Cauliflower Based Pizza

Published on October 4, 2012 | By Melanie |

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Being a big fan of pizza this was a recipe that I just had to try out, when the concept of using cauliflower as a base was shared with me by the lovely Karon Whyte (A friend and fan on our Facebook Page) I just had to give it a go. This recipe is a bit like marmite, you will either love it or hate it.

I have played around with the ingredients a bit and although somewhat different to the original recipe I found this one works for me. But like I always say use my recipes as a base to build your own, your creation might be 10 times better than what I come up with so do please share yours too 🙂

I’m not overly happy with the video I made to go with this recipe, I somehow made bit of a pigs ear of things, but you will get the basic idea of how it’s done, just make sure you follow the ingredients in the written recipe below the video for better success lol.

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Ingredients

1 medium cauliflower
2-3 egg whites
2 tbsp cottage cheese
1 tsp mixed herbs
1 tsp Cajun spice
45g reduced fat cheese, grated
Salt & black pepper
For the pizza sauce
½ pepper finely chopped
1 garlic clove crushed
200g passata
mixed herbs
dried chilli (optional)
Cooking oil spray

Nutrition Info

155 Calories
10g Carbohydrates
6g Fat
16g Protein

Instructions

Pre heat the oven to 160’c and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Chop the cauliflower into small pieces and process in a food processer, add to a hot pan and cook over a medium heat for about 10 mins until soft, stirring from time to time to avoid sticking.
Spray a separate frying pan with oil and heat, add the peppers and garlic and allow to soften for a couple of minutes. Add the passata, a dash of mixed herbs, a sprinkle of dried chilli and some seasoning, reduce heat and allow the sauce to reduce down.
Add the cottage cheese, egg whites, mixed herbs and cajan spice to the food processor and blitz until smooth, add the cooked cauliflower and season with a little salt and pepper, process until smooth.
Empty the pureed cauliflower mix onto the parchment paper and spread out evenly, cook for 25- 30 minutes until the base is set.
Remove from the oven and add pizza sauce, sprinkle over cheese add toppings of your choice, and pop until a hot grill to finish.