You are eating a ton of vegetables and you wouldn’t even know. I imagine this is the kind of thing moms get really geeked about feeding to their kids.
Cauliflower Pizza Crust
Serves 2-3
1 head of cauliflower
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 egg
1 teaspoon dried oregeno
1 teaspoon garlic salt
Olive oil
Pizza sauce
Additional mozzarella, and your choice of toppings
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Remove leaves and stalks from cauliflower and pulse in a food processor until it looks like grain.
If you do not have a food processor, you can use a blender or cheese grater. These options take much longer, but the persistent will succeed. Microwave for 8 minutes. (No need to add water!)
Mix one cup of the cauliflower with the egg, mozzarella, garlic salt, and oregano.
Form the dough into a circle on a non-stick baking sheet. Brush olive oil over crust. Bake in oven for 15 minutes. Add sauce and toppings and broil on high for about 3 minutes, or until cheese in melted. Remember, if you are using meat toppings they should be pre-cooked, since they will only be broiled for the time it takes the cheese to melt.
- 1 head of cauliflower
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon dried oregeno
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- Olive oil
- Pizza sauce
- Additional mozzarella, and your choice of toppings
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Remove leaves and stalks from cauliflower and pulse in a food processor until it looks like grain.
- Microwave for 8 minutes. (No need to add water!)
- Mix one cup of the cauliflower with the egg, mozzarella, garlic salt, and oregano.
- Form the dough into a circle on a non-stick baking sheet. Brush olive oil over crust.
- Bake in oven for 15 minutes.
- Add sauce and toppings and broil on high for about 3 minutes, or until cheese in melted. Remember, if you are using meat toppings they should be pre-cooked, since they will only be broiled for the time it takes the cheese to melt.
Recipe modified from Eat. Drink. Smile.
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I made this tonight and it was incredible. I didn’t turn out perfect, so I do need to work a bit more on it, but I was very impressed. Even my husband said that if we could get it to set up and eat like a pizza you could feed it to the kids and they would never know. They are teenagers and adventuresome, and wouldn’t care, but they still wouldn’t know.
That’s great to hear. Thanks for writing!
What if I don’t have a microwave. Best way to soften up the cauliflower without one?
I’d try the stove top.
I made this last night and it tasted delicious however the crust did not stick together in the least! I dont know what I did wrong! I was a little confused about needing a whole head of cauliflower and then it said to only add 1 cup of it to the mix. I ended up using all the pureed cauliflower because one cup did not seem like enough. Any tips for next time?
Glad to hear it tasted yummy. If you use the entire head, it throws of the ratio, so there’s not enough cheese, egg, and oil to hold together more cauliflower.
Would vegan mozzerrella work?
Yes!
Would this work with low fat or fat free mozzarella? Or does using the cauliflower lower the calorie count enough to justify the cheese?
Absolutely! In fact, I think that may even been what I used. But, I can also support the calorie splurge too!
What a good idea! I’ve tried cauliflower “mashed potatoes” and “mac and cheese”, but never pizza crust. Have to try this.
Those are great ideas. I am intrigued.
The recipe for the mac and cheese I used was Jamie Oliver’s Cauliflower Mac and Cheese. It was fantastic! I presume you could take out even more of the noodles and substitute for more cauliflower, as the recipe uses both.