Bread Recipe ⇝ Chef John's Cauliflower Pizza Crust

If you'd never heard about pizza before and someone served this to you, I think you'd really enjoy it. Texture aside, the flavor of this final product was very pizza-like, and I'll be doing further experiments to be sure.

Ingredients

• 1 head cauliflower, cored and separated into florets
• ½ cup water
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 ounces fresh goat cheese
• ½ ounce finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
• 1 large egg
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Puree cauliflower in a food processor until finely ground.
3. Cook ground cauliflower, water, and salt together in a skillet over medium-high heat until fragrant and most of the water evaporates, 5 to 6 minutes. Cool completely.
4. Transfer cauliflower to the center of a clean dish towel. Wrap and squeeze tightly to remove all excess moisture. You should have about 1 1/2 cups cauliflower pulp.
5. Stir cauliflower, goat cheese, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, egg, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl to form a soft dough. Gather dough into a ball and place in the center of the prepared baking sheet. Press dough into circle about 1/4-inch thick.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and set, about 40 minutes. Cool and turn crust over before topping.

Nutrition Facts

• calories120.8
• carbohydrateContent8.2 g
• cholesterolContent60.8 mg
• fatContent6.6 g
• fiberContent3.6 g
• proteinContent8.8 g
• saturatedFatContent3.9 g
• sodiumContent479.4 mg
• sugarContent3.9 g