Cauliflower Pizza Bites

Description

Just like its big relative, cauliflower crust pizza, but better! Easy and fun to eat, it’s sure to be a crowd pleaser!

Ingredients

  • 1 large head cauliflower, cut into large chunks
  • 2 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
  • ½ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ¼ teaspoon onion powder
  • ⅓ cup pizza sauce

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a muffin tin with parchment paper squares.
  2. Grate cauliflower into a microwave-safe bowl using a fine grater. Chop up any remaining pieces that are too small to grate but too big for the crust.
  3. Microwave cauliflower until soft and tender
  4. 4 to 6 minutes. Pour cauliflower into a clean dish towel cool easily handled
  5. 15 to 20 minutes.
  6. Wrap the towel around the cauliflower and squeeze out as much liquid as possible; the drier the cauliflower is
  7. the better it will hold together as a crust once mixed with the other ingredients.
  8. