Roasted Red Pepper Whipped Feta Pizza With An Oat Flour Crust Food

GREEK PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit with a rack in the upper third of the oven. If you're using a baking stone or baking steel, place it in the oven on the top rack. Prepare dough through step 5.
• Spread marinara sauce evenly over the pizzas, or top with drained, crushed tomatoes (crush the tomatoes over the sink to get out as much liquid as possible). Sprinkle lightly with dried oregano.
• Divide toppings evenly over the two pizzas, beginning with shredded mozzarella, followed by roasted red pepper, artichoke, olives and lastly, the feta.
• Bake pizzas individually on the top rack until the crust is golden and the cheese is golden and bubbly, about 12 minutes (or significantly less, if you're using a baking stone/steel-keep an eye on it). Transfer pizza to a cutting board and sprinkle with torn fresh basil. I sprinkled mine with red pepper flakes, too. Slice and serve!

ROASTED RED PEPPER WHIPPED FETA PIZZA WITH AN OAT FLOUR CRUST

Steps:

• Warm up the almond milk in a bowl in the microwave in 20 second intervals until it's warm to the touch. It should feel like bath water and not too hot or you risk killing the yeast.
• Sprinkle the yeast over top of the almond milk followed by the honey. Set the bowl aside for 5 - 10 minutes until the mixture has developed a foamy layer on top.
• While the yeast is activating, whisk together the oat flour, tapioca flour, baking powder, and sea salt in a large bowl. Then pour in the yeast mixture, apple cider vinegar, and olive oil and mix with a wooden spoon or spatula. This can also be done in a stand mixer on low speed. Continue to mix until a large ball of dough forms. It will be a tad sticky which is okay.
• Place a dish towel over the bowl with the ball of dough and set aside for about 30 minutes to let it rise. Keep the bowl in a warm place like next to the oven in the kitchen.
• While the dough is rising, make the whipped feta by adding the feta, olive oil, almond milk, and garlic to the food processor. Blend until the the mixture is running smoothly in the blender. You will probably need to stop it and scrape down the sides a few times to ensure it all gets mixed in. The feta spread should look airy and creamy with a "fluffy" texture. Set aside while you roll out the dough.
• Go ahead and preheat the oven to 450 F. On a working surface, lay out a piece of parchment paper and sprinkle a little additional tapioca flour on top. Place the ball of dough on the surface and roll it out into an "ovular" shape with a rolling pin. If needed, sprinkle more tapioca flour on the dough. Roll it out to about ½ inch in thickness. If you find it's too dry and is crumbling, add a little olive oil and work it into the dough and then roll it out.
• Use the palms of your hands to shape the crust into an oval. Use your fingers along the way to "pinch" the sides upward to make a lip. Brush the sides of the crust with olive oil.
• Spread the whipped feta inside the pizza crust. Make sure to leave room around the edges as the feta will melt in the oven and you don't want it to flow over the edge of the crust. Place the toppings over the feta spread and bake the pizza in the oven for 10 - 12 minutes until the crust is golden brown and the feta spread is toasted. If desired, turn the oven up to broil for a minute or two at the end to achieve toasted speckles on the feta spread. Be sure to watch it carefully as it will burn quickly on broil
• Once the pizza is done, sprinkle with fresh herbs, red pepper flakes, and extra olive oil if desired. Slice into pieces and enjoy!

ROASTED RED PEPPER PIZZA

Steps:

• Place a pizza stone or inverted rimmed baking sheet on the lower oven rack and preheat to 500 degrees F. Make the tomato sauce: Crush the tomatoes in a large bowl with your hands. Stir in the olive oil, 2 teaspoons salt and a few grinds of pepper.
• Make the pepper spread: Roast the chile pepper and bell pepper over the flame of a gas burner (or under the broiler), turning, until charred, 4 minutes for the chile and 6 to 8 minutes for the bell pepper. Transfer the peppers to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let cool slightly, about 10 minutes. Peel off the charred skins with your fingers (you may want to use gloves for the chile pepper to avoid irritation). Halve the peppers and remove the seeds. Combine the garlic, anchovies, red pepper flakes and oregano in a food processor. Add the roasted peppers and pulse until almost smooth. Pour in the olive oil and pulse a few times. Season with salt.
• Assemble the pizza: Keep the prebaked crust on the baking sheet. Spread with 3/4 cup to 1 cup tomato sauce (you will have extra sauce). Top with the mozzarella, then spoon 1/2 cup pepper spread on top. Sprinkle with half of the parmesan. Transfer the baking sheet to the hot pizza stone and bake until the cheese melts and the crust is golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and top with the remaining parmesan and the herbs. Season with salt.
• Combine the flour, salt and yeast in a large bowl. Stir in 2 cups warm water (about 105 degrees F) and 2 tablespoons olive oil with a wooden spoon until a shaggy dough forms. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until the dough rises slightly, about 1 hour.
• Using lightly floured hands, transfer the dough to a generously floured surface and knead several times until it just starts becoming smooth and elastic, about 1 minute (do not over-knead). Transfer to a lightly oiled large bowl. Tightly cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until almost doubled in size, about 1 hour. Meanwhile, place a pizza stone or inverted rimmed baking sheet on the lower oven rack and preheat to 500 degrees F.
• Brush two rimmed 13-by-18-inch baking sheets (not nonstick) with 3 tablespoons olive oil each. Place one piece of dough on each baking sheet. Prepare the pizzas one at a time: Cover the dough with plastic wrap, then press firmly with your hands to fill the baking
• Remove the plastic wrap and transfer the baking sheet to the hot pizza stone. Bake until the crust starts browning, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and carefully loosen the crust from the pan using a spatula. Top and bake (see recipe indexfor ideas), or let cool, lightly wrap in plastic and set aside up to 8 hours.

EASY ROASTED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
• Cut the peppers into quarters. Remove the seeds and the membranes. Roast the peppers until the skin blisters and turns black. Remove from oven and cover with plastic, or a tea towel, or place in a paper bag until cool. The skins should peel away off of the peppers easily when cooled.

FETA AND RED BELL PEPPER PIZZA

Steps:

• Prepare grill:
• Open vents in lid and bottom of a kettle grill and put 25 briquets on each of 2 opposite sides of bottom, leaving middle clear. Oil rack and position it with flaps over briquets (for adding more briquets), 5 to 6 inches above them. Light briquets. (They're ready when grayish white, 20 to 30 minutes.)
• Shape pizza dough while grill heats:
• Halve dough and form each half into a disk. Dust dough and your hands with flour. Holding 1 edge of 1 piece of dough in the air with both hands and letting bottom touch work surface, move hands around edge (like turning a steering wheel), allowing weight of dough to stretch round to roughly 6 inches. Flour your fists and with them stretch dough from center of underside, turning dough to maintain a rough circle, until about 10 inches in diameter.
• Put round on a lightly floured foil-lined baking sheet, then lightly flour top of dough and cover with another sheet of foil. Repeat shaping with remaining piece of dough and stack on top of first round, lightly flouring and covering with foil.
• Make pizzas:
• Stir garlic into oil.
• Discard foil from top crust and lightly brush with 1 tablespoon garlic oil.
• Holding foil underneath, flip crust, oiled side down, onto rack of grill. Repeat with remaining crust. Cover grill and cook until undersides of crusts are golden brown, about 4 minutes.
• Turn crusts over with 2 metal spatulas, then brush each with 1 tablespoon garlic oil and sprinkle with bell peppers, feta, oregano, and salt and pepper to taste. Cover grill and cook 5 to 7 minutes more, or until undersides are golden brown and cheese is slightly melted.