Sunday 15 February 2015

Cauliflower pizza (yes really)

I've been meaning to try this for ages and had been a bit dubious about whether you could really make a cauliflower pizza base taste good - and you can! Result. This is going on my weekly menu.

Ingredients:

For the base
1/2 cauliflower head
2 tbsp nutritional yeast (makes it taste better but is not essential - you could use dried herbs, a little mustard or just salt, pepper and chilli flakes)
 1 egg
chilli flakes
salt and pepper
dried herbs (optional)

For the topping
2 tbsp tomato puree
1 fresh tomato
2 garlic cloves
handful of fresh basil
1/2 grated courgette
black olives
1/2 tin anchovies
30g strong cheddar/any cheese
sweetcorn or any other veg
chilli flakes
olive oil

To make the base, grate the cauliflower and cook in microwave for around 7 minutes until tender.

Leave to cool and then stir in the nutritional yeast, salt and pepper, dried herbs if using and egg. Combine well. Line a baking sheet with baking parchment and press cauliflower into pizza base shape. Bake in pre-heated oven at 180 degrees C for around 15 minutes (until golden brown and crispy).
In the meantime,  blend the tomato, garlic, tomato puree and basil in food processor or blender. Spread on top of the pizza, with the courgette and rest of the toppings.
Bake again in oven for around 15 minutes.








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