Cauliflower crust pizza

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Cauliflower crust pizza

Caroline’s cauliflower crust pizza is a delicious, healthy and easy to prepare formula. This recipe will charm by the possible variation of its garnishes. Caroline serves her pizza with tomatoes and fresh basil but you can use olives, sundried tomatoes, prosciutto, arugula, spinach or any other ingredients that you like. You can also vary the cheese depending on garnish, be free to let your imagination run wild! Caroline just started her own culinary blog where she shares amazing recipes. Visit Caroline’s blog here.

Cauliflower crust pizza

By Caroline Vegetarien Print
Details
Prep time: 15 to 20 minutes
Cooking time: 10 to 15 minutes
Servings or yield: Appetizer for 3 to 4 people
Difficulty level: Easy
Ingredients
One large cauliflower
1 1/2 cup grated mozzarella, preferably with maximum 25% m.f.
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg
2 garlic cloves
1 to 2 tomatoes
Fresh basil
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Preheat oven at 430˚F.

Using your hands, break cauliflower in peaces, pass trough robot to obtain a thin granular texture and transfer in a bowl. Place in microwave and cook for 4 minutes. Remove from microwave.

Place cauliflower in the center of a clean cloth and fold sides of cloth, turn and squeeze over a bowl to remove excess of water.

Transfer culiflour in a bowl, add grated Parmesan, egg and mix well.

Crush and mince garlic and add garlic to the preparation, salt and pepper to taste and mix well.

Add some olive oil to a round oven tray and spread evenly. Make a disk with cauliflower preparation and sing your hands, spread cauliflower mixture evenly on the greased oven tray.

Cook in oven at 430˚F for 2 minutes, then remove from oven.

Slice your tomatoes. Add mozzarella evenly on pizza and tomatoes.

Put back on oven at 430˚F for 8 to 10 minutes, be careful not to burn pizza.

Add fresh minced basil leaves, slice, drizzle with olive oil and serve right away.

Tips, Tricks + Culinary ideas

Idea For those who love to experiment, you can topped your pizza with sautéed arugula, olives, artichokes, sun dried tomatoes...
Suggestion Use a variation of cheese and herbs, fantasy is all yours.

Preparation steps

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1 - Preheat oven at 450˚F. Using your hands, break cauliflower in peaces.

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2 - Pass trough robot to obtain a thin granular texture.

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3 - Transfer in a bowl.

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4 - Place in microwave and cook for 4 minutes.

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5 - Remove from microwave. Place cauliflower in the center of a clean cloth.

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6 - Fold sides of cloth, turn and squeeze over a bowl to remove excess of water.

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7 - Transfer in a bowl. Add grated Parmesan.

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8 - Add egg.

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9 - Mix well

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10 - Crush and mince garlic.

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11 - Add garlic to the preparation, salt and pepper to taste. Mix well.

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12 - Add some olive oil to a round oven tray.

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13 - Spread olive oil evenly.

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14 - Make a disk with cauliflower preparation.

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15 - Using your hands, spread cauliflower mixture evenly on the greased oven tray.

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16 - Place in oven at 450˚F for 2 minutes, then remove from oven.

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17 - Slice your tomatoes.

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18 - Add mozzarella evenly on pizza.

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19 - Add tomatoes.

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20 - Put back on oven at 450˚F for 8 to 10 minutes, be careful not to burn pizza.

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21 - Add fresh minced basil leaves.

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22 - Slice, drizzle with olive oil and serve right away.

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