Cauliflower Crust Pizza is the best invention ever. Yes, you heard that right… pizza crust made out of cauliflower. It’s (shockingly) good!
You can top cauliflower crust with any pizza toppings you’d like. I topped this one Hawaiian style. This pizza is incredibly simple to make!
These days you can buy “cauliflower crumbles” in your market’s produce section. If you can’t locate the crumbles, it’s easy enough to make your own.
How to make cauliflower crumbles:
Just use a cheese grater to “grate” your cauliflower into very small pieces. You can grate a whole large head of cauliflower and make two 9-inch pizzas.
Microwave those cauliflower crumbles for 8 minutes. No water or anything needed. Just microwave it for 8 minutes to soften it up, and then let it cool a little bit. See the recipe below for how to proceed if you do not have a microwave.
Mix 1 1/2 cups of the cauliflower crumbles with egg, cheese and spices. (I use mozzarella, but imagine using different varieties of cheeses in the crust! Yum!)
Shape it into a 9 to 12-inch round. Bake the crust. Top it with desired sauce and toppings.
I went so simple and just used Classico Tomato Basil marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese, Canadian bacon and pineapple (our favorite).
All that happens next is just a quick broil in the oven to melt the cheese and heat the toppings.
That is all! The pizza can be cut into 6 slices. You’ll probably want to eat three slices to make it a complete meal. If you happen to be following the Weight Watchers WW plan, you will find a link to the WW Points on the recipe card at the end of this post.
You should be able to make two pizzas from one large head of cauliflower. Everyone in my house really love this pizza crust and agrees that you can’t tell at all that the crust is made out of cauliflower. It doesn’t taste like “real” pizza crust, but it doesn’t have the flavor or texture of cauliflower either. You’ll have to try it out for yourself and let me know what you think! Thanks to this Cauliflower Pizza Crust post for inspiring me to make this myself and share it with my readers!
More pizza topping ideas:
- Marinara or pizza sauce with your favorite toppings
- Pesto with thin sliced tomato and fresh mozzarella
- Alfredo with sausage, mushrooms, Provolone & Asiago cheese
- Barbecue sauce with shredded chicken, green onions and smoked gouda
Here are a few more recipes featuring cauliflower:
- Cauliflower Tortillas
- Easy Cheesy Cauliflower Breadsticks
- Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes
- Cheesy Baked Cauliflower Tots
- Cauliflower Rice
Cauliflower Crust Hawaiian Pizza
Ingredients
CAULIFLOWER CRUST:
- 2 + cups cauliflower crumbles (alternately, you can use a box grater to grate a cauliflower head)
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup finely shredded mozzarella cheese (or try another kind)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon dried minced (or fresh) garlic
- ½ teaspoon onion salt
TOPPINGS:
- ½ cup pizza sauce or tomato-basil marinara sauce
- ½ cup finely shredded mozzarella cheese
- 3 slices Canadian bacon, cut into strips
- ½ cup pineapple tidbits
Instructions
PREPARE THE CAULIFLOWER CRUST:
- Place the cauliflower crumbles in a large bowl and microwave them (dry) for 8 minutes (see Tips below if you do not have a microwave). Give the cauliflower a chance to cool.
- Preheat the oven to 450℉. Spray a cookie sheet or pizza pan with nonstick spray (or use a nonstick surface).
- In a medium bowl, mix the cauliflower crumbles (about 1½ cups since they shrink after cooking) with the remaining crust ingredients. Pat the "crust" into a 9 to 12-inch round on the prepared pan. Spray the crust lightly with nonstick spray and bake for 15 minutes (or until golden). Remove the crust from the oven and turn the heat up to broil.
PREPARE THE PIZZA:
- Spread the sauce on top of the baked crust, leaving a ½-inch border around the edge. Sprinkle ¼ cup cheese on top. Add the bacon and pineapple, spreading it out around the pizza. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
- Broil the pizza 3 to 4 minutes, or until the toppings are hot and the cheese is melted and bubbly. Cut into 6 slices and serve immediately. *This pizza is best served on a plate with a fork.
