Cauliflower crust for pizza.

[Demovictory9]

tried it for the first time. pretty good. steamed cauliflower. mashed it. used it to replace the water in pizza dough. cooked the crust before putting the pizza stuff on it.

[Heartstrings]

1. Just made this crust last week!

It was delicious! Bought a bag of "Cauliflower rice" (raw cauliflower already in tiny pieces) at Costco.
Will definitely be making again!

[Demovictory9]

2. me too! almost didn't make it. pictured a big slab of cauliflower as the crust. then read that

the cauliflower is mashed into dough with other ingredients. made more sense,

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. At first glance I thought you meant the steamed, mashed cauliflower

was all that went into the crust. Whew! I'm glad you're still using flower and yeast and whatever else you might put in.

Periodically I make my own pizza from scratch, and somehow it never quite tastes the same. I do have one of those ceramic stones, and perhaps I'm still not putting the oven hot enough, because I'm never quite satisfied with my home made pizza. Sigh.

[Demovictory9]

4. most recipes call for eggs, parmesan and other stuff. I made a vegan version with whole wheat flour

quinoa flour, baking powder, a little bit of oil.

something is needed to hold the cauliflower mash together.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. The only pizza dough recipes I've ever looked at

call only for flour, water, and yeast. No eggs, no parmesan or anything else. I don't happen to do vegan, but I still wouldn't put egg in a pizza dough. Nor any cheese.

[dem in texas]

19. I'm with you

Pizza crust is so simple, flour water, yeast, a little oil and tiny bit of sugar and salt. I've been making pizza dough for 40 years and this is what I use, I may have started out with a recipe, but now just judge my ingredients on how many pizzas I will make.

I love cauliflower: steamed, creamed, raw or made into soup, but seems like a lot of extra work to put it in pizza dough. Would have to have a big payoff in flavor to go to the extra effort.

[Petrushka]

6. Have you tried a Whole30 cauliflower pizza dough using almond flour?

My daughter will begin another month of Whole30 dieting in June and I'm looking for more recipe ideas. I was hoping to find someone who had tried this pizza dough before trying it myself --->

https://www.cleaneatsandtreats.com/yummythings/cauliflower-pizza-crust/

[Demovictory9]

11. Nope. might give it a try

[Petrushka]

15. If you do try it, let me know how it turns out.

It looks delicious; but looks are sometimes deceiving. The recipe, however, seems workable---since I have all the ingredients on hand from the last time my daughter went on that Whole30 diet. In any case, I've saved the recipe to my Pinterest recipe file---thinking to use it if and when my daughter gets a hankering for pizza in June.

[WePurrsevere]

7. I've made low carb cauliflower pizza crust...

that uses the cauliflower instead of flour for a couple years now. My husband and I were surprised that we liked it and that it didn't taste like cauliflower. It doesn't taste like real pizza dough of course but for those of us who need to watch our carb intake and love pizza it's better than going without.

Anyeay, I don't have the one I use at hand but this one sounds like it's the same one except I double the recipe and use an Italian Blend of shredded cheeses, instead of just mozz, and just garlic or onion powder.
(This is for a Hawaiian Pizza but I've used other pizza toppings with great success too.)
https://www.recipegirl.com/cauliflower-crust-hawaiian-pizza/

[Demovictory9]

12. yeah, it doesn't taste like real pizza crust but good enough

[ExciteBike66]

8. My wife has done an egg-based crust several times

even my pre-schooler has loved it, and he is the picky type.

[lkinwi]

9. I use this recipe for crust, but I put it on parchment paper and bake it on both sides.

https://damndelicious.net/2016/07/13/best-cauliflower-pizza-crust/

[Demovictory9]

13. that's the most common recipe I've seen

[Wawannabe]

10. Hash brown crust

For breakfast pizza is great.
I haven’t tried cauliflower in dough but will now. Thanks. Sounds pretty straight forward and good for you. Love mashed cauliflower.

[Demovictory9]

14. hashed browns...interesting...

[natheo]

16. sounds yummy

My kids love cauliflower so I'm going to try it sometime.

[PennyK]

17. The original recipe

Calls for equal amounts of shredded mozzarella and raw chopped cauli. Add beaten eggs and spices, especially fennel seed. It was created by http://yourlighterside.com/.

[Demovictory9]

18. I tweaked it

[PennyK]

20. Yes you did!

The original idea was to replace flour with a low-carb (and healthier) substitute. You've gotten rid of the eggs, and if you think eggs are unhealthy, that works for you.
My actual favorite fakeout is zucchini lasagne. I cut thin slices of a whole zuke, saute them, and then use as a replacement for noodles. It comes out great, and you would never be able to tell the difference (except that it doesn't cut as easily with a fork).

[Demovictory9]

21. i am going to try that. i have a veggie noodler... somewhere