Cooking and Preparation Instructions for a Perfect Pizza with The Gluten Free Bistro’s Pizza Crust and Dough Ball

Watch these videos with Kelly making NY-Style and Chicago-Style Pizzas with our new gluten-free dough ball available retail at Whole Foods and Lucky's Market in either the freezer section or the prepared food area.

 

Our crust is cooked perfectly when the bottom is crispy and a slice easily supports the toppings without becoming limp.

Dough Ball:

Oil your hands with ½ teaspoon of olive oil and remove dough ball from container.  Coat the dough ball with olive oil with your hands.  Gluten-free dough is sticky so when in doubt use more olive oil. Select a style of pizza from the following:

NY-Style Crust:

Here is a video of Kelly making NY-Style Pizza with our dough ball:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.


2. Apply olive oil to sheet pan and rolling pin, before rolling out the dough. If the dough begins to stick, reapply olive oil to the rolling pin. You cannot pick the dough up and move it once it is rolled out. After parbaking the crust you can cook it on a stone, directly on the oven rack or grill.


3. Roll out the dough to a 12 inch circle or oblong flat bread shape crust. *


4. Set aside to let rise for a minimum of 10 minutes.


5. For a 12-inch diameter par-baked dough, place in a preheated 400 degree oven for 6 minutes.


6. Remove from oven to add your toppings.


7. Return to oven and bake at 400 degrees for 14-15 minutes.

*The thinner you roll it out beyond 12 inches in diameter will decrease bake time; the reverse is true if choose to make a thicker crust that is less than 12 inches in diameter, it will increase bake time.

Chicago-Style Crust:

Here is video of Kelly making a Chicago-Style Pizza with our dough ball:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Olive oil your hands and coat dough ball with the olive oil liberally before pressing into pan.


2. Apply 1 teaspoon of olive oil to a 10 inch round baking pan. Press dough into pan on the bottom and along the sides with olive oil on your hands.


3. Set aside to let rise for a minimum of 10 minutes.


4. Place in a preheated 400 degree oven for 10 minutes to par-bake.


5. Remove from oven to add your toppings.


6. Return to oven bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

(After purchasing our dough ball, please refrigerate and use within 3 days of purchase. If you do not plan to use the dough within 3 days, place in your freezer. When you decide to use your dough ball, please remove from the freezer in the morning and thaw in refrigerator for use at dinner time. Dough ball can also be thawed in microwave on defrost setting for 5-6 minutes and then proceed with directions above).

Our Frozen Pizza Crust Topped (already rolled out). Frozen crust available at Whole Foods, Alfalfa's Market and Lucky's Market:



Top a frozen crust and bake at 400 degrees for 14-15 minutes on oven rack or pizza stone.

We recommend a thickly shredded cheese; however, if a finely shredded cheese is used, we recommend par-baking the frozen crust for 6 minutes at 400 degrees, then remove from oven, and add toppings. After par-baked pizza is topped, bake at 400 degrees for an additional 12-15 minutes.