Cauliflower Cheese Pizza

By slpollack0312@att.net

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Pizza Dough

pizza

Ingredients

Crust
1 small head cauliflower, cut into small florets (should yields about 3 cups once processed)
½ cup / 1.7 oz / 50 gr mozzarella cheese shredded
1 large egg, lightly beaten
½ teaspoon fine grain sea salt
½ teaspoon oregano
pinch of ground black pepper
Topping
2 ladlefuls tomato sauce
½ cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
½ teaspoon oregano

Details

Level of difficulty Average
Cost Average budget

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 450°F (220°C) and place a rack in the middle. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and grease liberally with olive oil.
In a food processor rice the cauliflower. Transfer to a microwave dish and microwave on high for 8 minutes, until cooked.
Place the cauliflower rice in a tea towel and twist it to squeeze out as much moisture as you can (I squeezed out more than 1 cup of liquid). This is very important. The cauliflower rice needs to be dry. Otherwise you’ll end up with a mushy dough, not a crusty one.
Transfer the cauliflower flour to a mixing bowl and add egg, mozzarella, oregano, sea salt and pepper.
Using your hands, press the mixture onto the baking sheet and shape into a thin pizza “disc”.
Bake for 15 minutes, until golden.
Remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes.
Spread tomato sauce evenly on the dough; top with mozzarella cheese and sprinkle with oregano.
Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
Serve hot (btw it holds very well when reheated in the microwave)

Yields a 12-inch pizza (feeds 4)

Nutrition facts

The whole pie has 515 calories, 30 grams of fat, 25 grams of carbs and 73.2 grams of protein.
Assuming that you’re not eating the whole pie by yourself, but that you’re sharing it with 2 other people, then one serving yields 171 calories, 10 grams of fat, 8.3 grams of carbs and 12.4 grams of protein.