Gluten Free Entertaining! Pizza Party

The biggest issue for me eating GF is the inconvenience to those around me.  I find it almost embarrassing to reveal this little issue and am always looking for ways to live in a way that doesn't make a big deal of it.

Obviously, dinner parties are a problem. I don't want to serve my friends gluten-free food that might not be up to snuff with it's gluten laden counterparts, but I'd like to eat, too!

SOLUTION- Pizza party!

I made my own GF pizza crust and then we had pre-made regular pizza dough.  I wanted to make Gluten Free Girl's recipe, but was in a rush and just couldn't source the flours.  I went with King Arthur's mix which was fine.  A little too "fluffy" but flavor wise not too bad, just a little dull which is a bad combination when it's that fluffy.  But at least I didn't feel left out.

All of my guests brought toppings: red sauce, pesto, mozzarella, sausage, salami, arugula, mushrooms, olives, peppers, onions, you get the idea.  We assembled each pie on tinfoil, then cooked them on my new purchase, the AMAZING Mario Batali pizza maker from Crate and Barrel.  Pump the oven to 500 degrees, put the pizza still on the greased tinfoil onto the cast iron pan and cook for ~9 mins.

My pizza pan! Love! crateandbarrel.com

My first finished gluten-free pizza!  The Batali pizza maker ensure you don't have to pre-cook the dough, just top the raw pizza with your delicious choices and throw it in the oven and out pops a crisp pizza.  I will be researching a better/thinner dough for future attempts but in general I am pleased as punch.