Cauliflower Crust Pizza Recipe

This is a recipe taken from the Deliciously Ella website (it's incredible-click here for those that have not seen it!). I have to say I was hesitant before I made it as I wasn't sure how a pizza base made of cauliflower would taste, however I was pleasantly surprised.

Cauliflower Crust Pizza with Goats Cheese, Parma Ham and Spinach.

 

 Ingredients (for 1 pizza- I did double this recipe):

- 1 cauliflower

- 1 cup of brown rice or buckwheat flour

- 1/4 of a cup of ice cold water

- 1 tablespoon of tamari

- 1 lemon

- dried oregano

- dried basil

- salt

 

For the Topping:

This is completely up to you. I used Goats Cheese (as my house mate is non-dairy and so cannot have cows milk), Parma Ham and Spinach. Deliciously Ella recommends sliced tomatoes, sweet corn, mushrooms and basil leaves. Ensure that you always used tomato puree for the base.  

 

Method:

Place the cauliflower in a food processor and blend until a flour like substance forms, this should take about a minute. Add this to a mixing bowl with the brown rice flour, lemon, tamari salt and dried herbs. Mix these ingredients well before slowing pouring in the ice cold water. Use your hands to combine the water with the flour, making a sticky dough.

Line the base of a pizza dish with a generous amount of olive oil and a sprinkling of flour before evenly spreading the dough out over it. (if you don’t have a pizza dish simply use a baking tray and mould the shape accordingly)

Bake in a 200C oven for about 20-30 minutes, if you’re not using a pizza dish then you may also want to flip the base over half way through. Once the base is firm and ever-so-slightly crispy remove it from the oven and add the tomato puree and then your other toppings, before baking again for another 5-10 minutes.

Remove from the oven, sprinkle with salt and pepper, slice and serve.

 

This really is a surprisingly delicious pizza- especially for those that are gluten free like my house mate. I definitely recommend cooking the base until you feel it is sufficiently crispy as you don't want a soggy bottom. Enjoy, and I would love to see any pictures of the completed pizzas once you have made them!

 

MM xx