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This homemade cauliflower crust pizza is gluten-free, and vegan. It’s a delicious healthy dinner.
Ingredients
Did someone say pizza?!? I don’t eat gluten and so I haven’t had a regular pizza in many years. Somewhere from the back of my mind, however, I recalled reading on the blogosphere that a crust could be made from cauliflower. I know, sounds crazy, but go with me on this one.
The ingredients for the crust are simple: cauliflower, onion, garlic, almond flour, flax meal, baking powder, garbanzo bean flour, and corn meal.
You start by putting your cauliflower in the food processor until it gets worked down:
I then sauteed the cauliflower bits with some onion and garlic for flavor and put it in a large bowl.
I mixed in almond flour, flax meal, baking powder, garbanzo bean flour, and corn meal and got this dough that actually had the consistency of real dough (this is half the batch):
I spread it out on a parchment-lined baking tray and pre-baked it before adding any toppings:
Oops, there were still some big pieces of cauliflower in the crust:
After baking it for 20 minutes, I took it out of the oven, added tomato sauce, mushrooms, fresh tomatoes, oregano, nutritional yeast, and almond “parmesan cheese” (made from food-processed almonds, nutritional yeast, and garlic powder), baked it again, and got this:
Oh yeah, baby, this was as good as any “real” pizza that I remember eating.
I made a second pizza a few days later with fewer toppings and served with a salad for dinner:
Cauliflower Pizza Crust
Prep Time: 30 minutes- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: Gluten-free, vegan
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This homemade cauliflower crust pizza is gluten-free and vegan! It makes pizza healthy!
Ingredients
- 1/2 head of large cauliflower, cut into florets (about 3 cups)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup almond flour
- 2 tablespoons flax meal
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 cup garbanzo bean flour or your favorite gluten-free flour
- Nonstick cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. Place a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet and spray lightly with nonstick cooking spray.
- Place the cauliflower florets into a food processor and process until completely broken down into the consistency of rice.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet and saute the cauliflower “rice,” onion, and garlic for several minutes or until softened. Set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, combine the cauliflower mixture, almond flour, flax meal, baking powder, and garbanzo bean flour.
- Using your hands, form the mixture into a dough ball and then flatten out on the baking sheet into a pizza shape. You can either make one large pizza or two medium ones.
- Bake the crust for 20 minutes or until it starts to become crisp on the outside. Remove from the oven and add toppings. Bake again at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. Serve hot.
Notes
You can refrigerate half of the dough for up to several days if you want to make one at a time.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3 slices
- Calories: 150
Chris says
Oh and Congrats on your ultra successful app! Love to see fellow vegans spread the love and yumminess.
Marfigs says
This looks so delicious! I made a cauliflower crust pizza before (NOM!) but unfortunately almond flour (or almonds in general) are very, very expensive! Could I sub that whole cup for a normal wheat flour (since I’m not gluten/wheat intolerant)? Perhaps even rice brown flour? Thanks so much! Can’t wait to make this 😀
Carrie says
Yeah, you could totally sub with any flour you like. Enjoy!!! 🙂
Marfigs says
Made this with rye flour and it was *awesome* – thanks for this great recipe! 😀
Carrie says
Cool!!! Thanks so much for letting me know (and for the shout-out on your blog). 🙂
Cynthia Brooks says
The beach pictures you posted looks like my area. Any chance those photos were from Grover Beach, Ca?
Carrie says
Cynthia, YES! Let’s connect through e-mail, I’d love to chat: carrieonveganATgmailDOTcom. 🙂
Rachael Abel @ Love Yourself Green says
I thought this might’ve been an old post – and it’s an oldie, but a goodie. 🙂 I’m glad you’re still cancer free. You take excellent care of yourself, mind/body/spirit. Love you, girl! x
And yeah, this pizza looks ridonk!!!!
Carrie Forrest, MBA/MPH says
Thanks, Rachael! I’ve been trying to update some old posts with recipes that I still like, but I’m glad you read it and sent me such a sweet message. XOXO!
Maribel says
Great idea for a pizza crust.
Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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Carrie Forrest, MPH in Nutrition says
If you want to make homemade crust, this is the recipe!
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