Quinoa Pizza Crust
Did you know you can make a pizza crust out of quinoa flour? It’s true! Whether you’re looking for a gluten free crust recipe or you just want to find a new way to use quinoa flour, this is a unique recipe to try!
This recipe is the perfect example of what happens when I “make do” with what I have on hand. I was still trying to follow the Tone It Up plan and was looking for an alternative type of pizza crust that would be meal-plan-approved. I thought maybe a socca pizza crust, made with chickpea flour would be a good idea. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any chickpea flour at the grocery store, so I started brainstorming other ideas. I decided if it worked with chickpea flour, why not quinoa flour? And thus, a quinoa pizza crust was born.
What I love about this crust is that you can make it thin and crispy. Oh, and you can top it with anything your heart desires. Keep in mind, you need quinoa flour, not just quinoa. I bought a bag of Bob’s Red Mill, and it was a little on the pricy side, but worth it, in my opinion. Plus, this recipe is vegan and gluten free.
Make sure you bake it until it gets crispy! I like it when the edges have a little crunch.
After that, you can top it with your remaining ingredients. I used tomato sauce and shredded mozzarella cheese. Bake for another 10-15 minutes, depending on your toppings.
The crust itself didn’t have a super-strong flavor (so I’d definitely add in those spices) but it was a great base for the rest of the ingredients. There are definitely lots of options for customizing here.
If you want to learn more about quinoa flour and find other ways to use it, check out this post about quinoa flour! You can even make quinoa flour cookies!
PrintQuinoa Pizza Crust
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 20 mins
- Yield: 2 Crusts 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Gluten Free
Description
Did you know you can make a pizza crust out of quinoa flour? It’s true! Whether you’re looking for a gluten free crust recipe or you just want to find a new way to use quinoa flour, this is a unique recipe to try!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups quinoa flour
- 1/4 cup of oat flour* or gluten-free flour
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian spices (I use a blend of oregano, garlic, and crushed red pepper)
- 1/2 cup warm water (you might need up to 2/3 cup of water but start small!)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Toppings of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
- Combine the quinoa flour and oat flour, then add in salt and spices.
- Add warm water and olive oil.
- Your mixture will be a little lumpy, and you may need to use your hands to mix it all.
- Spray a baking sheet or pizza stone with olive oil (or just coat it with a paper towel dipped in olive oil) and bake at 375 for about 10 minutes, or until the edges start to brown.
- Add toppings and put it back into the oven until your toppings are cooked!
Notes
I didn’t have oat flour, per say, but I tossed about 1/3 cup rolled oats into my food processor until they turned to flour.
Looking for more ways to use quinoa flour? Try these quinoa flour cookies!
What would you put on top of this quinoa crust?
I am so, so glad that you shared this recipe. I have been looking forward to it! I would love to make this pizza crust and top it with TONS of roasted veggies :).
I am loving this pizza crust. I’ve bought quinoa flour recently and have been experimenting using it in different things. On this pizza crust I’d have mushrooms, artichokes, olives and nutritional yeast cheese sauce. Yum!
Ohh that sounds amazing!!
Made this last night, turned out great! Thanks for sharing 🙂 I am also doing the 7DSD by Tone It Up! It’s hard to follow it exactly but with little substitutions like this, it’s much easier!
I’m so glad!! That’s awesome!! Good luck on the rest of the plan! 🙂
Made this last night, turned out great! Thanks for sharing 🙂
oh this looks really good!! I’m totally bookmarking the link to the two ingredient pizza crust too
Awesome! I hope you enjoy it!
I’ve never used quinoa flour before but it looks like it makes a perfect pizza crust. Great recipe!
Mmmmm, I like anything “pizza” related! Happy Friday
Amazing. Thanks for sharing, Liz!
I’ve made pizza crust before with quinoa flour and it turned out amazing! I’ve also made chocolate cake with it!
Amazing! Have so much fun in Austin!!