We like our pizza around here, but with a gluten free child the options can be expensive. We have a favorite gluten free pizza crust recipe, but my adventurous daughter always likes to experiment with new things. When we found this Cauliflower Pizza Crust Recipe, we had to give it a try.
The key to this recipe is grating your cauliflower. The original recipe says to grate the raw cauliflower. We found that it was easier to steam it first, then grate it. You can decide for yourself which method you prefer. (See the notes below the recipe for instructions.)
A delicious gluten free recipe from The Peaceful Mom!
Ingredients
- 1 cup steamed and grated cauliflower (see notes)
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Spray a cookie sheet with olive oil.
- In a medium bowl, combine cauliflower, egg and cheese.
- Add oregano, crushed garlic and garlic salt.
- Stir to combine well.
- Transfer mixture to cookie sheet.
- Pat out the mixture like dough to form a thin crust (approximately 9 inches in diameter).
- Brush top of crust lightly with olive oil.
- Bake 15 minutes.
- Remove crust from the oven and add your sauce and toppings (meat should be precooked).
- Place pizza under a broiler on high heat until the cheese is melted and bubbly. (Approximately 3 minutes).
- Enjoy!
Notes
To prepare cauliflower: Take 1 large head of cauliflower. Remove stems and leaves and chop florets into chunks. Steam cauliflower in a colander set over a pan with 1 inch of water for about 5 minutes or until it is tender, but not soft. Run steamed cauliflower under cold water to cool it and then grate it using a cheese grater.
If you decide to try it, let me know what you think. 🙂
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What a neat idea! Is there anything cauliflower can’t do?!
Not much, except maybe clean my bathroom. Haha!
I made this and it was delicious!!! Wanted a more bread-like consistency so I made another batch and substituted half the cheese for 1/2 c. Almond meal + 1 T. Parmesan cheese and 1 tsp. sesame seeds. It was firmer and a eat it as a snack with cream cheese. Yum!
Great idea Jeanne! Thanks for taking the time to let me know. 🙂
Faye,
You can definitely use flax as an egg replacer or a comercial egg replacer like Ener-G brand. As for cheese, you can use daiya (non-dairy, vegan cheese), add nutritional yeast or you can skip it all together. Non dairy gluten free is the best!
just tried this tonight for the first time. although it doesn’t taste like pizza, it tastes really good. it’s so much healthier, and i don’t feel sick afterwards like i do with regular pizza! the only prob i had was it really stuck though i sprayed with nonstick.
i don’t have a food processor, so i threw the cauliflower in the blender for about 3 seconds and that worked out just fine.
thanks for sharing!
Sorry it stuck to your pan, but glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Maybe try a silicone mat? I love how they work for the GF recipes that I have tried
Thanks for the idea Amy. 🙂
This recipe looks great…but I am also trying to eat dairy free. Do you think I could skip the cheese and egg and instead use flax seeds for the binding agent?
I am sorry Faye, but I haven’t tried that and I really have no idea.
I’ve been experimenting with new ways to use cauliflower. Haven’t tried this yet. May have to give it a try.
I love this recipe! It is a great alternative to the expensive and sometimes cardboard-like store bought gluten free stuff. I hope your family enjoys it!
Fascinating! I’m sharing this with my hubs who is on a strict low-carb diet right now. Thanks!
A friend of mine that is on a low carb diet has tried this & her recipe called for the frozen. then riced it. This might be a help:) Still planning on trying it sometime might try the raw variety though.
This sounds interesting, I’ll have to try it.
So glad to find this today. I’ve commited to returning to a low carb diet & am a pizza addict! Thanks for sharing!
If you use a food processor, grating it raw is super-fast! Then we microwave it and let it cool. But either way would work! This is our new favorite – we love it.
Good idea–I didn’t think about it because we don’t have one. 🙂