Cauliflower Crust Cheese Pizza

Paleo Cheese Pizza

Adapted from Recipe Girl

Ingredients

Yields a 12-inch pizza (feeds 3)

Crust

1 small head cauliflower, cut into small florets (should yields about 3 cups once processed)

½ cup / 1.7 oz / 50 gr mozzarella cheese shredded

1 large egg, lightly beaten

½ teaspoon fine grain sea salt

½ teaspoon oregano

pinch of ground black pepper

Topping

2 ladlefuls tomato sauce

½ cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

½ teaspoon oregano

Directions

Preheat oven to 450°F (220°C) and place a rack in the middle. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and grease liberally with olive oil.

In a food processor rice the cauliflower. Transfer to a microwave dish and microwave on high for 8 minutes, until cooked.

Place the cauliflower rice in a tea towel and twist it to squeeze out as much moisture as you can (I squeezed out more than 1 cup of liquid). This is very important. The cauliflower rice needs to be dry. Otherwise you’ll end up with a mushy dough, not a crusty one.

Transfer the cauliflower flour to a mixing bowl and add egg, mozzarella, oregano, sea salt and pepper.

Using your hands, press the mixture onto the baking sheet and shape into a thin pizza “disc”.

Bake for 15 minutes, until golden.

Remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes.

Spread tomato sauce evenly on the dough; top with mozzarella cheese and sprinkle with oregano.

Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.

Serve hot