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Recipe Connection: Grain-Free Tomato Pizza Tortillas

October 10, 2013 (UPDATED: August 21, 2019) by Katie Kimball @ Kitchen Stewardship 11 Comments

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grain free tomato pizza tortillas

Grain-free baking isn’t always the easiest or tastiest.

We’ve made almond flour chocolate chip cookies that were better than the wheat originals, coconut flour muffins that are moist and delicious, and Paleo banana bread that’s to die for…but we’ve also had some definite flops in our experimenting over the last three years.

Grain-free tortillas are somewhere in the middle.

Homemade tortillas of any kind are a bit time-consuming, and sometimes even the gadgets that are supposed to make life easier…just don’t. With grain-free tortillas, there are a few hurdles to get over:

  1. Some weird ingredients you might not have on hand. It took me months between finding the original recipe that I adapted and actually getting all the schtuff for it.
  2. Very crumbly dough that is hard to roll out and move. Thou must own a thin metal spatula, otherwise, don’t bother.
  3. A final product that is not quite as flexible and pliable as wheat tortillas…it’s missing the gluten.

The silver lining? Truly incredible quesadillas, no grains involved.

grain free tomato tortillas quesadillas

For me, it’s worth it to make occasional grain-free tortillas when we’re definitely trying to avoid grains 100% for whatever reason. I’m glad I know how to make them (but I still prefer the taste of the whole wheat tortilla recipe I shared earlier this week).

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Grain-Free Tomato Pizza Tortillas

  • Author: Katie Kimball
  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Cook Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 30 mins
  • Yield: 16 1x
  • Category: Bread
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Ingredients

  • 3 Tbs. whole psyllium husks
  • 1/2 c. hot water
  • 1/2 c. arrowroot starch
  • 3 c. packed almond flour
  • 3 Tbs. coconut flour
  • 1 tsp. garlic powder
  • 2 tsp. pizza or Italian seasoning
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1/3 c. tomato sauce (or perhaps slightly less)
  • 3 Tbs. EVOO (use the code STEWARDSHIP for 10% off at that site!)

Instructions

  1. Measure hot water in a glass measuring cup and mix the psyllium husks in; allow to sit while you work on the rest. They will get very thick, nearly a solid. That’s expected.
  2. In a separate bowl or food processor, mix all the dry ingredients, then cut or process in the olive oil (use the code STEWARDSHIP for 10% off at that site!) and tomato sauce.
  3. Cut or process in the psyllium husk mixture, watching to see glimmering throughout to get the psyllium husk fully incorporated, then add water as necessary to help incorporate all the dry parts and avoid your tortillas being crumbly. Knead with your hands for 1-2 minutes.
  4. Divide dough into 16 equal balls.
  5. To roll:
  6. Place between two layers of flexible material – you might use parchment paper, wax paper, silicone mats, or a plastic, flexible cutting board. Lightly sprinkle arrowroot starch on the bottom surface, then put a bit on top of the ball of dough too. Not too much – but enough to prevent sticking.
  7. Flatten with the palm of your hand, roll from the center out, then rotate and repeat, rolling out to about 6” diameter.
  8. Use the flexibility of your surface along with gravity and perhaps your metal spatula to help you peel the circle of dough off and get it to your cooking surface.
  9. You may also be able to manage rolling out with nothing between your rolling pin and the dough, but you’ll need a very thin, sturdy metal spatula to scrape the tortilla-dough-circle off whatever surface you’re using. Keep them small; they’re a bit tricky to manage.
  10. To cook:
  11. In a cast iron pan, heavy-bottomed skillet, or best yet, a griddle of some sort, cook tortillas until very lightly browned on the bottom and dry-looking, then flip. On the stovetop, use medium-low to start. If they fall apart while flipping, you didn’t cook long enough. If they become brittle like a chip, you either cooked them too long or at too high of a temperature.
  12. I hesitate to give an exact time for cooking because it varies with temperature of the surface. I’ve cooked them for 30 seconds per side or 2 minutes, depending on how high my burner was on under my cast iron griddle. On medium low, it’s about 30 seconds. Just check for browning on the bottom edges.
  13. Store in an airtight container of some kind at room temperature for a day or in the refrigerator for 5-7 days. (Maybe longer…I’m not sure! They haven’t lasted that long here yet…)

Notes

* If the dough is sticky, they won’t behave well. Use arrowroot starch liberally on your surface by spreading it out with your hands. (Coconut flour (use the code STEWARDSHIP for 10% off at that site!) to roll makes the tortillas taste like coconuts because it’s right on the outside, so I wouldn’t recommend that.)

* These do NOT work on an electric tortilla press. They fall apart into a very thin top and bottom, even when the non-stick surface was slathered with grease.

* The tortillas are sturdier with coconut flour and roll a bit better, but if you don’t have coconut flour, they’ll still work fine without it.

* Try other add-ins, like roasted red peppers, garlic, spinach, and zucchini.

* Try adding some grated Parmesan cheese, both for flavor and stick-together-ness.

* Serve with pizza sauce and cheese, fried on the same surface you cook your tortillas on.

