I’m back…
Where did the summer go? I’m feeling rather sad and desperately clinging on to the wonderful memories I have of another school summer holiday with my kids.
Don’t get me wrong here. Not all of it was wonderful.
There have been fights and arguments galore and there were times when I wished that they were at school, but luckily I have a sunny outlook on life and remember mostly the good things.
I was going to write about our experiences of being gluten-free and dairy-free in France but I’m not quite up to that today.
Having had two whole weeks away from it all (no social media, no emails, no access to my website) I have a lot to catch up on and quite frankly my motivation isn’t quite up to its usual standard (oh the joys of working for yourself)…
So rather than write about our French adventure in Rosie (our campervan for those of you who don’t know), I thought I would share a recipe that I developed especially for the holiday.
Luckily I did, since nearly everyone on our last campsite seemed to have a takeaway pizza at some point on the holiday…leaving me (regardless of the kids), longing for one too.
And would you believe how easy it is to knock up a pizza when camping?!
I’ve proved to myself that it is and now it’s time to prove it to you (no pun intended).
Taken in the old girl ‘Rosie’ herself!
The dough is ridiculously easy to make. It is an adaption of a Dan Leopard recipe.
It has to be left to sit for around an hour to rise but believe me, that makes the perfect excuse to sit down and read a book in the sun.
If it isn’t all that warm, then sit down and ‘incubate’ the dough on your lap (in a bowl I hasten to add).
Roo did a fabulous job of that one day whilst reading, and very proudly approached me an hour later with her risen dough.
Once the dough has risen it is a simple case of dividing it into four balls, patting each one out on its own bit of tin foil into a circle around 15cm in diameter and frying one side in a frying pan over a low-medium heat for around 3 minutes. Then you flip the dough over, add your toppings and fry for a further 3 minutes or so.
The final trick comes if you are adding cheese. Once you’ve added finely grated cheese to the top, cover the frying pan with the lid of a large saucepan and leave to cook. This allows the cheese to melt a la any respecting pizza from an oven!
Hey presto…super easy pizza that any camper would happily eat. And the best bit is that this recipe uses my wholegrain rice and gluten-free flour blend so even if you are having a vegan pizza with no cheese, you still get some protein (and fibre of course).
BOOM as Roo would say…
Free From Frying Pan Pizza
Ingredients
- FOR THE BASE:
- 350 g plain Free From Fairy flour
- 1 1/2 tsp psyllium husk powder or 2 tsp xanthan gum
- 1 tsp fast acting dried yeast
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1 tbsp virgin olive oil
- 270 ml warm filtered or bottled water
- FOR THE TOPPING
- Your choice from pesto tomato sauce, vegetables, ham, chorizo, cheese etc etc!
Method
- Place the dry ingredients into a large bowl and stir to combine
- Add the wet ingredients then with a clean hand bring the ingredients together until a soft dough forms. Keep kneading until smooth and no longer sticky
- Cover the bowl with clingfilm and put in a warm place for around 1 hour
- Cut the dough into four pieces
- Remove one piece, roll into a ball, then flatten into a circle on a piece of tin foil until around 15cm in diameter. Repeat with all other pieces of dough
- Pre-heat a small frying pan on a medium heat
- Turn one of the pizza bases onto the palm of your hand then peel the foil off and place it into the pre-heated frying pan
- Cook for around 3 minutes then flip over
- Top with your choice of toppings (if using cheese, cover with a saucepan lid) and cook for a further 2 - 3 minutes
- If the cheese hasn't melted, remove from the heat but leave covered to allow the cheese to melt fully
- Repeat with the other three pizza bases and serve
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Grubby Little Faces says
This is genius. Amazing that it can be done in a frying pan. Just shows it doesn’t all have to be beans and sausages when camping. I popped over here from #CookBlogShare
Clare
Vicki Montague says
It really is so simple! Thank you so much for popping by.
Eb Gargano says
What an awesome idea! And so easy – I love it!! Not sure if I’ve said yet, but congratulations on your wonderful free from flour – I keep seeing it popping up all over the internet. Sounds fab! Being dairy and gluten free in France sounds tough! Was it as hard as it sounds??? Thanks for linking up this fab recipe to #CookBlogShare 🙂 Eb x
Vicki Montague says
Ah thank you so much Eb, what a lovely thing to say. Gluten and dairy free in France…yeah. Not great. I cooked…say no more!
Mel says
So glad you enjoyed your trip to France and I can’t wait to give your recipe a go! Xxx
Vicki Montague says
Thanks Mel, I hope you enjoy them! I love France!
Kate - glutenfreealchemist says
Wow! That’s very clever….. I bet the kids loved that they could enjoy pizza too….. and I love the idea of ‘incubating’ the dough on your lap!
Sounds like the camping holiday was lots of fun and hopefully you survived gluten and dairy free in France. x
Vicki Montague says
Thanks Kate! Gluten and dairy free in France is…interesting!
emma amoscato says
Ooh what a great idea! I always struggle with what to cook while campling – although we’ve only braved it twice since the kids have been born, ha ha! #freefromfridays
Vicki Montague says
Time to dust the tent off. Well, maybe next summer!!
Kate says
Thanks for this easy recipe, the dough was great and easy to handle. I even managed to get it to rise which I haven’t with my other GF experiments. Coeliac hubby really enjoyed the pizzas.
Vicki Montague says
Oh I’m so pleased Kate. It’s a good one isn’t it? And so simple!