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This Gluten-Free Dill Pickle Pizza recipe is a faithful copycat recipe for MaiPai's award winning Secret Pickle Pizza - A fantastic pizza!<\/p>\n

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So, since \u201cdiscovering\u201d Caputo flour (no relationship to declare, I\u2019m just a fan!), I\u2019ve been posting a few recipes for the pizzas I like to make with it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been having a TON of fun, now that proper homemade pizza dough is back on the table. I started with Gluten Free Detroit Style Pizza<\/a> and Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix<\/a>, and - more recently - shared my Gluten Free Stuffed Crust Pizza<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Today I have a GREAT addition to that collection - a unique pizza that\u2019s perfect for my fellow dill pickle lovers: Homemade Secret Pickle Pizza!<\/p>\n

Never heard of Secret Pickle Pizza? You\u2019re missing out - it\u2019s one of the most popular offerings at Maipai<\/a>, an award-winning pizzeria and Tiki bar here in Hamilton.<\/p>\n

All their pizzas as done Detroit style, with a thicker crust, and the pizza toppings resting on top of the cheese. They\u2019re the first place I\u2019ve been to that offers gluten free pizza SO good, that I suspect someone traded their soul along the way!<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret Pickle has been my favourite ever since we started going there: Mozzarella\/Brick Cheese, Dill Pickles, Bacon, Roasted Garlic Aioli, and Fresh Dill.<\/p>\n

The thing is, it\u2019s been getting harder and harder to order. I\u2019m glad they\u2019re popular, but ... damn.<\/p>\n

So, now that I\u2019ve got a great crust nailed down, I decided to recreate it... mostly. I probably use more bacon, and there\u2019s a full 6 bulbs of roasted garlic in my version, between the creamy garlic sauce, and just straight up roasted garlic cloves as topping.<\/p>\n

Sure, it\u2019s a bit of work... but for the great flavour and texture of this pizza, a little bit of work is absolutely worth it, IMHO.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll keep trying to get an order in from time to time (and you should too, if you\u2019re local!), but when I can\u2019t... Now I can have a really great homemade version.<\/p>\n

... I just have to plan ahead!<\/p>\n

Anyway, let\u2019s look at what you\u2019ll need for making this Secret Pickle Pizza recipe yourself!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ingredients<\/h2>\n

With one exception, this recipe uses pretty simple ingredients, you shouldn\u2019t have a problem finding almost everything you need most larger grocery stores.<\/p>\n

As always, I have some ingredient notes for you:<\/p>\n

Caputo Fioreglut Flour<\/h4>\n

If you\u2019ve been following this blog - or, before it, my gluten free cookbooks - for a while, you know that I am *vehemently* anti-all purpose gluten free flour mixes.<\/p>\n

Just due to the way different flours have different flavours and properties, you\u2019re WAY better off using ingredients individually, in ratios specific to whatever you want the flour to do.<\/p>\n

I was skeptical of the Caputo flour at first, but between the amazing reviews, and my STRONG suspicion that it was what our favourite local pizza place was using... it was definitely something I was willing to try.<\/p>\n

Caputo Gluten Free Flour<\/a> is a blend of gluten-free wheat starch, dextrose, maize starch, buckwheat flour, rice starch, psyllium seed fibre, thickener, guar, and flavouring.<\/p>\n

So, if you\u2019re allergic to *wheat*, this may not be a great option for you... though apparently it\u2019s safe for anyone else on a gluten-free diet - even for celiacs!<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019ve got to say, this stuff made the absolute most beautiful gluten-free pizza dough I\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

... and I\u2019ve made a LOT of gluten-free doughs over the years! Once I had it kneaded together, it looked and behaved like regular pizza dough.
\nThe only way, visually, that you could see a difference was that the inside was more white than the inside of a non gf pizza crust.<\/p>\n

As a note, though - you\u2019re going to want to look at this as being a gluten free bread flour, specifically. While it\u2019s great at breads and bread based recipes like homemade gluten-free pizza crust, I hear it\u2019s not great at things like cookies, cakes, etc.<\/p>\n

We bought our first bag on Amazon - spendy, but worth it! - but then found a local import grocery store that carried it at a much lower price. SCORE! Check your local Italian grocers, you may find similar deals.<\/p>\n

As always, this recipe is *highly* unlikely to work if you substitute any other kind of gf flour for the Caputo Fioreglut Gluten-Free Flour. <\/p>\n

All gf flour mixes behave differently, based on their content - and that goes at LEAST double for this recipe, on account of the wheat starch involved.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mozzarella Cheese<\/h4>\n

Aim to use a low-moisture mozzarella chese, or \u201cPizza Mozzarella\u201d. <\/p>\n

Dill Pickles<\/p>\n

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We use regular dill pickles on this dill pickle pizza, just whatever we have on hand. These are usually garlic dill pickles, kosher dill pickles, or Polskie Ogorki Pickles (Polish Dill Pickles).<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re into spicy dill pickles, I bet they\u2019d work great! So would my Homemade Dill Pickles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

... if you\u2019re into sweet pickles, just don\u2019t tell me about it, LOL. To each their own?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Everything Else<\/h4>\n

Rounding out this recipe, you will need:<\/p>\n

Cooking Spray (I use olive oil spray)
\nExtra Virgin Olive Oil
\nFresh Garlic Bulbs
\nGranulated Sugar
\nActive Dry Yeast
\nThick-Cut Bacon
\nBaking Powder
\nMayonnaise
\nFresh Dill
\nSalt<\/p>\n

... I just don\u2019t have anything to add, as far as these last few ingredients go.<\/p><\/div>\n

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