More than a century ago, my husband’s great-grandmother from Italy would make pizza fritelle. She passed down the tradition to her daughter who would make them, and so on. You get the picture. This tradition was passed on from generation to generation. Every Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter we would look forward to Grandma’s pizza fritelle.
Then we found out that my husband and 2 sons had non-celiac gluten sensitivity. It was so sad that they could not indulge in this special treat anymore.
I was determined to recreate a gluten free version of pizza frittelle.
We’ll add raisins and lemon zest to our dough. Here’s how to zest your lemon. A lot of the flavor of the lemon is in the peel so with a microplane, grate only the outer layer of the skin, rotating the lemon for just the zest and not the white pith which can be bitter.
Some foods are good for you and some foods just taste good. These gluten free pizza fritelle are awesome.
Gluten Free Pizza Fritelle
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of water
- 3 tablespoons organic butter
- pinch of salt
- 3/4 cup Bob's Red Mill gluten free all purpose baking flour
- 1/2 cup organic raisins
- 3 organic eggs
- zest of one organic lemon
- gluten free powdered sugar
- olive oil for frying
Instructions
- Bring water to a boil with the butter and a pinch of salt. Add the flour, stirring into a nice warm dough. Cook on low for 5 minutes. Then let cool about 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, scrub the lemon with a vegetable brush. A lot of the flavor of the lemon is in the peel so with a microplane, grate only the outer layer of the skin, rotating the lemon for just the zest and not the white pith which can be bitter. If you don't have a microplane, you may use a regular grater.
- Next, combine dough and eggs in a mixing bowl and beat for 1 minute. Then stir in raisins and lemon zest.
- Fry the dough, a tablespoon at a time in hot oil (about 350℉) in a deep pot until golden. (The dough should sink a little and then rise to the top. If they do not sink at all, the oil is too hot. Also, the oil should definitely not be smoking.)
- With a spider spoon, lift out of the oil and drain the pizza fritelle on a paper towel. Dust with powdered sugar and serve.
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Miriam Slozberg (@msmir) says
July 17, 2013 at 12:03 amYum that looks really good. Gluten free is the way to go these days so having this great pizza recipe on hand would be a huge asset to many! Thanks for sharing.
Barbara says
July 20, 2013 at 2:10 amThank you for your encouraging comments.
Tiffany DeOs says
July 17, 2013 at 12:31 amYou get wife of the year award! 🙂
Tiffany
http://thecraftyhome.net
Barbara says
July 20, 2013 at 2:09 amHa ha. Thanks, Tiffany.
He was thrilled when I surprised him with these pizza fritelle.
Jewel Williams says
November 27, 2013 at 3:58 amI agree with Tiffany! This is truly loving and a really wonderful wife and mother. This recipe sounds really really great! I am missing only one ingredient, gluten free powdered sugar. May have to make this week!