New fangled pizza

I tried this pizza recipe from the Girl Gone Primal site with mouth watering results. Girl is from Australia so I needed to translate the recipe into American, which was easy enough. I just happened to forget that in Australia they bake in Celsius, not fahrenheit. I expect you already see where I'm going with this... I preheated my oven to a whopping 200 degrees fahrenheit thinking to myself that temperature didn't seem hot enough to bake a pizza, but perhaps the cauliflower crust required a lower termperature. So I waited the recommended 15 minutes then looked for bubbling sides and brown center. Hmmm, nothing. Gave it another 15 minutes. Still nothing. The word "Celsius" grabbed my attention. Duh. Penny dropped. 200 degrees C equates to 400 degrees F... Took the pie from the oven and waited until the oven reached temp, popped it back in and after another 15 minutes the sides bubbled and center browned. Go figure.


Ingredients:
1 large head of cauliflower (I used frozen, last bag from my garden)
2 cups grated cheese, mozzarella, cheddar or a combo
2 eggs
Optional herbs (I used dried oregano and parsley)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit (ahem). Line pan or pizza stone with baking paper.

Rice the cauliflower by putting florets into a food processor and buzzing until finely processed (but not mushy). Place cauliflower into a microwave-safe bowl and zap for 6-8 minutes. Makes about 2 cups.

Mix eggs, cheese, and herbs together. Add to cauliflower (I let mine cool a tad so I didn't end up with scrambled cheesy eggs). Spread evenly over baking paper. Bake in oven until golden on top and starting to crisp around the edges, approximately 15 minutes.







Remove from oven and add desired toppings. I used canned mushrooms (because I rather like their rubbery texture on pizza), sliced Kalamata olives



a dash of red pepper flakes followed by sliced salami



then more cheese on top - I used pecorino (which has a nice bite) and some sharp cheddar.



Back in the oven for 15 minutes. You know what? It smelled just like regular pizza baking! And by now I was famished. So the final photo is a little fuzzy and I wasn't about to take time to shoot another one!



Yum! There are endless variations possible for this recipe. I'm going to plant a whole lot more cauliflower this year!