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Cauliflower Pizza Crust Recipe with Garlic

Name: Cauliflower Pizza Crust Recipe with Garlic
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Cuisine: Italian/American
Ingredients: 1½ pounds cauliflower; 1 egg; ½ cup grated goat cheese; 1 tablespoon arrowroot starch; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; pinch of salt

January 18, 2022 by Dr. Josh Axe, DC, DNM, CN

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While there are differing opinions on topping or cheese choices, pizza is one of those meals almost everyone can agree on. However, if you’ve made the switch to gluten-free because you suffer from some gluten intolerance symptoms or are simply cutting back on your wheat intake, enjoying a slice isn’t as easy as ordering up from your favorite pizza joint. That’s what makes this cauliflower pizza crust such a fantastic recipe.

Is cauliflower pizza crust good for you? Yes, it’s a healthy option that provides all the benefits of cauliflower, like reducing inflammation and being packed with vitamins — plus this garlic cauliflower pizza crust tastes great too.

Is cauliflower pizza crust healthier than regular crust? Well, it also has zero wheat, making it an easily digestible option for everyone, and you can load it up with your favorite toppings.

Extra cheese? No cheese? Lots of veggies? Extra jalapenos? Sky’s the limit!

This Paleo cauliflower pizza crust recipe is the best wheat-free base you’ll try.

Key Ingredients

Instead of buying frozen cauliflower pizza crust, use this recipe for cauliflower pizza crust full of healthy ingredients.

What is cauliflower pizza crust made of? Here are the main cauliflower pizza crust ingredients in this recipe:

Arrowroot starch: To keep this recipe gluten-free, arrowroot starch is used in place of regular flour. Arrowroot is high in potassium, iron, magnesium and B vitamins, which makes it great for aiding digestion and boosting immunity.
Cauliflower: You can’t make cauliflower crust pizza without the cauliflower, and that’s a good thing. It’s a low-calorie, relatively low-carb base for pizza that’s also high in micronutrients like vitamin C, vitamin K and folate.
Egg: The benefits of eggs include being rich source of protein that also supports heart, eye, liver, brain and skin health.
Garlic powder: When you think pizza, you likely think garlic, and this recipe is no exception. This super herb is full of antioxidants and adds flavor while upping the nutritional value of this crust.
Goat cheese: Goat cheese makes a great option as a source of healthy fats, protein, calcium, probiotics, B vitamins, copper, phosphorus and more.

How to Make Cauliflower Pizza Crust

Let’s start by preheating the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and lining a baking tray with parchment paper. While it gets toasty, chop up the cauliflower into medium-sized pieces, and arrange on the baking sheet.

Pop it into the oven, and bake for 25–30 minutes, until the cauliflower starts turning golden brown.

Cauliflower pizza crust step 2 - Dr. Axe

Once the cauliflower is the right hue, remove it from the oven, place on a cooling rack and transfer it to the fridge, where it’ll cool off completely. Once it’s cool, throw the cauliflower into a food processor or high-powered blender, and process it into rice-sized pieces, working in batches if necessary.

Cauliflower pizza crust step 3 - Dr. Axe

Next, in a medium-sized bowl, whisk the egg. Then add in all the other cauliflower pizza crust ingredients:

cheese
starch
garlic powder
salt
riced cauliflower

Start mixing!

Line your baking sheet with another sheet of parchment paper so the crust doesn’t stick. Then, pour the cauli-mix onto the baking sheet, and spread it into an oval or rectangular shape, whichever you prefer.

You want the crust to be about 1/2–3/4 of an inch thick.

Cauliflower pizza crust recipe - Dr. Axe

Once the crust is shaped to how you’d like it, bake it at 400 degrees for 35–40 minutes, until it looks golden-brown again. Then slide it out of the oven, and add all your favorite toppings (olive oil, tomato sauce, goat milk cheese, tomatoes, green pepper and red onions, for example). Go nuts!

Return to the oven for another five to 10 minutes, and then let the pizza cool slightly before serving it up.

This cauliflower pizza crust might seem more difficult than dialing up your favorite local place, but because there’s so much hands-off time involved, it’s not nearly as time-consuming as it might seem. Plus, with all the added cauliflower perks, you can enjoy pizza night totally guilt-free.