{"id":581,"date":"2017-01-18T21:36:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T02:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/?p=581"},"modified":"2017-01-19T21:38:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T02:38:12","slug":"cauliflower_pizza_crust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/18\/cauliflower_pizza_crust\/","title":{"rendered":"Something Different Tonight, Pizza made with a Cauliflower Crust."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-575\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-serving-lg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-serving-lg-300x154.png\" alt=\"Picture of a single slice of pizza made with cauliflower as crust\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-serving-lg-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-serving-lg.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture of a single slice of pizza made with cauliflower as crust<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Make something special for dinner\u00a0with this pizza made using cauliflower as the crust. Yes, cauliflower the vegetable. \u00a0Cauliflower and Mozzarella cheese are blended, then pre-baked into a crust. Then top with your\u00a0favorite pizza toppings and bake. This pizza turns out very well and if no-one was watching you, they might not know that they were eating their vegetables with that pizza you served them for dinner. Secret veggie-agent-cooking. Shhh.<\/p>\n<p>The first time you make this cauliflower pizza crust it may seem like a lot of work. Yet, like lots of things in life, once you get the grasp of doing it, you&#8217;ll find it&#8217;s a piece of cake.<\/p>\n<p>So, first things first. Here&#8217;s what you&#8217;ll need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 pound (about 2 cups) &#8220;riced&#8221; cauliflower (&#8220;riced&#8221; &#8211; finely chopped to about this size of a grain of rice)\u2020<\/li>\n<li>1 egg<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp Parmesan cheese, grated<\/li>\n<li>1 cup Mozzarella cheese. grated<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp <a href=\"\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/mccormick_onion_powder.php\">McCormick Onion Powder<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1 tsp <a href=\"\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/mccormick_garlic_powder.php\">McCormick Garlic Powder<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp <a href=\"\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/mccormick_oregano_leaves_herb.php\">McCormick Oregano Leaves<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp <a href=\"\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/mccormick_basil_leaves_herb.php\">McCormick Basil Leaves<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pinch of <a href=\"\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/mccormick_white_pepper.php\">McCormick White Pepper<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup corn meal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.<\/li>\n<li>Microwave\u00a0riced cauliflower in a covered dish on high for about 4 minutes.\u2020\u2020<\/li>\n<li>Let stand covered for 1 minute.<\/li>\n<li>Line a large baking pan or other flat dish with paper towel and spread out the cooked cauliflower and\u00a0allow to cool for about 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Place cauliflower into a large mixing bowl and add the remaining ingredients. Mix well and form into a ball.<\/li>\n<li>Line a round pizza pan with parchment paper then form the cauliflower dough into a round pizza crust\u00a0and place on the pan.<\/li>\n<li>Place a cookie cooling rack in the oven and slide the pizza crust on the parchment paper onto the rack and bake for 15 to 18 minutes until lightly browned.<\/li>\n<li>Remove crust from oven.\u00a0 Let cool for 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Carefully flip crust over. Do this by placing round pizza pan on top of cooled crust and flip cookie cooling rack. Top with your favorite pizza sauce and toppings.<\/li>\n<li>Return to oven and bake for 10 to 12 minutes until cheese is melted.\u00a0 Cook longer for a crisper crust or cook on a pizza stone.<\/li>\n<li>Remove, slice, and eat white hot but not too hot!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u2020 A food processor makes this step a breeze. Or you can check your grocer to see if they carry a prepared package of riced cauliflower. But it&#8217;s really not that hard to chop a cauliflower with a plain old kitchen knife.<br \/>\n\u2020\u2020Microwave ovens vary so watch as you cook as yours might cook faster).<br \/>\nPictures of step of preparing the Cauliflower pizza crust:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"display: block;\">\n<li style=\"display: block;\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-580\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-1-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-1-sm-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"Par cooked cauliflower cooling and drying\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-1-sm-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-1-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4. Par cooked cauliflower cooling and drying<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li style=\"display: block;\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-579\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-2-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-2-sm-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Assembled cauliflower pizza crust ready for baking\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-2-sm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-2-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">6. Assembled cauliflower pizza crust ready for baking<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li style=\"display: block;\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-578\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-3-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-3-sm-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Baked cauliflower pizza crust cooling\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-3-sm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-3-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">8. Baked cauliflower pizza crust cooling<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li style=\"display: block;\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-577\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-4-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-4-sm-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Fully prepared cauliflower pizza crust ready for addition of toppings.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-4-sm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-4-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">9. Fully prepared cauliflower pizza crust ready for addition of toppings.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li style=\"display: block;\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-576\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-5-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-5-sm-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of a cooked pizza made using cauliflower as crust\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-5-sm-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spiceplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cauliflower-pizza-crust-step-5-sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">11. Picture of a cooked pizza made using cauliflower as crust<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 1001px; left: 678px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make something special for dinner\u00a0with this pizza made using cauliflower as the crust. Yes, cauliflower the vegetable. \u00a0Cauliflower and Mozzarella cheese are blended, then pre-baked into a crust. Then top with your\u00a0favorite pizza toppings and bake. 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