brazil nut cheese & brazil nut flour pizza crust for a brazil nut pizza

In the past, I've normally separated complex recipes that require to be made in more than one recipe into more than one video but I don't have as much as time as I used to to make more than one video in iMovie. This pizza is essentially three recipes in one: the cheese, the crust, and the actual pizza. The only thing premade(but still paleo-friendly and organic) is the pizza sauce. :)

Since the 2016 Olympics is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this time, I decided to use the most Brazilian ingredient possible: Brazil nuts, which are also native to Venezuela, Colombia, eastern Peru, eastern Bolivia, and the Guianas.

I've read of the side effects of eating too many Brazil nuts in one sitting- bloating, vomiting, diarrhea, and even selenium poisoning! Maybe I shouldn't have told you that! But it's my duty to inform you of the unpleasant side effects of the ingredients I show you how to use. Personally(YMMV), I felt really full afterwards and had looser stools(if only they were of the kind you sit down on...), but that's about it.

I think this is the driest pizza I've ever made or had, but dryness can be overcome with either using tomato sauce as a dip or drizzling the pizza with olive oil.

Brazil nut cheese can be best described in these words: kind of like salty ricotta cheese with the crumbliness of feta cheese.

This may be one occasion where fresh herbs are better than the dried kind you can keep in your pantry for years- I think that's why the pizza was so dry. I just don't like to waste extra ingredients though. :(

Brazil nut flour looks exactly like Brazil nut cheese, oddly enough. Maybe the flour was made the same way- through a food processor...

Benefits of this pizza: grain-free, vegetarian, paleo-diet friendly. Sounds like the healthiest thing I've ever made on this channel- or the fattiest(but in good fats, not bad).

No, I haven't turned over a new leaf with my channel or my cooking! There are still plenty of unhealthy recipes yet to come!

HELPFUL LINKS:

Raw, shelled Brazil nuts: https://nuts.com/nuts/brazilnuts/organic.html

Brazil nut flour: http://www.sincerelynuts.com/nuts/brazil-nuts/brazil-nut-flour--

Here are the recipes:

Brazil Nut Cheese

For the cooking equipment:

A large bowl
Aluminum foil
A medium bowl
A colander
A food processor(sorry, Ziploc bags won't do the trick this time)
A clean kitchen towel
A baking tray
Parchment paper

For the cheese:

1 1/3 cups of raw, shelled Brazil nuts
Enough water to cover the Brazil nuts in the large bowl
An additional 1/4 cup of water
1/4 cup of lemon juice
3 tbsp. of olive oil
1 tsp. of salt
Garlic powder
2 tbsp. of basil(preferably fresh)
2 tbsp. of parsley(preferably fresh)
1 tbsp. of thyme(preferably fresh)
Black pepper
1 tbsp. of olive oil for drizzling on top of the cheese

1. Put the Brazil nuts in a large bowl. Pour enough water in the large bowl to cover the Brazil nuts(at least 2 cups, but probably more).
2. Cover aluminum foil over the top of the large bowl and let the nuts soak in the fridge overnight.
3. Drain the soaked nuts through a colander. Then put the soaked nuts into a medium bowl.
4. Put the Brazil nuts into the food processor, along with the additional 1/4 cup of water, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and garlic powder.
5. Put the lid on the food processor and process the nut mixture using the pulse setting. Pulse for 8 minutes or until the mixture is creamy. At some point, the mixture is going to stop moving around the food processor, so:

1. Unplug the food processor first!
2. Take the lid off the food processor.
3. Get a spoon and push the mixture that's hanging around the edges back towards the center of the food processor bowl.
4. Put the lid on the food processor, plug the food processor back in, and pulse again.

6. Clean your large bowl and put the kitchen towel over the large bowl.
7. Spoon the cheese mixture onto the lined kitchen towel. Watch out from falling blades from the food processor bowl!
8. Take the edges of the kitchen towel and twist them to form a cheese ball(if you don't know what I'm talking about, watch the video below).
9. Untwist the kitchen towel and put the cheese ball into the large bowl.
10. In a medium bowl, mix the basil, parsley, thyme, and black pepper together.
11. Put the mixed herbs into the large bowl with the cheese ball and coat the cheese ball in the herbs.
12. Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Put the cheese ball onto the lined baking tray.
13. Bake in a 300 degree Fahrenheit oven for 30 minutes. Check it often so it doesn't burn!
14. Drizzle with 1 tbsp. of olive oil. Serve with crackers or use for your pizza. Bon appetit!

Brazil Nut Flour Crust

For the cooking equipment:

A large bowl
A small bowl
Parchment paper
A baking tray

For the crust:

2 cups of Brazil nut flour(see helpful link above)
1/2 tsp. of salt
1/4 tsp. of baking powder
Garlic powder
Black pepper
Oregano
2 beaten and whisked eggs
1 tbsp. of olive oil
1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese

1. Mix the first 5 ingredients in a large bowl.
2. Mix the beaten and whisked eggs with olive oil in a small bowl. Pour that mixture in with the dry ingredients that are in the large bowl.
3. Mix all ingredients in the large bowl together. If you want a cheesy crust, add the mozzarella cheese before mixing all the pizza crust ingredients together. Either way, mix until you get a cohesive dough.
4. Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Then pour the dough onto the parchment paper.
5. Flatten the dough with your hands as much as you can.
6. Bake in a 375 degree Fahrenheit oven for 12-15 minutes, or until the crust is golden.
7. Bon appetit!

Brazil Nut Pizza

For the cooking equipment:

Parchment paper
A baking tray

For the pizza:

Brazil Nut Flour Crust(see recipe above)
Brazil Nut cheese(see recipe above)
Pizza sauce
Tomato sauce for dipping the pizza(optional)
Olive oil to drizzle on the pizza(optional)

1. Put the Brazil Nut Flour Crust onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper, if it's not already there.
2. Pour pizza sauce onto the crust but make sure you leave 1 inch uncovered. This will serve as the crust for the pizza.
3. Pour as much Brazil nut cheese as you can on top of the sauce. There will be some cheese left over!
4. Bake in a 375 degree Fahrenheit oven for 12-15 minutes.
5. Serve with tomato sauce for dipping or olive oil for drizzling. Bon appetit!