Pizza Base Mix

Now you can create delicious thin crust Neapolitan-style gluten and wheat free pizzas, which taste just like the real thing!

PRICE: £2.95 per 300g pack

Makes 4 pizza bases of approximately 20cm diameter. Pack contains 2 sachets.

Allergy information: Contains Milk
Shelf life: 24 months

Isabel’s pizza mix makes a very pliable dough, which is nice to work with and easy to roll out using a rolling pin. And most of all it genuinely is really tasty!

Isabel developed the pizza mix with the help of a well-known Italian restaurant in Leeds.

“I received a call from Gip Dammone from Salvo’s, who was trying to find a gluten-free pizza that was just like mama used to make”.

Salvo’s is one of the top 5 pizzerias in the UK as voted by The Observer, and with the expertise of the Pizzaiolos at Salvo’s we developed a gluten & wheat free pizza base mix using only natural ingredients, for an authentic taste of Italy.

Buon appetito!

Preparation (click on an image below to enlarge and step through)

“We were able to help Salvo’s by using traditional Brazilian allergy free flours, and came up with a thin crust Neapolitan style pizza base that people genuinely can’t tell is gluten-free” explains Isabel.

Salvo’s, which has just been voted one of the top 10 places to eat pizza in the UK in March 2008 by The Times and the Square Meal Guide, is proud to be a gluten-free pioneer. Now this leading Italian restaurant can offer their customers who can’t tolerate gluten the holy grail of a chewy, crispy crust that tastes like pizza should. Salvo’s dedication to provide delicious Italian food and passion for great pizza has led them to tackle the problem of finding the perfect gluten-free pizza.

“We’ve spent over a year trying to develop a good gluten free pizza base” explains co-owner Gip Dammone. “We tried the mixes and frozen bases already on the market, but none came up to scratch.”

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Customer reviews

“ I would like to congratulate you on the wonderful product the Isabel’s, 'Pizza Base mix' my husband is a former pizzeria cheif he knows the art of a great Pizza and has mastered your mix to absolute perfection right through the preparation to the exact cooking process producing that thin crusty base enabling me to enjoy the perfect flavoursome Pizza which I have to say is arguably tastier together with the lovely texture than a conventional gluten based pizza – my diet is restricted due a gluten allergy I am diagnosed ‘Ceoliac’ such as when I discover a recipe to such perfection this is gastronomically refreshing and invigorating so therefore once again applause and congratulations to your team and crew at Isabel’s Cuisine. “ Very best, Sarah.

“ Yes its amazing - elastic and crispy. Use one sachet for two pizzas and roll thinly and press the sides to release air. Amazing product - the best gf invention for a long while. “ Ric

“ Hi, A few weeks ago I purchased some of your Cheese bread and Pizza base mixes. I have the cheese breads with soup and they are really good. They are also great the following day, I just pop them in a hot oven for a couple of minutes, and have them with ‘too much’ butter but hay.., I deserve it!
But I am really excited by the Pizza Base mix. I have only recently tried it and was really impressed when handling the dough.., it is just like dough made with wheat flour I can shape it in my hands, spin it in my hands an stretch it, its fantastic!
The pizza base mix also makes wonderful garlic bread. I make the dough as per the instructions but use one packet to make a single large ‘bread’ about 33 cm diameter. It is very thin, about 1 - 2mm thick, and I shape it so that it has a thicker crust around the edge. I place it on a flat circular steel pizza tray that has 40 evenly spaced 1cm holes in it. I then mix together a couple of teaspoons of crushed garlic and about the same amount of olive oil and a little dried oregano and brush this onto the dough leaving about a 2-3 cm space around the edge.
I put this into a hot fan oven at 180 0C and bake for about 25 – 30 mins. The edge puffs up and crisps perfectly and the centre has a ‘bubbly’ appearance. The base is nice and crunchy and can be cut into slices with a pizza wheel. My family had this garlic bread last night with some pasta (Mine was GF) that I made and my son, a pizza addict, said “Dad you shouldn’t be eating this it’s got gluten in it’!
This dough is so different to any other GF dough I have made, in that it can be rolled out so thin and still can be ‘handled’, that I am seriously thinking about trying to make ‘puff pastry’ with it! “ Roger George

