This will be the final recipe for the year 2017. I will save the disbelief for the year having gone past quickly for another post. I have been wanting to make a pizza for this Bake-a-thon but I never got around it. The main reason was that I happened to visit 3 Italian restaurants in a span of 10 days and if I dared to make pizza after that run, I knew I would be seriously injured or maimed. But then finally I hit upon this idea and it call came together very well.

I chanced upon this recipe for New Year’s Eve Pizza and thought it would be a wonderful way to end the year. The best part about it is that the pizza is topped with bread crumbs mixed with olive oil giving it a lovely crunch and crisp top. I had some bread frozen because my experiments did not turn out too well and no one wanted to have it. So I have been pulsing them and using as bread crumbs. I figured I could use up some of that too with this recipe. Then I remembered I had a large head of cauliflower waiting to be used. So I mixed the bread crumb topping with cauliflower crust and voila, we have this awesome pizza that works perfectly well when it comes to clearing out my refrigerator.

Makes one 11″ pizza

WHAT WE NEED

1 kg Cauliflower

60 gms Almonds

3 tbsp Chia seeds

4 tbsp Water

1 tbsp Dried oregano

1 tsp Salt

Toppings per your choice

1/4 cup Bread crumbs

1-2 tbsp Olive oil

WHAT TO DO

• Break the cauliflower into florets and blitz them in a food processor / mixer to form a rice like consistency
• Transfer it to a microwave safe bowl
• Cover with cling wrap and microwave for 8 minutes till softened
• Transfer it to a kitchen towel and let cool for 10 minutes
• Grind the chia seeds and mix it with water in a bowl and set aside
• Squeeze out as much water as possible from the cauliflower through the kitchen towel
• Transfer the cauliflower to a bowl
• Grind almonds into rice like consistency
• Add the almonds, chia seed mixture, oregano and salt to the cauliflower and get them together like a dough
• Press into a greased baking tray at 1/4″ thick
• Ensure that the thickness is the same overall without having highs and lows
• Preheat the oven at 200C
• Bake for 25-30 minutes till light brown
• Take it out and let cool for 15-20 minutes
• Preheat the oven at 250C
• Add toppings to the pizza base as per your choice
• Mix the bread crumbs and olive oil and sprinkle on top of the pizza covering it well
• Bake at 220C for 10 minutes or till the top turns golden brown
• If necessary, broil for 2-3 minutes
• Serve hot
• Enjoy!

 

NOTES

1. The bread crumbs are optional and can be omitted if you wish
2. Chia seeds can be substituted with flaxseeds
3. If you do not want to microwave the cauliflower, then steam it for 8-9 minutes

 

This is part of the Bake-a-thon 2017