Pizza - free from dairy, soy, gluten, grains, nuts and an egg free option.

Pizza base! Free from dairy, soy, gluten, grains, nuts and with an egg free option.

The most simple and delicious pizza base recipe, free from all the usual suspects plus with an egg free option. Hooray! We love this pizza base recipe, I think it’s right up there with a gluten filled pizza base, it’s the thin, crispy type of base that compliments any toppings you slather on it and lets the flavours shine through.

You will need:

• ½ cup tapioca flour
• ½ cup coconut flour
• ½ cup oil - I use a combo of coconut and olive oil (50:50 usually) it also works fine with just olive oil
• ½ cup warm water
• 1 egg OR

egg free: 1 Tbsp gelatin (we use great lakes beef gelatin) mixed with 2 Tbsp cold water first then add enough boiling water to top up to quarter of a cup, stir to dissolve.

• ½ tsp salt

1. Preheat oven 200 deg fan bake. Combine the tapioca, salt and coconut flour together. Add both the oil and water and mix together. As you begin to panic because the mixture has gone all crumbly you can add the egg, or if egg free, the gelatin that you have pre dessolved in the water.

2. It should now start forming into a smooth batter, then a sticky ball. Decide what size you are making your pizza - this makes one huge pizza the size of my oven tray, or two smaller ones.

3. Lay out some cling film on the bench to appropriate size (I oil it slightly) and place the mixture on top. Lay another piece of cling film over top (also oiled) and roll out between the two until your desired size base is made.

4. Take off the top layer and replace it with some greased baking paper. Flip it over so the baking paper is on the bottom and peel off the other piece of cling film. Slide onto your baking tray and bake for 12-15 minutes or until starting to brown on top. Put your toppings on and bake again for another 10-15 minutes.

Some of our favourite pizza toppings include:

Tomato paste with garlic and herbs added, salami, ham, capsicum, red onion, goats feta

Cranberry sauce, chicken, cashew nuts, mushrooms, rocket or baby spinach

Hummus, leftover meat, capsicum, thinly sliced courgettes, thyme

Basil pesto, ham, red onion, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms

Greek style lamb mince with dollops of coconut yoghurt, chopped baby spinach and mint leaves