Cauliflower Crust Pizza

This is so very tasty! Labor-intensive, but worth it, for sure. Perhaps a food processor, or some other device would work well in preparing the cauliflower. We use a simple handheld grater to rice the heads of cauliflower, and it takes a bit of time, and it requires care to avoid scraping your knuckles and fingertips. But, it is delicious!

This recipe makes a medium sized pizza, serving perhaps two at most.

Ingredients

• 1 cup cooked, riced cauliflower
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1/2 tsp crushed garlic
• 1/2 tsp garlic salt
• Olive oil (optional)
• Pizza sauce, shredded cheese and your choice of toppings

Note: toppings will be placed on the pizza after the crust is baked, then broiled only a few minutes until the cheese is melted. Plan to pre-cook the toppings.

First, rice the cauliflower

Take one large head of fresh cauliflower, remove stems and leaves, and chop the florets into chunks. Place in food processor and pulse until it looks like grain. If you don't have a food processor, you can grate the whole head with a cheese grater.

Next, cook the riced cauliflower

Microwave the riced cauliflower for about eight minutes. No need to add water --- natural moisture in the cauliflower is sufficient.

One large head makes about three cups riced cauliflower.

Now, use the cooked cauliflower to form the crust of the pizza

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray.

Combine riced cauliflower, egg and mozzarella. Add oregano, crushed garlic and garlic salt, and stir until mixed well.

Transfer to a cookie sheet, form round pizza crust, about 9-inches diameter.

Optional: brush olive oil over top of crust to help with browning.

Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes.

Remove from oven, add sauce, toppings and cheese.

Place under a broiler at high heat until cheese is melted (approximately 3-4 minutes).

Enjoy!

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Thanks!

mummaCicca / Jessica Dragiotis / http://mummacicca.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/cauliflower-crust-pizza/

Deb Nystrom / "Cauliflower Crust, Low Carb pizza" / https://flic.kr/p/bUgyvj / CC BY 2.0 / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/