This is a Gluten Free Quinoa Pizza Dough. If you don’t have a gluten allergy, substitutions are below.

Preheat the oven to 425F/220C.

Mix together all of the dry ingredients and the olive oil. Stir well to combine.

Mix together the water and vinegar.

Add most of the water-vinegar mixture to the flour mixture, and stir well. Trickle in the remaining water slowly – you may not need it to the last drop. Aim for a dough that is sticky, but still holds its shape.

To shape the base, oil a pizza tray or other baking dish. Lift the dough out of the mixing bowl and form it into a rough ball – oiling or wetting your hands in advance makes this step much easier! Put the dough ball in the pizza tray and press it down into a disk shape about 2/8 inches thick. If you want to keep your hands clean, cover the dough ball with a sheet of oiled baking paper and roll out with a rolling pin, then remove the baking paper. This quantity should make a 10 inch crust of average thickness, or larger if you roll it thinner.

Now all that remains is to top and cook the pizza! Of course all the fun of homemade pizza is in creating your own topping combinations, so this step is entirely up to you. For me, the extra flavour from the Quinoa means I can add flavorsome ingredients without the pizza seeming unbalanced – think fresh tomato, olives, red pepper and onion.

Once topped with sauce, cheese and other ingredients, cook on the middle shelf of your oven for between 10-15 minutes – look for the edges browning and the cheese on top bubbling.

Gluten free, fast... If you are in a hurry or don’t have ingredients on hand, replace the Cornflour, Tapioca, Potato starch and Xanthan with 1 1/2 cups of prepackaged gluten free flour mix.

Non gluten free… If gluten isn’t a problem for you, Quinoa is still a great addition to a standard dough. Replace the Cornflour, Tapioca and Potato starch and Xanthan with 1 cup of bakers flour. Replace the baking powder with one heaped teaspoon of yeast, and skip the vinegar which is only there to help the starches act a little more like wheat flour. Once the flour mixture and water has been mixed together, knead until smooth and allow the dough to rise in a warm place for 1-2 hours before use.

Credit: Wendy Polisi