Bacon, Chicken, and Blue Cheese Pizza On Cauliflower Crust (Gluten Free & Low Carb)

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I have been helping in the kitchen and playing with my food for as long as I can remember but my real interest in trying new things and cooking started a few years ago when we lived in Idaho. We had a wee bit of snow in the winter…..

Let’s just say that I had a lot of time on my hands mixed with a love for baking and cooking. Another reason for my bold, and sometimes crazy, experimental cooking was making things for my dad.

My dad eats low-carb most of the time and I like to make things that he can eat. That way I don’t feel as guilty when I am making yummy, fluffy carb-laden foods that boast of yeasty goodness as they fill the house with their aroma. I started making low-carb foods and trying new ingredients for my dad with all my extra time. Sometimes they worked but many times they didn’t.

Now that we live in Chile, I don’t have as many of the ingredients for low-carb cooking as I had in the U.S. Something that is very available here is fresh produce. Cauliflower may not taste like yeast but you can make a pretty good crust with it that can help satisfy your pizza cravings. Something that is great about low-carb cooking is that it is usually gluten-free as well. This recipe is for blue cheese lovers and bacon fans but you can top this crust with anything you want.

Bacon, Chicken, and Blue Cheese Pizza On Cauliflower Crust (Gluten Free & Low Carb)

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Yield: 1 medium pizza

Bacon, Chicken, and Blue Cheese Pizza On Cauliflower Crust (Gluten Free & Low Carb)

Ingredients

Cauliflower Crust:
1/2 head cauliflower, cooked
1 egg
1 cup shredded mozzerella cheese
1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon freshly chopped garlic
Quick Blue Cheese Sauce:
1/2 tablespoon worchestershire sauce
1/4 cup cream
2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
Toppings:
1 cup cooked chicken, chopped
6 strips cooked bacon, crumbled
3 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
3 tablespoons chopped green onions

Instructions

For Crust: Grate cauliflower using food processor or cheese grater. Place in steam bowl in medium pot and steam until soft. Remove from pot andlet cool. When cool pour cauliflower into clean kitchen towel, wrap, and squeeze out as much liquid as you can. Combine cauliflower with the other ingredients for the crust and spread on greased pizza pan or baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees F (200 C) for 12-15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for about 5 minutes.
Quick Blue Cheese Sauce: Use a fork or whisk to smash blue cheese crumbles until smooth. Add cream, mayonnaise, and worchestershire and stir until smooth.
Topping the Pizza: Spread about half of the sauce evenly on crust. Mix remaing sauce with chicken and spread on pizza. Sprinkle bacon, blue cheese, and green onions over pizza and bake for 10-12 minutes until cheese begins to brown.

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