Cauliflower dough - low carb pizza

[Sherrie]

Yup you read that right, Cleo whom has become famous for her Oopsie Rolls LOL has now made up a dough from Cauliflower... anyone game to try it? She also has a Zucchini version: Zucchini Crust

Here's the original recipe:

I Can't Believe it's Cauliflower Pizza Crust!




You Won't Believe it's Cauliflower Pizza Crust

1 cup cooked, riced cauliflower*
1 egg
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1/2tsp fennel
1 tsp oregano
2 tsp parsley

pizza or alfredo sauce
toppings (make sure meats are cooked)
mozzarella cheese


Preheat oven to 450 degrees farenheit (230 C).

Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray.

In a medium bowl, combine cauliflower, egg and mozzarella. Press evenly on the pan. Sprinkle evenly with fennel, oregano and parsley.

Bake at 450 degrees for 12-15 minutes (15-20 minutes if you double the recipe).

Remove the pan from the oven. To the crust, add sauce, then toppings and cheese.

Place under a broiler (grill for the Europeans) at high heat just until cheese is melted **.



Notes:

*I use frozen cauliflower prepared according to package directions. After cooked and slightly cooled, I shred cauliflower with a cheese grater, and then measure for the recipe. (Don't pack down the cup with cauliflower. Just fill it with a spoon or the cup itself.)

** You can try re-baking the pizza at 450 once you add toppings if desired, but the crust is not quite as crusty. There is a minimal difference, so see what works best for you.

On that same link you will find her Super Veggie Supreme variation.

Next she not only makes another pizza variation but garlic bread too!!!


Continuation on a theme.... and Cauliflower as breadsticks?!



and last but not least lasagne!

Cauliflower as Lasagna?



Look out for more!

Cauliflower "Dough" Lasagna Roll-Ups

Roasted Vegetable Pizza on Cauliflower Crust

So who's game to have a try?

[melvan]

Oh dear, I have about a cup of steamed cauli in my fridge, and I was thinking of doing something pizza-ish tonight...we'll see

[melvan]

That does it, her blog feed is going in my feed reader!

[Jodester]

I've just printed off 5 recipes from her blog, looks like I'll be cooking tomorrow!

[melvan]

Okay I did the cauliflower lasagna tonight. I used cottage cheese instead of ricotta, and I used twice as much cauliflower mixture because I had that much, and also I used a 9x9 pan. And it was really good, Darrin who normally doesn't like cheese on cauliflower went back for more, and if I still had room I'd have the rest. I cut it in quarters and only had one bit. It's pretty filling. And I'll definitely make it again

[Sherrie]

She's really nice and very funny too, she's a gem

[Jodester]

If she ever writes a book I'd love to read it - she has a great sense of humour. I was reading one of her blogs about the chicken nuggets (printed out the recipe - Cailin is a chicken nugget expert, rates them everywhere we go) and one of the comments starts having a go at her for eating deep fried stuff and no vegies - her responses were brilliant. So concise, no narky stuff and got her point across brilliantly.

[Prothvar]

I have the pizza base and the bread sticks in the oven to try - I am having a very lavash lunch today ... I just love her recipes she is like a low carb dream!

[Prothvar]

When I made my cauliflower I boiled it until it was cooked and then I cooled it - then I grated it. Mine came out more 'mushed' than 'riced' but thats because my grater is fairly fine. The pizza base cooked up well, added my toppings and chucked it under a griller. The base is soft but you can still handle it without it falling apart - for flavour it gets 100% thumbs up. Compared to the oopsie roll pizza? I think the oopsie roll held it together a bit better. That said next time I am cooking my cauli in advance and maybe for a little less time so it is firmer. I will let it dry out completely before I use a coarse grater to grate it.

My bread sticks are absolutely delicious - but again I think my dough mix was too wet so I had trouble cutting them and getting them on the tray without breaking. Once they were re-baked with the garlic salt and cheese topping they are holding really well.

YUM what a lunch!

[ferns]

Do you think it would work if you mashed it? Or would it fall apart?

I'm trying to picture grating cooked cauliflower - I can well imagine it would be mushed unless it's really undercooked.

[melvan]

I just mashed mine up a bit with a fork, seemed to be okay.

[ferns]

Great, thanks for that.

[Jodester]

I thought you made the "cauliflower rice" - grated raw cauliflower then nuked it. Am I supposed to be aiming for a "mash" consistency or rice consistency? Damn, I'm so hungry...

[Prothvar]

In her directions she said to cook it, cool it then grate it - but my advice would be to slightly under cook it because mine was mush LOL

[Jodester]

How the hell do you grate cooked cauliflower??? Oh well - I'm staying away from the kitchen for a few days - everything I've made today has been shite. Must be those bloody hormones again, and the 42 degree heat doesn't help!! I'll play around with this on the weekend I think. Thanks PV.