Cauliflower Crust Pizza
Cauliflower crust pizza has been on my radar for some time. You think, say what? Cauliflower Crust Pizza, say it isn’t so. I have seen this all over the internet and Pinterest and decided to dive in. Yes dive into to making my first Cauliflower Crust Pizza. Pizza is our favorite food. We like garbage pizza. I mean everything is added. If we go out for date night on a Friday we may get take out since I had to many cocktails to feel like cooking. But our favorite pizza is homemade.
Not the best picture with white on white. I washed and dried a whole head of Cauliflower and placed it in a food processor. Pulsed it a few times until it looks like rice. This turns out to be about 2 1/2 cups. The next thing we are going to do is steam our Cauliflower. I do not have a microwave I know, weird, right? Steam it for about 4 minutes until it is soft. Then you’re going to let it cool. Next we are going to wring out the water.
After ringing out the water I am going to start mixing in the cheese and egg.
I am using 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese and a 1/4 a cup of mozzarella cheese. The additional cheese will be our topping. I am also adding in one egg beaten. A few pinches of sea salt and two tablespoons of Italian seasoning. Mix your ingredients. Now grab your parchment paper and line your baking sheet. Roll your Cauliflower crust pizza dough onto the pan and use your fingers to form your crust.
Look how pretty my Cauliflower Crust looks. The nice thing when making this crust is No Mess! I didn’t have crust stuck to my fingers or under my nails. Oh, I added crushed black pepper and rosemary too. Now we are going to bake it for about 8-12 minutes, depending on your oven until it is a light golden brown, from there we are going to top it with sauce and your ingredients. Then put it back in the oven and bake the vegetables and cheese until it is a beautiful golden brown. Here I added fennel seeds over the cheese.
We were drooling already. The crust came out a nice golden brown. The texture looks like it would hold all of our ingredients. My son was on his way over to visit so we were excited to share this pizza with him.. He is a health nut 🙂 We topped it with turkey sausage, turkey pepperoni, fresh tomatoes, red peppers, red sweet onions, mushrooms and banana peppers. We used an organic pizza sauce from Whole Foods and mozzarella cheese as our topping. Of course use whatever you like. We baked it an additional 12 minutes at 425 degrees.
Cauliflower crust pizza is a great substitute for a white or wheat flour pizza. It is chalk full of important vitamins as well.
45 minTotal Time
Save RecipeIngredients
- 1 small to medium sized head of cauliflower - You will want about 2 /12 cups once you put it through the processor.
- Couple pinches of sea salt.
- 2 tablespoons of italian seasoning.
- 1 tablespoon of fennel
- 2 teaspoons of rosemary
- 1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese (For crust)
- 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese (For crust)
- 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese for topping the pizza
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Pre Heat the oven to 425 degrees
- Wash and dry your cauliflower
- Cut into small pieces, get rid of the stem.
- Steam your cauliflower until soft
- Place in a food processor and pulse it until it looks like the size of rice.
- Let it cool.
- Now place it in a kitchen towel and wring it until you get all the liquid out.
- Place it in a bowl and mix your egg, seasoning and cheese's until you get a nice consistency.
- Lay down your parchment paper and use your fingers to form a nice rounded crust.
- Place in the oven at 4250 degrees and bake for approximately 8-12 minutes until the crust is starting to get golden.
- Take out and layer it with your pizza sauce and ingredients. Top with your cheese and add some fennel on top
- Bake for an additional 8-15 minutes.
- You’re going to bake it until the cheese is a nice golden brown color.
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