Cauliflower Pizza Crust

This isn't anything new. For those of you who have been on the gluten free, or low carb train - you conquered this a long, long time ago. Yep - I am late to the cauliflower party.

But! I wanted to try something new. Sometimes, I crave pizza - in non-traditional pizza flavors, so this weekend it was Thai chicken pizza, with a Thai peanut sauce base, and homemade sweet Thai chili sauce.

To make a basic cauliflower crust:

1 cauliflower head, or approx 2 cups cooked cauliflower
2 cups parmesan cheese
2 eggs

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

2. Pulse your cooked cauliflower (about 5-8 min in boiling water) in a food processor until it has the consistency and size of rice. Allow to cool for about 5 minutes.

3. Place pulsed cauliflower in a large bowl and pick out any large pieces, you can chopped them up and add them back into the bowl.

This is actually "broccoflower" (green cauliflower) - it was all that was in the grocery store so I figured, hey why not?

4. Add parmesan cheese and egg, until well combined.

5. On a baking sheet with parchment paper, spread out cauliflower mixture about 1/4 inch thick.

6. Bake for about 20 minutes.

7. Add your toppings and bake again for about 10-15 minutes.


Thai peanut sauce base:

1/4 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 garlic clove, chopped
1 tsp chili flakes
1 tsp sesame oil

Combine in a small sauce pan on medium heat until sauce thickens. Remove from heat, and spread on the crust.

Sweet Thai Chili Sauce (Low carb version - less than 1g carb per serving)

1/4 cup water
1/4 rice vinegar
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 tsp gelatin powder or xanthum gum
1-2 tsp chili flakes (or add more if you like it really spicy - I used 1 tbsp)
1-2 tbsp stevia or splenda to your desired sweetness

1. Combine everything in a small sauce pan (except for stevia/splenda) on medium high heat.
2. Allow to simmer until liquid is reduced by half (takes about 5 minutes and wil have a thicker consistency)
3. Remove from heat, allow to cool for about 10 min.
4. Add in stevia or splenda to taste.
5. Drizzle on pizza right before serving/eating.

Thai chicken pizza, with roma tomatoes, olives, avocado, green onions, and cilantro

Added some arugula on the side