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Cauliflower Pizza Crust

This delicious cauliflower pizza crust is dairy and gluten-free. What a wonderful way to bake your own healthy pizzas!

Try this recipe if you love baking your own pizza crust!  You can also find cauliflower pizza crusts ready-made at your local grocery store. 

Ingredients

  • 1 small to medium-sized head of cauliflower (should yield close to 3 cups once processed)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil (crushed)
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano (crushed)
  • 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (crushed, optional)
  • 2 tablespoons almond meal
  • 1 tablespoon (or more, if desired) nutritional yeast (you may also admit this altogether)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 egg
  • nonstick cooking spray

Instructions

  1. Place a pizza stone (or baking sheet) in the oven and preheat to 450 degrees. 
  2. On a cutting board, place a large piece of parchment paper and spray it with cooking spray or brush it with olive oil.
  3. Wash and thoroughly dry your head of cauliflower. Cut off the florets (you don’t need much stem).
  4. Pulse the florets in your food processor for about 30 seconds until you get powdery snow like cauliflower. You should end up with about 3 cups.
  5. Place the cauliflower in a microwave-safe bowl, cover, and cook for 4 minutes.
  6. Dump cooked cauliflower onto a clean tea towel and allow it to cool before the next step.
  7. Once cauliflower is cool enough to handle, wrap it up in the towel and ring it dry. You’ll want to squeeze it as dry as possible to ensure you get a chewy pizza-like crust instead of a crumbly mess!
  8. Transfer the dried cauliflower into a bowl and add your spices, almond meal,  nutritional yeast, and olive oil.
  9. Mix the ingredients together with your hands, then add the egg and mix well.
  10. Once mixed together, use your hands to form the dough into a crust on the oiled parchment paper. You’ll need some experimentation with how thick to make the crust… anywhere from about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick.
  11. With the cutting board underneath, slide the crust onto your pizza stone or baking sheet in the oven.
  12. Bake for about 12 minutes, or until it starts to turn golden brown and the edges crisp up. Baking time will vary greatly among different ovens. The key is to bake the crust until it starts to golden. You will be adding your toppings and baking for another 5 minutes until the toppings are warm.