No flour pizza..with a crust of cauliflower
A gluten free and healthy version of pizza. No flour is used in making it. The base is completely made up of cauliflower. And to your surprise the taste is really good. If you like cauliflower as such in your meal in fried, stuffed, boiled or roasted form, try this interesting baked version too.
It's simple and yummy.
Here's the recipe.
1) Take one full cauliflower. One cauliflower would yield one medium sized pizza crust.
Cut the bottom and separate out the florets.
2) grind the florets in a processor and form a fine paste. If you using a blender you can add very little water to form a paste.
3) Add this paste on a dry heated pan. Add little water if you didn't add it while grinding. Saute it for few minutes (5 -10) until you see all the moisture dries out.
4)Let it cool down for 2-3 minutes. Transfer it to a muslin cloth and tie it. Sqeeze out all water from it. Just like you would do while making Chhena from milk.
5) Now transfer it to a bowl and add some salt, red chilli powder or paprika, fresh parmesan ( I added grated fresh mozzarella ) or the cheese you prefer, 1 egg (helps in binding)
Mix and incorporate everything well.
6) Preheat your oven to 400 °f. Meanwhile line a wax paper on baking tray. Transfer the cauliflower paste onto the baking sheet. Flatten the batter with your palm. Bring it in round shape and size as thin as you prefer ( thin or thock crust). Shape out the corners to give it a final touch like a pizza.
7) Bake it for about 40 minutes. You will see thee crust becomes brown on both sides. You can use the inner side of crust as your pizza base for topping.
8) I quickly made fresh pizza sauce (recipe mentioned inline in step 9), spreaded it and topped it with available veggies(bell peppers,,tomatoes, onions,,olives), added some fresh grated mozzarella and cheddar cheese,sprinkled some red chilli flakes and dried oregano and baked it for 10 minutes at 450 °f.
9)Here's a quick recipe to making pizza sauce.
Heat some olive oil in a pan. Add some minced garlic (2 cloves). Saute it lightly. Add some fresh oregano leaves, red chilli flakes, dry oregano. Mix it well. Add fresh tomatoes (4-5) or canned ones. Add some salt, sugar, black pepper, paprika powder. Let it cook for sometime until it becomes semi thick. Might take 30 minutes to come to right consistency. Should be of spreading consistency.
Add a pinch of baking soda and stir well. It's ready to be applied on pizza now.
I am sure you would like this healthy version of pizza. Ofcourse cauliflower found a new use too :-).
Enjoy cooking!
Cheers,
Shweta
A gluten free and healthy version of pizza. No flour is used in making it. The base is completely made up of cauliflower. And to your surprise the taste is really good. If you like cauliflower as such in your meal in fried, stuffed, boiled or roasted form, try this interesting baked version too.
It's simple and yummy.
Here's the recipe.
1) Take one full cauliflower. One cauliflower would yield one medium sized pizza crust.
Cut the bottom and separate out the florets.
2) grind the florets in a processor and form a fine paste. If you using a blender you can add very little water to form a paste.
3) Add this paste on a dry heated pan. Add little water if you didn't add it while grinding. Saute it for few minutes (5 -10) until you see all the moisture dries out.
4)Let it cool down for 2-3 minutes. Transfer it to a muslin cloth and tie it. Sqeeze out all water from it. Just like you would do while making Chhena from milk.
5) Now transfer it to a bowl and add some salt, red chilli powder or paprika, fresh parmesan ( I added grated fresh mozzarella ) or the cheese you prefer, 1 egg (helps in binding)
Mix and incorporate everything well.
6) Preheat your oven to 400 °f. Meanwhile line a wax paper on baking tray. Transfer the cauliflower paste onto the baking sheet. Flatten the batter with your palm. Bring it in round shape and size as thin as you prefer ( thin or thock crust). Shape out the corners to give it a final touch like a pizza.
7) Bake it for about 40 minutes. You will see thee crust becomes brown on both sides. You can use the inner side of crust as your pizza base for topping.
8) I quickly made fresh pizza sauce (recipe mentioned inline in step 9), spreaded it and topped it with available veggies(bell peppers,,tomatoes, onions,,olives), added some fresh grated mozzarella and cheddar cheese,sprinkled some red chilli flakes and dried oregano and baked it for 10 minutes at 450 °f.
9)Here's a quick recipe to making pizza sauce.
Heat some olive oil in a pan. Add some minced garlic (2 cloves). Saute it lightly. Add some fresh oregano leaves, red chilli flakes, dry oregano. Mix it well. Add fresh tomatoes (4-5) or canned ones. Add some salt, sugar, black pepper, paprika powder. Let it cook for sometime until it becomes semi thick. Might take 30 minutes to come to right consistency. Should be of spreading consistency.
Add a pinch of baking soda and stir well. It's ready to be applied on pizza now.
I am sure you would like this healthy version of pizza. Ofcourse cauliflower found a new use too :-).
Enjoy cooking!
Cheers,
Shweta
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