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25 Best Cauliflower Pizza Crust Recipes With Creative Topping Ideas
Have you heard the hype about cauliflower? About it's a magical ingredient with carb-like texture, minus the carbs? Cauliflower has the ability to transform itself so it tastes like rice, mashed potatoes—even pizza crust. Believe it! Cauliflower is an amazingly versatile food that helps you cut out the heavier carbs in traditionally starchy dishes to turn them into healthier versions of your favorite meals. One of the best ways to incorporate cauliflower into your diet is to turn it into pizza crust and load it with your favorite toppings!
And honestly, you don't need be someone who follows the keto diet or (Weight Watchers) to enjoy a cauliflower crust pizza. You will be astonished at what amazing flavor you can get from cauliflower when it's combined with egg, cheese and a binder. To make your life easier, you can get riced cauliflower in the frozen section—ready to thaw and make cauliflower magic.
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For this round-up, we have put together a collection of the best cauliflower crust pizza recipes! Whether you love pizza topped with BBQ chicken, taco fixings, shrimp scampi or good old pepperoni and mushroom, you will love them even more on a cauliflower crust. And, it's not just traditional pizza. We're talking Cauliflower Pizza Bites, Cauliflower Breadsticks, Crock Pot Cauliflower Pizza Casserole and Cauliflower Steak Pizza, too!
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So, don't be afraid of cauliflower crust—you might surprise yourself with the yummy combinations you'll come up with.
Where can I buy cauliflower pizza crust?Don't want to make your own cauliflower crust? Pick up a pre-made cauli crust from Amazon or from many local grocery stores, including Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. Then just use one of these recipes for the toppings. Enjoy!
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The Easy Way To Turn Trader Joe's Pizza Dough Into A Sweet Treat
Trader Joe's is a treasure trove for all things whimsical. While you'll find elaborately named sweets and snacks that seem too odd to be good, you'll also find an array of staple goods for all of your practical cooking needs -- like pizza dough. While you can use its pizza dough for making, well, pizza, you could also repurpose it for something far more delicious and crafty.
One of the best uses, which was suggested in the Trader Joe's podcast (yes, they have a podcast called "Inside Trader Joe's") episode "Knack for Hacks," was to combine small pieces of dough with cinnamon sugar to create a monkey bread treat. Monkey bread is traditionally made by combining hunks of raw dough, like cinnamon rolls, crescent rolls, biscuit dough, or in this case, pizza dough, with a buttery mixture and pouring it into a loaf or Bundt pan. The result is a sticky, sweet breakfast that can be covered in frosting or eaten as-is.
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The key to transforming your pizza dough into monkey bread is to slice it into relatively small pieces. Pizza dough is easiest to roll out and slice into when it's at room temperature, so you'll want to leave your bag of Trader Joe's pizza dough on the counter for a little bit for it to warm up. Then, when you're ready to assemble, tuck each of the small dough pieces (1 to 2 inches squares are appropriate) into melted butter before rolling them in brown sugar and cinnamon. The sugar is critical because it keeps the pieces together and creates that sticky syrup that keeps the individual pieces in one cohesive mass. Then, bake the mixture in your pan.
If you use a Bundt, you can easily flip over the container and remove the monkey bread after it's cooled slightly. This will allow you to frost (or glaze) and serve it with ease. While this recipe is relatively simple, as it only requires the melted butter, sugar, spice, and of course, pizza dough, you can always upgrade your monkey bread by adding in chopped pecans or raisins or introducing new flavors with maple syrup, extracts, and more.
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Take your tastebuds on a trip to Italy with our best savoury Italian baking recipes, including pillowy focaccia, perfect ciabatta and classic pizza dough.
These authentic bakes include internationally-known classics and lesser-known gems from Italy's regions, such sfincione, a Sicilian-style baked pizza. Or have a bash at these cheesy flatbreads, a Genoese speciality.
Take pizza night to the next level with Roman-style pinsa pizzas. Planning a dinner party? We've got some elegant savoury bakes for the main course, including Gennaro Contaldo's spinach terrine. Homemade olive breadsticks will go down a treat, too.
For more inspiration, check out our sweet Italian bakes and complete Italian recipes collection.
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