Pepperoni Cauliflower Pizza

This is one of our best recipes: pepperoni cauliflower pizza. It is healthy, delicious, not soggy, thin-crust pizza that is low in calories, fat, cholesterol, and carbs. It is made from real and nutritious ingredients so eating pizza is now not only a pleasure but packed with nutrients. No longer you should worry if you ate half of the pizza in one seating. This pizza is so low in calories that half of it could be equivalent in calories to one slice store-bought pizza. Check out our supreme pizza for extra topping ideas!

Keto-Friendly Pepperoni Cauliflower Pizza

This pizza is made out of keno-friendly ingredients. Many people think that if they are on Keto they no longer can eat pizza as usually pizza is made out of flour. However, this pepperoni cauliflower pizza has no flour crust. Instead, it is made out of cauliflower so even people on the Keto diet can safely eat and enjoy pizza again.

Gluten-Free Pizza

This pizza is gluten-free as we do not use bread as the crust foundation for this amazing pepperoni pizza. Instead, we use our thin crust cauliflower pizza crusts made from cauliflower and mozzarella. Check out also our cauliflower pizza crust made from cauliflower and ricotta cheese.

Our Secret Sauce for Best Crust

If you are wondering why the pizza is not soggy and it holds so well when you are holding it, then keep on reading. The secret to this success is to drain out all the water from the cauliflower once you bake it. One of the best qualities of fruits and vegetables is that they are packed with liquid, hence why it is so important to eat them every day. In this case, however, we want to get rid of the liquid so the pizza holds better and is not soggy when you eat it. Don’t worry, this nutrient pack stock can be used for smoothies, soups, rice, and any other place where water might be needed.

Why We Love This Pizza

We love this pepperoni cauliflower pizza because it is so delicious that you won’t even notice you are eating vegetables. The cauliflower crust blends really well with the pizza sauce and the pepperoni and when I serve this pizza almost no-one so far has been able to tell the difference in the crust. This pizza is incredibly tasty! Just make sure you make some extra servings because it goes really fast once served on the table.

Ingredients for Pepperoni Cauliflower Pizza Crust

We use real ingredients in our recipes. Below are the ingredients for this astounding pepperoni pizza. You will notice that we list ingredients such as cauliflower, eggs, seasoning, and cheese. All of them are a great choice to include in your daily diets.

Cauliflower

We use fresh cauliflower as our main ingredient for the pizza crust. For our best pepperoni pizza, we use a crust made with mozzarella cheese. Check out our cauliflower pizza crust made with ricotta cheese for more ideas.

We make cauliflower rice from scratch using a food processor The cauliflower rice is the foundation for the pizza crust. Once we process the fresh cauliflower into rice with the food processor, we put it in the oven to bake for several minutes. I am not a big fan of the microwave. I also find it easier to bake the cauliflower rice than steam it or cook it on the stove.

It is very easy and fast to make your own cauliflower rice. If you are not up to making your own cauliflower rice, don’t worry. Many stores now carry packaged cauliflower rice and you can buy it frozen. In fact, some stores now carry frozen cauliflower pizza crusts and frozen cauliflower pizzas. I prefer making my own pizza from scratch. I feel better when I know what I put in my meal.

Cauliflower is a nutrient-dense ingredient rich in fiber, vitamin B, C, folate, and antioxidants. Because we use this vegetable as a base of the pizza it makes the pizza low calories, low sodium, low fat, low sugar pizza showpiece. We love using cauliflower rice in our recipes so check out some other ideas below:

• Ground turkey, cabbage, and cauliflower rice
• Beef stir fry with cauliflower rice
• Sweet and sour pork over cauliflower rice

Amazon’s cauliflower option seems expensive so check out our Chicory button for more affordable options.

Mozzarella Cheese

We use mozzarella cheese to make the pizza crust, as well as, to top our pepperoni pizza with. I buy a block of low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese and use it for many recipes. In this specific recipe, we use the food processor to shred some mozzarella cheese. It is not only cheaper to make your own shredded mozzarella, but I also save room in the fridge of not having too many packages of the same cheese. Part-skim mozzarella has lower fat and lower calories than whole milk mozzarella cheese. It is a great source of calcium, protein, and phosphorus.

Egg

Eggs are really nutritious. They are a great source of protein, vitamins B and D, selenium, zinc, copper, and iron. In this specific recipe, we use the egg to bind the cauliflower rice together and form the crust. Do wash hands after you handle eggs. We try to include this step of washing hands in our recipes to follow the food safety guidelines and help people use safety and health-wise steps while cooking. Safe cooking practices lead to healthier us.