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The Process in Pictures

Seeing is believing. Here’s how to do it:

Place between two layers of flexible material – you might use parchment paper, wax paper, silicone mats, or a plastic, flexible cutting board. (Below I’m using a flexible plastic cutting board on the bottom and a silicone mat on the top.)

making grain free almond flour tortillas

Lightly sprinkle arrowroot starch on the bottom surface, then put a bit on top of the ball of dough too. Not too much – but enough to prevent sticking.

making grain free almond flour tortillas

Flatten with the palm of your hand, roll from the center out, then rotate and repeat, rolling out to about 6” diameter.

making grain free almond flour tortillas

Use the flexibility of your surface along with gravity and perhaps your metal spatula to help you peel the circle of dough off and get it to your cooking surface.

making grain free almond flour tortillas

In a cast iron pan, heavy-bottomed skillet, or best yet, a griddle of some sort, cook tortillas until very lightly browned on the bottom and dry-looking, then flip. This is the griddle I have, from our sponsor Mighty Nest.

making grain free almond flour tortillas

On the stovetop, use medium-low to start. If they fall apart while flipping, you didn’t cook long enough. If they become brittle like a chip, you either cooked them too long or at too high of a temperature.

Once the tortillas are done, you can make quick quesadillas or open pizzas on the same surface. Mmmmm…quesadillas are perfect for yesterday’s Fajita Soup Recipe.

grain free tomato tortillas quesadillas

You can find the plain tortillas in my latest eBook, The Healthy Lunch Box, and they’re both a spin-off of this spinach recipe, which wasn’t quite soft enough for me. I added fat and coconut flour, mmmm….

making grain free almond flour tortillas

I like working in the kitchen with my daughter, and as long as I had the dough stuck fast between things, it was fine (trying to roll with just the rolling pin was a little stressful; I wouldn’t recommend it).

grain free spinach tortillas

Other Grain-free Resources:

  • Tips for starting an elimination diet
  • The “how-to” of getting started, especially with kids
  • Simple grain-free rookie ideas (the opposite of this tortilla recipe)
  • Bread-free packable alternatives to sandwiches
  • Grain-free recipes round-up
  • The best almond flour & can you use almond “meal” for recipes?
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11 Bites of Conversation So Far

  1. Amy Rettberg says

    November 16, 2013 at 2:52 pm

    What would you use instead of pizza sauce? No nightshades for me.

    Amy in SC

    Reply
    • Katie Kimball @ Kitchen Stewardship says

      November 18, 2013 at 12:56 am

      Amy,
      I’d just skip it and increase the water slightly, but not by the full amount. Or puree spinach! 🙂 Katie

      Reply
  2. Stacy Makes Cents says

    October 10, 2013 at 2:24 pm

    Yay for psyllium!!!!

    Reply
    • Helen @ Kitchen Stewardship says

      October 10, 2013 at 11:19 pm

      So…not to hijack Katie’s comments but…do you think there is any way I could use the psyllium powder in this recipe? I tried making the THM egg white wraps and just…gross. I know I saw you make them on instagram and mine looked nothing like yours. I don’t want to waste the bottle!

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      • Stacy Makes Cents says

        October 11, 2013 at 5:55 am

        Yes, you can use them…but the ratio is way different. You’ll have to play around with it a bit to get the texture right. You need WAY less of the powder than the husks. Maria Emmerich uses a lot of psyllium husk powder so you might check out her blog. 🙂

        Reply
    • Katie Kimball @ Kitchen Stewardship says

      October 12, 2013 at 1:10 pm

      Not every day someone cheer this around me…why so “yay?” Psyllium was actually one of those weird ingredients that scared me away from many grain-free recipes for a long time because I didn’t know what kind to buy… 😉 Katie

      Reply
      • Stacy Makes Cents says

        October 12, 2013 at 8:59 pm

        It’s a good thickener – and it gives body to recipes that are GF. It can take the place of xanthan.

        Reply
  3. Teresa Novak says

    October 10, 2013 at 10:54 am

    I see lard mentioned in the instructions, but not the ingredients list. Does the EVOO replace the lard from a previous version of this recipe?

    I also did not see where the tomato sauce is added. I’m guessing before the water.

    Reply
    • Heidi says

      October 11, 2013 at 2:32 pm

      My same question, Teresa! How much lard??

      Reply
      • Katie Kimball @ Kitchen Stewardship says

        October 12, 2013 at 1:09 pm

        Heidi,
        I mistakenly copied my directions for the plain grain-free tortillas from the lunch box book, forgetting the changes in the type of fat! Sorry about that – I updated it now. The lard is only in the plain torts. 🙂 Katie

        Reply
    • Katie Kimball @ Kitchen Stewardship says

      October 12, 2013 at 1:10 pm

      Teresa,
      Whoops! Good catch!! I mistakenly copied my directions for the plain grain-free tortillas from the lunch box book, forgetting the changes in the type of fat! Sorry about that – I updated it now. The lard is only in the plain torts. Thanks for your help! 🙂 Katie

      Reply

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