HCG Phase 3 - Gourmet Cauliflower Pizza
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- Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients
24 ounces raw cauliflower1/2 cup parmesan2 egg whites1 tsp baking powder7.5 oz Contadina tomato sauce (1/2 a can)1 clove garlic1/4 tsp basil1/2 a bay leaf1/4 tsp oregano1/4 tsp thyme1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, part skim6 fresh basil leavesPamSalt & Pepper
Preheat oven to 400f. NOTE: To prepare pizza stone, heat oven to 500f for 20 minutes to make sure stone evenly heated. Then reduce to 400f to cook "crust."
Cut cauliflower into small florets. Chop garlic.
In a 2 Qt sauce pan, bring water to a boil.
While waiting for water to boil, add tomato sauce ingredients to a different small pan and bring a slow boil, then turn down the heat to a simmer.
Simmer sauce for 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
When water boils, blanche cauliflower for 5 - 7 minutes or until the cauliflower florets can be easily crushed with the tines of a fork. Prepare an ice bath to cool cauliflower in.
Strain cauliflower and put into ice bath. Cool completely, then strain the cooled cauliflower again.
Chop cauliflower in a food processor until it resembles course meal. Place cauliflower in mixing bowl.
Mix in egg and parmesan cheese, season with salt and pepper. Go easy on the salt because the parmesan is salty already.
Press mix into a round nonstick pan that has been heavily sprayed with Pam. Spray top of mix with Pam and bake for 30 minutes at 400f on pizza stone. (Place pan on top of pizza stone.) After 30 minutes in oven move to broiler and brown the top for 2-3 minutes.
Remove from broiler and cool completely.
At this point you can refrigerate the "crust" and finish your pizza later.
To remove the crust from round pizza pan, slide the spatula under the crust and invert the pan onto a pizza peel or a flat cookie sheet pan with no edges.
If you want to finish your pizza now, add the sauce, cheese and other toppings (if desired). By the way, this crust is still on top of that cookie sheet with no edges. After toppings are assembled, slide the crust with toppings from the cookie sheet onto the pizza stone that has already been preheated in a 500f oven. (20 minute preheat to get stone evenly heated)
If you don't have a pizza stone or creating a more firm crust is not important to you then you can skip the flipping onto a cookie sheet and sliding onto a pizza stone step. You can just keep it in the pan the whole time, fridge to oven.
Bake until cheese is melted to your preference. About 15 minutes.
Cut cauliflower into small florets. Chop garlic.
In a 2 Qt sauce pan, bring water to a boil.
While waiting for water to boil, add tomato sauce ingredients to a different small pan and bring a slow boil, then turn down the heat to a simmer.
Simmer sauce for 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
When water boils, blanche cauliflower for 5 - 7 minutes or until the cauliflower florets can be easily crushed with the tines of a fork. Prepare an ice bath to cool cauliflower in.
Strain cauliflower and put into ice bath. Cool completely, then strain the cooled cauliflower again.
Chop cauliflower in a food processor until it resembles course meal. Place cauliflower in mixing bowl.
Mix in egg and parmesan cheese, season with salt and pepper. Go easy on the salt because the parmesan is salty already.
Press mix into a round nonstick pan that has been heavily sprayed with Pam. Spray top of mix with Pam and bake for 30 minutes at 400f on pizza stone. (Place pan on top of pizza stone.) After 30 minutes in oven move to broiler and brown the top for 2-3 minutes.
Remove from broiler and cool completely.
At this point you can refrigerate the "crust" and finish your pizza later.
To remove the crust from round pizza pan, slide the spatula under the crust and invert the pan onto a pizza peel or a flat cookie sheet pan with no edges.
If you want to finish your pizza now, add the sauce, cheese and other toppings (if desired). By the way, this crust is still on top of that cookie sheet with no edges. After toppings are assembled, slide the crust with toppings from the cookie sheet onto the pizza stone that has already been preheated in a 500f oven. (20 minute preheat to get stone evenly heated)
If you don't have a pizza stone or creating a more firm crust is not important to you then you can skip the flipping onto a cookie sheet and sliding onto a pizza stone step. You can just keep it in the pan the whole time, fridge to oven.
Bake until cheese is melted to your preference. About 15 minutes.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 270.5
- Total Fat: 13.8 g
- Cholesterol: 42.8 mg
- Sodium: 919.8 mg
- Total Carbs: 13.9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 4.0 g
- Protein: 24.7 g
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