Cauliflower Pizza Base

Our children love pizza and we usually buy ready-to-eat pizza. We get our pizza, either from the supermarket freezer section, cooling section, or local pizza restaurant. Years ago, or maybe decades ago, I have made my own pizza a couple of times. However, it is not a priority anymore, since Indonesian and Asian food is more difficult to find here.

Last week, I saw cauliflower at the supermarket near us and suddenly decided to try to make home made pizza with cauliflower as the based. I have tried making cauliflower rice substitute. The cauliflower rice is nice but the work and the mess was unbearable for me. However, I was tempted to try making pizza base from cauliflower. I assumed that it should be healthier than the normal pizza base.

My oldest child loved it and finished around 5 pieces. However, my youngest did not seem to enjoy it a lot. He finished two pieces with difficulty. For me, it is fine. It definitely, however, different than the pizza base made from flour. But if we do it correctly, the pizza base is still crusty with a bit nutty taste from the cauliflower.

Ingredient
1 cauliflower
185 gr mozzarella (this is one package of local mozzarella I used)
4 tbsp grated cheese
1 tsp salt
2 eggs


Method
1. Put the cauliflower floret into the food processor and process the cauliflower until it forms sand like or rice like texture

2. Put the processed cauliflower into a bowl with cover that can be used for microwave. Microwave the cauliflower for 4 minutes (I used 900 watts)

3. Take it out from the microwave and when it has cooled down, put it in the kitchen textile that can be used to pressed the water out of the cauliflower. Make sure that the cauliflower is dry enough, because if you do not press the water out sufficiently, the pizza base will be crusty. Instead it will be like a wet bread texture

4. In a bowl, mix the cauliflower, pieces of mozzarella, grated cheese and the eggs, until it forms a dough

5. Arrange the pizza dough on the baking tray that has been covered by baking paper. Make sure that the base is not too thin and not too thick

6. Preheat the oven 200 Celcius and bake the pizza base for 12-15 minutes, or until the sides are quite brown

7. After that, take the pizza base out of the oven and put the toppings. Put it back again into the oven for around 7  minutes.

This is how our pizza looks like: 

After we took it out of the oven, we add extra basillicum leaves and rocket salad leaves.

I think, when I have the mood I may try to make it again. But for now, I will just run to the nearest pizza place or supermarket.