Margherita Pizza with Cauliflower Crust

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Cauliflower has been one of my favorite vegetables I cooked with last year and I am still fascinated of how many recipes you can do with it. Cauliflower taste is absolutely awesome especially when roasted like in this Roasted Cauliflower recipe I posted some time ago.

 

Only recently I ran over recipes that are using cauliflower as a base for pizza crust. Sounded so awesome that I really had to give it a try. Most of the recipes I’ve seen are combining cauliflower with cheese for the crust and then have some more cheese for the topping. As much as I like cheese I didn’t want to use as much for a pizza so I ran over a recipe that uses almonds alongside cauliflower for the crust. Gave it a try and the crust turned absolutely amazing.

 

This Margherita pizza with cauliflower crust is a healthy delicious meal perfect for each time of the day. Easy recipe and really tasty, also it holds really good and you can eat it with your hands as a regular pizza. Was pleasantly surprised of how wonderful it turned and how delicious it is. Also it is a very good twist for those who need gluten-free recipes as this cauliflower crust pizza is gluten-free.

 

Give it a try if you haven’t already, it’s absolutely a must 🙂

 

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Recipe slightly adapted after BBCGoodFood

 

 

Prep time clock

20 mins

Cook time clock

40 mins

Total time clock

1 hr

Ingredients

  • Makes 1 large pizza – 3 or 4 servings
  • Cauliflower Crust
  • 1 medium cauliflower (about 750g)
  • 1 cup (100g) ground almonds
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp dried basil
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Topping
  • 4 tbsp tomato sauce
  • 3 or 4 cherry tomatoes, sliced
  • 4.5 oz (130 g) Mozzarella cheese, sliced
  • fresh basil or parsley, chopped
  • freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Prepare the cauliflower crust. Preheat oven to 375F (190C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Wash and cut cauliflower into florets and place in the bowl of your food processor, and process until finely chopped, like rice. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Remove and let cool a little.
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  3. Place the cooked cauliflower into a tea towel and squeeze as much liquid as you can out of it and transfer to a clean bowl.
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  4. Turn the oven up to 470F (240C).
  5. Add almonds, eggs, dried herbs, salt and pepper. Stir until well combined.
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  6. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and grease with oil. Place the cauliflower mixture into the center and using a spoon and hands spread it out onto a 12 inch (30 cm) round.
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  7. Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown. Remove and set aside to cool a little.
  8. Spread tomato sauce over the crust, add Mozzarella cheese slices, tomato slices on top, chopped fresh basil leaves or parsley and freshly ground black pepper.
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  9. Bake for another 8-10 minutes until cheese is melted. Let cool a bit before serving and add some more fresh basil/parsley leaves on top. Enjoy!!
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Nutrition facts 1 Serving (about 2 slices) – Calories:333, Fat:20.2g, Saturated Fat:5.1g, Unsaturated Fat:0.0 g, Carbohydrates:22.0 g, Sugar:9.2 g, Fiber:9.7 g, Protein:22.1 g, Cholesterol:99mg, Calories from Fat 182, Sodium 352mg, Potassium 1135mg, Vitamin A 24%, Vitamin C 185%, Calcium 37%, Iron 15%, Nutrition Grade A, daily percent values are based on a 2000 calorie diet


Source: http://www.homecookingadventure.com/recipes/margherita-pizza-with-cauliflower-crust

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