When I first heard of Cauliflower Pizza, two thoughts came to my mind, the first being that it sounds impossible to make cauliflower into pizza, and the second being that there is no way that this could taste good. I was wrong on both counts! Turning cauliflower into pizza dough proved to be pretty easy and it tasted so much like real pizza, it was delicious! I will be making this recipe again and I plan to experiment with the toppings and the sauces. Enjoy and let me know what you think!
Ingredients
- Pizza:
- 2 cups uncooked frozen cauliflower (you can use fresh, but I used frozen)
- 1 cup reduced-fat Mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup fat-free Mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup Turkey Pepperoni
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp Oregano
- 1 tsp Basil
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp salt
- Sauce:
- 6 ounce tomato paste
- 6 ounce water
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp basil
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp Splenda
Instructions
- Pizza:
- Preheat Oven to 450 degrees.
- Microwave cauliflower for 8-10 minutes until cooked through.
- Place cauliflower in a food processor and pulse until it is like the consistency of rice.
- Make sure to not over pulse as it will be harder to spread.
- Place cauliflower on a paper towel and let the paper towel draw up any remaining moisture.
- In a small bowl mix reduced-fat cheese and fat-free cheese together.
- Set 1 cup of cheese mixture aside to be used as topping for pizza.
- In a medium size bowl mix pulsed cauliflower, 1 cup of cheese, and egg together.
- Add in Oregano, Basil, Garlic Powder, and salt to cauliflower and cheese mixture.
- Mix well and make sure all of the cheese has melted.
- Place a piece of parchment paper onto a pizza pan.
- Heavily coat parchment paper with non-stick cooking spray.
- You can not use aluminum foil or wax paper as the cauliflower will stick to pan.
- Spread cauliflower onto parchment paper. I
- start by spooning large amounts of cauliflower on the outside of the pan and working my way to the inside.
- Make sure to spread the cauliflower mixture as thin as possible.
- You now have your pizza dough.
- Bake the dough in oven for 20-22 minutes until the dough is golden brown and bubbly.
- Remove crust from the oven and turn oven onto Broil.
- Sauce:
- Mix all ingredients in a medium size bowl using a whisk or spoon.
- Refrigerate sauce for 10-15 minutes before using to allow ingredients to blend.
- Freeze or refrigerate extra sauce for future use.
Nutrition Info and Tips
Nutrition Info: Serivings: 6 - Amount Per Serving (1 Slice) - Calories: 173, Fat: 6.9g, Fiber: 1.6g, Sugars: 2.1g, Protein: 18.9g, WWP: 4
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I CAN’T WAIT to try this. Thanks so much for posting.
I want to make this! Can we bake it in the oven instead of broiling it?
thanks for sharing this recipe. I’ve seen cauliflower pizza crust before and have been meaning to try it. I’m confused on your instuctions in step 6. what do you mean until the cheese is melted? does it melt in the blender?? what if you don’t have access to a blend or food processor, do you suggest another alternative??
My girls are 4 and 6 and they LOVED it. They actually ate the crust. They never, ever eat the crust with pizza. They just eat the toppings off, My hubby does not like the taste of cauliflower and he ate this pizza up and told me that I am not to make another flour crust pizza, which makes me super happy, since I have a newly found gluten allergy. This pizza ROCKS.
My boyfriend surprised me with this tonight since I am getting back in my health kick!!! He did very well. It was delicious!! The only problem we had was the crust falling apart. Do you have any suggestions to make it stick together more, or harden it up? Thanks! We will be making this for our friends this Sunday
This recipe was awesome! Loved the turkey pepperoni! Although I too would like to know if there’s a way to make it stick together better, or make the crust harder?
So glad that you liked it! Regarding your question…try to roll the dough out as thin as possible and maybe bake 3-4 minutes longer to make it a little bit crispier!
This is a great recipe! I did change it up just a bit, but that’s kinda what I do…I even blogged about it!! Thanks for a great idea!! http://blog-diggidy.com/index.php/2013/01/cauliflower-crust-pizza/
I just made this and something I should have done was kept the crust THIN. My pan wasn’t big enough to spread it really thin, so I thought it wouldn’t be a big deal. While still tasty, the crust was still a bit mushy after over 35 minutes in the oven. Thank you for the recipe- I can’t wait to try this again.