“My husband is a Coeliac and misses his "normal tasting" pies and pastries. Although he gets a lot on prescription, eating out and at friends is a problem. We spent the weekend in Bath with our daughter last weekend and she had taken the trouble to buy some of your products on line. The pizza base was fantastic - her dad was MOST impressed - as were the non-coeliac amongst us! The cheese bites were to die for, and the other guests ate them so quickly that we had to save a couple for my husband, who was cooking the BBQ food! Fabulous!” Valerie and John Tucker

“I would just like to say that the pizza bases were brilliant. Since then my girlfriend (she of the wheat intolerance) ordered about 5 or 6 boxes, because we love them that much. We just wanted to say thank you on top of that as you put a couple of packets of Cheese breads in there too. Not only is this excellent in terms of customer relations and generally a lovely touch but they were also fab. We served them at a BBQ recently and they went down extremely well.” Anthony Emery

“For people who are intolerant to wheat, this pizza mix is a gift from the gods. As an avid pizza fan I could hardly tell the difference between a normal one and Isabel’s pizza mix. And my Wife was in heaven when she had her first pizza for almost eight years.” Garry Lawrie from Adesso Ristorante Italiano

“Due to increasing awareness of celiac disease and overwhelming requests from our customers we researched the available options for a gluten and wheat free pizza dough mix. Here at Fratellis quality of ingredients is essential and we tried numerous flour mixes to no avail, non came close to our standard flour mix. Then we were told about the Isabel’s Cuisine mix, Isabel was extremely helpful and the mix is truly amazing. We now are proud to offer all customers new and existing a fantastic alternative with our gluten free Pizza and the response has been nothing short of amazing.” Martin Bunce from Fratellis Pizzeria - now Atomic Pizzas!

“just LOVE your pizza base mix; it's the best I've ever tasted!” Claire

“Thin and Crispy Gluten Free Pizza - Yes really! Thanks to the new Pizza Base Mix from Isabel’s Cuisine. This mix was developed by Isabel Gordon in conjunction with Salvos Italian Restaurant in Leeds. We tried it for the first time last week, it was really easy to mix and what's more it stayed in one piece when we rolled it out. You can then pop it straight in the oven, no need to leave it to rise, for about 20 mins then add your topping and cook for another 5 minutes. We added an egg, but if you have an allergy to eggs you can always use the Orgran Natural Egg Replacer. For our topping we used Meridian Organic Tomato and Herb Pasta Sauce, a few olives, sliced tomato and grated cheese. Of course if you wanted to spice things up a bit you could use the Chilli Sauce instead!” Helen

“My daughter is 17 and diagnosed with coeliacs for only 15 months. This pizza base is the first 'normal' tasting GF food she has had. She said it was so much like normal pizza she totally forgot it was GF - in fact she even asked me to double check the box to confirm it was okay!! praise indeed!!!!” GF mummy!

“I met you in Penrith at the food fair where I purchased your pizza base. My husband has to have a gluten free diet. We've hunted for a good pizza base for a long time. Paul says your product is the best he's tried and probably better than a 'normal' (wheat) pizza! Thank you Perhaps we can persuade a local shop to stock your products?” Sheena

“Dear Isabel, I'm inspired to write to say thank you for the best tasting gluten-free pizza base I have ever tasted! It has such a good texture and is chewy - just like it should be and like I remember it before being coeliac. What a treat and thanks again. When you follow a gluten-free diet you miss so many tastes, textures and flavours from before, good pizza is something I had trained myself not to expect to eat again...but now I am sure I will be trying out lots of different toppings. Getting variety into the diet is a problem so its good news when new products that are this good come onto the market.” Sharon from Leeds

“My husband has recently been diagnosed as coeliac and was disappointed at the bland pizza bases available. Your pizza mix is easy to make and is delicious - I now enjoy them with him and no longer buy separate pizzas for myself. Also, the cheesebreads are easy and delicious.” Elaine Moorby