A repost of a recipe by request.
Cauliflower Pizza Crust? Says who? Yes, it’s delicious. And what is even crazier is that you can’t even tell it’s Cauliflower. When we first made this pizza crust, I had to get it together before the 5 kids got home from school. I was on a diet and was trying to lower my carb intake, and knew I had to cut out pizza crust. I also knew that at least one of them would be totally fine with the idea of Cauliflower in her pizza crust, but I wasn’t convinced about the rest. And I’m 100% positive that my oldest daughter wouldn’t have touched it. But she loves pizza and I was focused on making sure she had no idea what I had made it with until AFTER she ate it.
Here’s the recipe:
Cauliflower Pizza Crust Recipe
- 1 c. cooked, riced cauliflower
- 2 egg whites
- 1 c. mozzarella cheese
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp. minced garlic
- 1/4 – 1/2 c. pizza sauce
- parmesan cheese, if desired
- pizza toppings
Don’t know how to rice cauliflower? Let me teach you the quick easy way.
I purchased a large head of cauliflower, brought it home – washed it thoroughly, and then patted it dry. I then chopped it into small bite size pieces and tossed them into my food processor and processed it until it was the size of rice. Like this:
After you’ve riced it, place it in a microwave safe dish and put it in there for about 7-8 minutes or so.
Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F
Grab a pizza pan and spray it with a non-stick spray. By the way, don’t be stingy with the spray. If you don’t use enough, that pizza will be difficult to get off the pan. Trust me on that.
In a medium bowl, combine the cauliflower, egg whites, mozzarella, oregano and garlic.
Press evenly in the pan. Push it down into all the corners making sure its stuck to itself pretty well. It will not be a pretty circle, but it won’t matter when you taste it, I promise.
Sprinkle with some parmesan cheese if you want some more flavor.
Bake at 450 degrees for 12-15 minutes. I strongly recommend checking it at about the 12 minute mark and then allow it too cook for remaining time if needed. This crust is not like a typical BREAD crust… it sometimes won’t stay together as well and will require a fork and a spoon, but I also know that once you taste it, you just won’t care. At all.
Remove the pan from the oven. Add your sauce, toppings and cheese.
Place under a broiler for about 30-60 seconds, just until the cheese is melted. Watch it carefully or it will burn.
I suck because I did not take a photo of the finished pizza when we made this because I was trying to keep it a secret from the kids. They’d have thought I was nuts photographing a pizza. Anyway, it looks amazing, it tastes amazing and guess what – my pickiest eater who in a million years would not pop a piece of cauliflower into her mouth – Ever, I swear she wouldn’t. AND she LOVES it. Yes. My kids request this all the time. All 5 of them. That’s how good it is. If I can convince at least 3 super picky eaters to eat this, and now they know what it is, you’ll be very happy you made the switch. It’s a little extra work, but it’s SO good you won’t care.
Let me know if you’ve tried this and what you thought of it. I’ll be making it again in a few weeks, and I will grab a picture of the finished pizza. Sorry ’bout that.
Okay, you’re ingredients list says “cooked”, riced cauliflower, but in your instructions, you said you washed it, chopped it and food processed it. Is the cooking part when it cooks in the oven for 12 minutes or is it supposed to be cooked before you mix it with the other ingredients and then press it into the pan?
And, do you think you could just use butter to grease the pan? My cooking stone is a stone and can’t be put under a broiler. I could probably just bake it longer couldn’t I?
Sorry for so many questions!! I want to try it, but don’t want to ruin it on my first try!
Thanks for posting it, Nicole!
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@Michelle, you did indeed catch one step that probably should have been put it in there. I added it up there, but you will need to microwave the cauliflower for several minutes to make it “cooked”.
I’m honestly not sure if butter will work to grease the pan – one time we made it I was out of cooking spray so I used Crisco and it did work but it was messy. LOL
I’m pretty sure you aren’t supposed to use a pizza stone for this particular crust. A pizza stone is for bread – I would use a cookie sheet. I would be a little worried about the crust not cooking correctly on a pizza stone, but then again I haven’t tried it so I’m not sure. I usually use a round pizza pan for mine, but we’ve made rectangular pizza a few times using just a regular cookie sheet.
And don’t you worry about asking questions, I’m only sorry I don’t have more answers.
Nicole Humphrey Cook recently posted..Cauliflower Pizza Crust Recipe
Never in a million years would I have thought to do this, but it sounds mighty tasty. And way to get picky kids to eat their veggies!
Kristen – SO good! And it will trick them – they won’t know what you did to it. And all you have to do is say you made your own crust.
Nicole Humphrey Cook recently posted..Cauliflower Pizza Crust Recipe
OMG I am SOOO trying this. Cauliflower is one of my top 5 favorite vegetables. I can actually sit down and eat a whole steamed cauliflower (with cajun spices, of course). I just had some as an afternoon snack
Thanks for sharing the recipe!
When preparing the cauliflower, do you only use the flower parts, or also the white stems? Thanks! Can’t wait to try this! My husband and I are on the South Beach diet and we’ve been craving pizza!