A Better Cauliflower Crust Pizza
Ingredients
Ingredients
Crust:
- One large head fresh cauliflower
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese shredded
- Olive oil or cooking spray
Toppings:
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 1 cup mushrooms. sliced
- 1 red onion. sliced
Optional:
- add other vegetables like broccoli or greens
- 2 chicken or salmon sausages cooked
- Spices: garlic crushed red pepper etc
Instructions
Directions
- Preheat oven to 425F
- Oil/spray a cookie sheet
- Remove cauliflower leaves and cut into chunks
- Place chunks in blender that can “rice” or shred it finely into a bowl
- Microwave the cauliflower in a bowl – do not cover – for 8 minutes
- In a cast iron pan – sauté vegetables (onions, mushrooms etc); at the same time, if you are cooking sausages, slice them thinly (like pepperoni)
- In a large bowl, whisk two eggs and 1 1/2 cup of cheese together
- Remove cauliflower from microwave and let cool
- Add cauliflower to bowl with eggs and cheese, stir until completely mixed
- Spread cauliflower egg cheese mixture onto greased cookie sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes until the edges are golden brown. depending on your oven you may want to rotate the pizza crust after 10 minutes.
- Remove crust and spread pizza sauce, then veggies and/or meat then top with cheese and spices.
- Put back into the oven and bake for 5-10 minutes until cheese melts
- Remove from oven, let cool for 3-5 minutes, slice and serve.