Margherita Pizza with Cauliflower crust
This Margherita Pizza with Cauliflower Crust tastes just like pizza without all of the calories or carbs! It’s a great Gluten Free option as well! This is seriously, hands down, the best pizza I’ve ever had that’s Gluten free!
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 50 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Cuisine: Italian, Gluten free
Ingredients
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- For the Cauliflower Pizza Crust:
- 1 head of cauliflower
- 1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp back pepper
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp garlic salt
- 1 whole egg
- 1 cheese cloth
- For the Topping:
- half of a jar of your favorite pizza sauce or 3/4 cup of my marinara sauce
- 2 roma tomatoes sliced thin
- 1 package of fresh basil leaves
- 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Take one head of cauliflower, wash and chop up the florets.
- Place chopped cauliflower in a food processor, pulse for around 30 seconds until cauliflower looks like snow.
- Place cauliflower in a microwave safe bowl and heat for 2-3 minutes covered. Let it cool before the next step.
- Place cooked cauliflower in a cheese cloth and squeeze out as much water as you can.
- Add cauliflower to a medium size bowl.
- Add 1/4 cup mozzarella, parmesan, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, basil, oregano, and garlic salt.
- Stir together.
- Add egg and stir until blended together.
- Form cauliflower dough into a ball with your hands and place on parchment paper over a pizza pan.
- Spread the dough out to the edges of the pan.
- Bake 10-15 minutes until crust is golden brown.
- Add pizza sauce/or marinara to the cooked cauliflower pizza crust.
- Place sliced roma tomatoes, then place basil leaves on top, and add 1 cup Mozzarella.
- Bake approximately 10-15 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and golden brown on the edges.
- Let sit for 5 minutes before slicing.
- Enjoy!
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