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Cauliflower crust pizza

Name: Cauliflower crust pizza
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 heads of cauliflower, about 1kg-1.2kg; 2 large eggs; 200 g mozzarella or Cheddar cheese, grated; 4 tbsp. tomato puree; 2 tsp. dried mixed herbs; 1 x 125g ball buffalo mozzarella; 1 red onion, finely sliced; 200 g roasted red peppers; Basil leaves, to serve

This clever pizza base uses cauliflower in place of regular dough, sneaking in another of your five a day!

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 18 July 2014

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Try out this low-carb pizza base, using cauliflower instead of flour. We've used a margherita topping with red onion and pepper, however get creative and use a combination of your favourite sauces, cheeses, veggies and cooked meat!

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Yields:

Prep Time:

20 mins

Cook Time:

35 mins

Total Time:

55 mins

Cal/Serv:

423

Ingredients

2 heads of cauliflower, about 1kg-1.2kg
2 large eggs
200 g mozzarella or Cheddar cheese, grated
4 Tbsp. tomato puree
2 tsp. dried mixed herbs
1 x 125g ball buffalo mozzarella
1 red onion, finely sliced
200 g roasted red peppers
Basil leaves, to serve

Directions

1. Step 1
  Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan) mark 6. Cut cauliflower into small florets and blitz in the food processor, in batches if necessary, until it resembles breadcrumbs (be careful not to purée it!). Put it in a microwavable bowl and blast on medium for 5-6min until soft. Alternatively, boil the cauliflower florets, then chop finely once cooked.
2. Step 2
  Transfer cauliflower to a large bowl, stir in eggs, grated cheese and plenty of seasoning.
3. Step 3
  Spread the cauliflower on to lined baking sheets in 4 even circles about 1-2cm thick. Or make two larger pizzas if there’s too much mix to fit two per sheet. Bake for 15-20min.
4. Step 4
  Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix together tomato purée, mixed herbs and 1tbsp water. Carefully remove bases from oven, spread over tomato mix, top with buffalo mozzarella, onion and peppers. Return to oven for 10min or until cheese is bubbling. Garnish with fresh basil, if you like. (Although it cuts easily, it’s not the sort of pizza to eat with your hands.) Serve with green salad. If you have any left over, it reheats easily in the oven: cook for 15min at 200°C (180°C fan) mark 6.

Per Serving:

Calories: 423
Fibre: 9 g
Total carbs: 18 g
Sugars: 12 g
Total fat: 24 g
Saturated fat: 13 g
Protein: 29 g

The GH Kitchen Team

The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time