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

Delicious Ginger Banana Cake with a Lemon Frosting

Delicious Ginger Banana Cake with a Lemon Frosting

My finished masterpiece...sort of!

Today I made this delicious ginger and banana cake which tastes so yummy i just had to share the recipe! The original version of the recipe can be found in the Australian Women's Weekly 'Cakes & Slices' Cookbook:

Ginger Banana Cake

• 90g butter
• 2 tablespoons of golden syrup
• 1/4 cup of caster sugar
• 1/4 brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 2/3 cup mashed bananas (I used 2)
• 1 1/2 cups of self-raising flour
• 1/2 teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda
• 2 teaspoons of ground ginger
• 1 tablespoon of milk

Lemon Frosting

• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice.
• 1 1/2 cups of icing sugar
• 30g of butter
• 1/4 cup of chopped glace ginger

1. Grease a 20cm ring pan and turn the oven on to 180°C.C
2. Cream the butter, sugars and golden syrup in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
3. Add the egg, beat until combined, and then beat in the mashed bananas.
4. Stir in the sifted dry ingredients and milk. 
5. Pour the mixture into a prepared pan and cook in the oven for about 45 minutes.
6. Let it stand for five minutes before turning it out of the tin and leaving it on a wire rack to cool. 
7. For the lemon frosting combine the sifted icing sugar with butter and enough lemon juice to make it a spreadable consistency.
8. When the cake is cool spread on the icing sugar and then place the glace ginger on top.
9. Eat and ENJOY!