Notes
- For those who don’ t have a microwave: You can steam the florets just until they are tender (not mushy) on the stove and then let them cool before grating them. The texture/consistency won’t be the same (It will be more like a puree) but it still works fine once you mix all the ingredients together.
- *Other topping ideas:
Marinara or pizza sauce with your favorite toppings
Pesto with thin sliced tomato and fresh mozzarella
Alfredo with sausage, mushrooms, Provolone & Asiago cheese
Barbecue sauce with shredded chicken, green onions and smoked gouda - If you are preparing this recipe as GLUTEN-FREE, just be sure to use brands of sauce and Canadian bacon that are known to be GF,
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
this was amazing- THANK YOU!!
TANK YOU,MY 3RD WEEK OF ATKINS WAS READY TO GIVE UP..AND THIS RECIPE WILL PUT ME RIGHT BACK ON TRACK,NOW IF I COULD JUST FIND SOME LOW CARB CHOCO DESERT..?
Wow – surfing the web for healthy alternatives to starch meals and found this! Am very excited to try it!!
My waistline likes this verryyyy much!
We’re gonna have to try this is my kitchen. Thanks!
Has anyone tried freezing the crust?
p.s. I’m Canadian Canadian bacon looks a lot like ham.
I just made this pizza, I used old chedder in the crust and Italian seasoning. My crust did stick to the pan though not too badly, came up with a little help from a spatula.. I’m thinking maybe I should not have greased the nonstick pan, which I will try next time. It was delicious and easy. Wasn’t at all like a regular pizza crust, really soft and easier for my 2 year old to eat than a regular crust. This is a great recipe for smaller children especially those who might not be able to bite through a hard crust. I could taste the cauliflower but that may just be because I knew that’s what it was, I am going to try some “blind” tasters and see what they think.
Thanks for the idea, I have been looking forward to trying this for quite some time now.
Noticed a few people mentioned having a soggy crust still. I have tried making cauliflower crust a few times and had the same problem, till tonight. This recipe and others online have you microwave the cauliflower for about the same amount of time, which is the right amount of time. After 8 mins, there is still quite a bit of water in the cauliflower, which is what is causing the soppy crust. Tonight, the pizza I made came out perfect, thanks to the bag I use to make homemade almond milk. You can use a real nut milk bag if you have one, but a cheaper way to do it, like I do, if you go to Home Depot, in the paint department, they paint strainers, which are real fine mesh bags that you pour the paint through. Works great for almond milk and for ringing out the cauliflower. You can get a bag of two for like a dollar or two. They have them in 1 gallon and 5 gallon sizes. After 8 minutes in the microwave, I rang out 1 1/2 cups of water from the cauliflower, and got about 2 3/4 cups of cauliflower. I used a full head. I did have to cook the crust longer then 15 mins, but what I did was set the timer for 15 mins, then checked on it every 5 mins until I could push on the middle and see it was staying together in one mass. I think I ended up doing about 4-5 extra 5 min settings. I even flipped it over once most of the mass was together and holding. Love this crust! So glad I finally got it to work. And for those that say they don’t like cauliflower, once it cooks it has a neutral flavor, so you won’t even know what it’s made from. It’s a good way to get lots of veggies to those non-veggie people. 🙂
That’s a fantastic idea! I would never have thought to try this, but I will this week! 🙂
Just curious though, are you sure that’s Canadian Bacon? It looks like ham..
Thanks for the recipe!
Nope- it’s Canadian Bacon!
OMG So Delish!We actually mad a spicy hawaiian version,much better and alot healthier than what dominos offers.We used a organic(no sugars added) tomatoe sauce, and added fresh ground peper,fresh garlic,and crushed red peppers.We also used turkey bacon instead of canadian.There will definately be more pizza nights in this house!
Thanks.