Cauliflower Crust Pizza Bites
These Paleo Cauliflower Pizza Bites are super easy to make and you bake them in a muffin tin! Top with your favourite ingredients for a healthy treat! The topping varieties are endless! These pizza bites are Paleo, Grain Free, Gluten Free, Specific Carbohydrate Diet Legal.
While I have always been a big fan of cauliflower pizza, I find the process of microwaving the cauliflower rice, forming it into a ball and rolling it out between wax paper a time consuming pain.
I promise this will be one of the best cauliflower pizza crust recipes that you will ever come across, not only are they foolproof to make, the base is incredibly sturdy and won’t self destruct in your hands. The cauliflower rice goes into the batter raw which means you can skip having to microwave it in batches and frustratingly spend time squeezing out every last drop of moisture.
A large muffin tin makes great 2-3 bite sized pizzas, but you could also use a mini muffin tin to make even smaller ones. This is also a great recipe to prepare with kids, as everything is contained within the muffin tins keeping mess to a minimum.
Two to three mini pizzas served with salad would make for a delicious healthy meal, or alternatively these would also be great appetizers to pass out at a party.
For these Paleo Cauliflower Pizza Bites I used a variety of toppings including sautéed mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach, ham, red onion and salami but feel free to use any of your favourite pizza toppings.
Here are a few more cauliflower rice recipes that you might enjoy!
- Beef & Cauliflower Rice Mexican Casserole
- Chicken & Cauliflower Rice Soup
- Broccoli, Chicken & Cauliflower Rice Casserole
- Coconut Cauliflower Rice
- Cauliflower Rice Paella
If you make this recipe let me know in the comment section below, I would love to hear what you think or take a photo and tag me (@everylastbite_) on Instagram, I love seeing your photos!
Cauliflower Crust Pizza Bites
Ingredients
Cauliflower Crust
- 2 cups cauliflower rice approx 1 small cauliflower
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast (or parmesan for SCD)
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1/4 tsp salt and pepper
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup almond flour
Suggested Pizza Toppings
- Tomato Sauce
- Fresh spinach
- Sautéed Mushrooms
- Ham
- Grated Cheese
- Basil
- Chicken
- Olives
- Red onion
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit)
- Cut the cauliflower into chunks and place in a food processor. Blend for approximately 1 minute until it becomes as fine as possible. Measure out two cups of the cauliflower and place in a bowl. Add in the remaining ingredients for the crust and stir together until well mixed.
- Using a cooking spray or paper towel dipped in olive oil, grease each of the cups of the muffin tin
- Place a spoonful of the dough mixture into each muffin cup and press down firmly so the crust is well packed in.
- Bake the pizza crusts for 10-12 minutes in the oven until firm. After 10 minutes remove from the oven and gently press with your finger, they should hold together and be firm to the touch.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Using a knife, run it around the edges of each crust and loosen them from the bottom of the pan, this will ensure they are easier to remove later.
- With the crusts still in the muffin tray, top each with tomato sauce and any topping of your choice.
- Place the muffin tray back into the oven an allow to bake for a further 5 minutes until the cheese begins to bubble.
- Once cooked, remove from the tray and serve warm.
Nutrition
Have you ever tried the crust with a flax egg…..? :o)
I haven’t but I’ve received messages from people who have had success using flax eggs for the crust. Let me know if you try it!
Will using frizen riced cauliflower sAve the work of getting the moisture our
No I have found that frozen cauliflower rice usually has a lot more moisture. If you pulse the cauliflower rice find enough you don’t need to worry about steaming it or removing the liquid.
These were so delicious and really easy. Made both big and small to have a variety of sizes. Topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni chilli peppers and basil. The other I did tomato sauce, mozzarella, sautéed mushroom and goat cheese. Already want to make them again!
So happy you liked them JA!! Send me some 🙂
What size is the muffin tin you use?
For the photos I used a mini muffin tin but I have also made this recipe in the past in a normal sized muffin tray and it turned out great as well.
These are so great. Perfect little Pizza. Do you think Coconut or Casava flour would be a good substitute for the Almond flour?
Unfortunately I have never tried using a different flour so I can’t say for sure but I suspect that casava flour could also work. Let me know if you give it a try!
I’m wondering if you have found any tomato paste that is scd legal? It might make the tomato sauce, thicker and more like pizza sauce. I cannot wait to try these. What size pan would you recommend if you wanted to make one pizza? And would you line with foil for easier removal?
All your dishes look gourmet and fabulous. I think you’re going to make my scd year# journey Thank you.
can i use this recipe for a full sized pizza?
Yes definitely, just make sure that you pat the mixture down firmly and make it quite thin. I hope you enjoy!
Made these, and loved them! You are a life-saver for coming up with great recipes for SCD
Your comment made my week!! I’m so happy that you are enjoying the recipes!
Do you really mean 175 degrees??
That’s 175 degrees Celsius, which is 350 degrees Fahrenheit
I Love your ideas ! You need more comments and views:) I thank you for sharing. Your delicious recipes and pictures look so good! As professionally simple as Danielle Walker’s, I love it. We need more scd visionaries like you.
Will you please make sure to point out the scd illegal ingredients?? I noticed in a couple recipes now and had to say something. Like nutritional yeast here. Are you just adding it for flavor or to suck up some liquid? I know the diet is super strict and things like yeast or tamari could really set some people back on their healing early on in the diet. Maybe you could make suggestions as ‘optional’ ingredients and make sure people would know they’d be consuming illegals, which is not allowed on the diet. ?
I’m excited that I reworded my usual scd google search and found your site! I’m stoked to taste your stuff! This easy pizza is going to be a lifesaver !
I’m so happy your found my site! Thanks for such kind comments, I have always been a massive fan of Against all Grains so that is quite the compliment!
I will be sure to add a note on the recipes using tamari and nutritional yeast. Although not definitive, from the research I have done it seems that they can both be classified as scd legal but should be incorporated after you have been in remission for 6+ months. In all of the recipes in which I use nutritional yeast, its simply for a cheesy flavour, if you are ok eating cheese then a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese can be used instead or alternatively it can be completely omitted. I would love to hear how the recipes go once you’ve tried them.
Can’t wait to try these!
This is so awesome Carmen! Cannot wait to try this out!