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Cauliflower Pizza with Basil Pesto & Potatoes | Taste and Tipple

Cauliflower Pizza with Basil Pesto & Potatoes

Course Gluten Free, Main Course
Cuisine Whole30
Keyword Cauliflower Pizza, Pesto, Potato Pizza
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 4
Author Yvonne Langen

Ingredients

CAULIFLOWER CRUST

  • 1 large head cauliflower about 3 cups roughly chopped
  • 3/4 cup almond flour
  • 1 tbsp dried thyme
  • 3 eggs beaten
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper freshly ground

PESTO

  • 3/4 cup pine nuts
  • 2 garlic cloves smashed
  • 2 cups basil
  • 1 lemon zest and juice
  • 3-6 tbsp olive oil until desired texture

TOPPINGS

  • 1 large Yukon gold potato thinly sliced
  • 2 tsp ghee
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 3 garlic cloves sliced
  • 3 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
  • 2 cups baby arugula

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. In the large bowl of a food processor, pulse cauliflower until pureed the size of rice. Add to a large mixing bowl. Use a paper towel to press cauliflower well and remove any moisture. Then, add almond flour, thyme, sea salt and freshly ground pepper; mix. Fold in beaten eggs until mixture is well combined. Shape into a ball and refrigerate for 20 minutes
  3. While crust is chilling, in the small bowl of your food processor make the pesto. First add pine nuts and garlic until fine. Pulse together basil, lemon juice and zest until gritty. Stream in olive oil while blending until pesto reaches desired consistency - it should yield about 1/3-1/2 cup.
  4. Once crust has chilled, add to a parchment-lined baking sheet using your hands to shape into a crust.
  5. Parbake your crust for 25 minutes. While the crust is partaking, set a large non-stick frying pan over medium-low heat. Add 2 tsp ghee (or butter) and layer in the thinly sliced potatoes once ghee has melted. Drizzle with 2 tsp olive oil. Cook for 7 minutes, reducing heat if potatoes are browning too quickly, then flip and cook for another 7 minutes. Remove potatoes into a bowl and, to the same pan, add the thinly sliced garlic, cooking until fragrant about 30 seconds to 1 minute, remove from heat.
  6. When crust has parbaked for 25 minutes, remove from oven and begin adding toppings. First layer sliced garlic along the bottom of the crust. Then, add a thick layer of pesto. Top with potatoes.
  7. Bake for 7-9 minutes. Then, add oven to broil and return pizza to oven for 3-5 minutes or until browned.
  8. Remove from oven and allow pizza to cool slightly. Then, top with bacon and baby arugula.

Recipe Notes

Cauliflower Crust recipe adapted from Gartland, Julia. "Green Cauliflower Pizza with Heirloom Tomatoes, Prosciutto & Pesto." Sassy Kitchen. October 2014.