?) - from what I've researched so far, I've read that the brown rice flour is just a little bit more grainy than white, that's all I know, ha!

But what if the extra graininess of the brown rice flour is what holds it together and makes it nicely foldable???

It's worth a try with the white rice flour, I would say, since you might have the white rice more on hand than the brown, ha!

Let me know how it turns out for you, and if you like it! Thanks!

Best wishes!

[ostrich]

Sweet, thanks! One more question. I used to make all my pizzas on my pizza stone, which I love. Can I still use that? I have metal pans I can use if I have to.
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[hangininthere]

I don't know, I've never used a pizza stone and don't know anything about them, never even heard of a pizza stone until seeing it mentioned when I started looking up gluten-free recipes six months ago, ha.

I buttered and floured the big round foil pizza pan I use, so it wouldn't stick.

I made another pizza after we last posted today, and I figured out the timing and will put it in my original recipe post above. I cooked it for another 20 minutes after I put the toppings on, perfecto.

I'll also add above that I floured the buttered pizza pan, worked out well.

Because of the guar gum it leaves a little gooey gluey aftertaste in my mouth, but a good flavor and floppy foldable, delish.

Let me know how yours turns out, thanks!

Best wishes!