Seasoning For Pepperoni Cauliflower Pizza Crust With Mozzarella Cheese

For this cauliflower pizza crust with mozzarella cheese, we use traditional pizza and pasta seasoning – oregano and basil. Most of the marinara and pizza sauces I use already have this seasoning already mixed so I just magnify the flavor by including it in the crust. You can also skip that step if you feel you will have enough flavor just from the pizza sauce. If you have a specific pizza seasoning you love, then swap the oregano and basil for it. I love savory and sometimes I will use savory instead of Italian seasoning, basil, and oregano.

When I have fresh herbs, I chop them finely and sprinkle them on top of the pizza. Fresh basil is one of my favorite pizza garnishes. I would totally put it on top of all my pizza pieces. Yes… I would sprinkle it on my pizza and not the entire pizza as my husband is not a big fan of fresh basil. I just love the taste of basil and enjoy it every time I can. If you are a fan of another herb you absolutely love with your pizza, drop us a comment. We would love to hear what you like adding to your pizza.

 

Pepperoni Cauliflower Pizza Toppings

Pizza Sauce For Pepperoni Cauliflower Pizza

We use store-bought pizza sauce for our pizzas. When I ran out of pizza sauce, I just use marinara. I like using jars as opposed to cans as it is healthier. Sometimes cans contain chemicals that harm our health. For example, some cans have BPA. Hence, I try to avoid using canned food at home. Luckily, pizza sauces and marinara are widely available in jars. When choosing which marinara or pizza sauce to buy, I look at the ingredients and make sure they are whole ingredients such as tomatoes, basil, garlic., etc. If I don’t like an ingredient (i.e. sugar, citric acid) I just don’t buy this brand.

I ate a very tasty red sauce pasta several months ago and still trying to figure out which marinara did the cook use. It was a very light and spicy marinara. I don’t think they made it from scratch so I keep buying all different marinara flavors. Maybe I will find it one day!

Pepperoni

My family is a big fan of pepperoni. We strive for balance and salami is on our menu. Some of you may be surprised, but red meat is not that bad for you after all. Do extensive research and you will find out that many of the studies done where we are warned against red meat actually didn’t have enough sampling and data back up for it. Newer studies are actually showing that red meat in moderation (like every other ingredient on the meat list) is a good addition to our diets.

In any event, healthy or not, my husband and kids are really happy to see pepperoni on the pizza so I include it every once in a while! After all, we only have one life to live. Who knows what the research 20 years from now will show and make pepperoni a healthy option. Maybe then we will be told to eat it every day. I am a believer in moderation and a balanced diet so I include pepperoni in our food.

Mozzarella Cheese Topping

We sprinkle our pizza crust with mozzarella cheese for additional cheese flavor. If you are a fan of a different cheese (cheddar, feta, etc) feel free to use it instead or as an addition to the mozzarella cheese topping. My family loves the mozzarella cheese as a pizza topping so most of our pizzas have mozzarella.

Equipment

• Food processor – For this recipe, you will need a food processor to make the cauliflower rice. If you don’t have one, then you can buy store-bought cauliflower rice. We strongly suggest buying a food processor as it is one of our most used kitchen appliances. For example, for this recipe, we bought a whole piece of mozzarella cheese and then used the food processor to make shredded mozzarella. It saves a lot of money on cheese!
• Pizza pan – We use a circle pizza pan for this recipe to bake our masterpiece. If you like pizza, you probably already have one at home. It is super convenient if you buy a frozen pizza from the store too.
• We love eating pizza at our house. Hence, we own a pizza cutter. You can also cut the pizza with a knife, but it is so much easier to use the pizza cutter.
• We are big fans of food safety and began making our recipes compliant with food safety guidelines. As such, we started using a vegetable brush to clean our hard produce. It does give an extra piece of mind that you are doing your best to clean the produce.
• To really have a perfect pizza crust, you do need to get rid of as much water out of the cauliflower rice as you can. Layering cheesecloth pieces is one of the easiest ways to do so.
• Pepper grinder – most recently we started using a pepper grinder as opposed to pre-grounded black pepper. The flavor is astonishing!! I would never buy ground pepper ever again. When you grind the pepper especially on top of a meal just before eating it, you will see a tremendous flavor difference. I dare you to try it!
• The rest of the needed equipment is standard items you probably already have in your kitchen such as parchment paper, mixing bowls, measuring set, etc.

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