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A repost of the Cauliflower Pizza Crust recipe by request.
Cauliflower Pizza Crust? Says who? Yes, it’s delicious. And yes, it’s really Cauliflower – no bread. 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. And so I made this Cauliflower Pizza Crust recipe.
Here’s the recipe:
Ingredients
- 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
Instructions
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.
http://dailydishrecipes.com/cauliflower-pizza-crust-recipe/I suck because I did not take a photo of the finished pizza with the Cauliflower Pizza Crust 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 the Cauliflower Pizza Crust recipe and what you thought of it.
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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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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
@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
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!
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I made this recipe today for my family. We love pizza but our 5 year old daughter has a severe allergy to yeast so she cannot eat regular pizza dough, when I seen this I was very excited to try it and it was EXCELLENT!! My entire family loved it…thank you sooo much for posting this recipe!!
You should enjoy it, it is honestly our favorite way to eat pizza now. It’s a little more time consuming but it’s worth it.
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We use all the pieces, the whole thing. It’s perfect for those who are dieting, definitely a good way to lower the carb calories.
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Julie if there is one thing I love, that is when someone tries something I’ve posted and lets me know how they liked it. Your post made my day, I’m so glad you guys enjoyed it. It’s so delicious! Thanks so much for the great comment.
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Interesting…I have got to try this!!! I simply love Pizza!! But I’m cutting calories & watching my blood pressure. So I think this wold be great & healthy!! Thanks Nicole!!! Love you girl!!
Brilliant! I’m always trying to find new ways to use cauliflower in unexpected ways. This one is definitely going into my “must make” box.
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Do you have any recommendations on keeping it from sticking? I sprayed the sheet with cooking spray and it stuck both times. Still made it work and it is delicious even my 3 yr old loved it
. Thank you!
Do you know how this would turn out on a pizza stone instead of a pizza pan?
@Nichole – I actually used a lot of cooking spray the first few times I made it. It still sticks a bit. I have more recently started spreading a generous amount of olive oil across the pan instead of the cooking spray. I feel like it might stick a little less with that than the cooking spray.
I strongly recommend using a thin spatula to lift the pizza and do it as soon as it comes out instead of allowing it to cool. That should help.
@Lisa – The pizza stone really doesn’t seem to allow the crust to cook evenly – it can be done, but the results are not the same.
Thank you all for the great comments! I’m so glad you love it.
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AWESOME!! I made it tonight but changed things up a bit. Rather than using sauce, I used a layer of non-fat mozzarella cheese, then another layer of spinach, mushrooms, jalapenos, peppers… but the grand finale: I took two eggs and pressed lightly to form a shallow “bed.” I then cracked the egg and baked it… runny yolks with the spinach and peppers and spices was out of this world! All thanks to the crust
Thanks for sharing!!
Pam, that sounds amazing! What a yummy dinner!
We aren’t big fans of sauce either, so we don’t use it too often.
Love the egg idea, totally trying that. Thanks!
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i have been wanting to try this for months! I would love for you to come link up on my page!
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This recipe sounds absolutely amazing! And my husband is gluten-free (and misses pizza so desperately) so this would be wonderful!!! Thank you so much for sharing, I look forward to trying this recipe and some of your other tasty treats
Blessings to you,
Megan
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Just tried this today and it was AWESOME! Unfortunately I measured a cup of cauliflower BEFORE cooking it, so it was only about 1/2 a cup once it was cooked, so I halved the recipe. It made for a very small pizza but was still out of this world! Next time I’m going to quadruple it and make tons of pizza. Thanks so much!
Would you happen to know the carb count on the pizza? It sounds wonderful and I am planning on trying it and sharing it with my other low-carb friends! Thanks so much for posting this!
Jackie, I do not have a carb count on this. But it’s limited due to the fact that there is no bread involved and most of the carbs come from what you put on the pizza.
I guess a good measure would be to figure out how many carbs are in that much cauliflower and then add anything else you add to it.
Seriously though, it is extremely low.
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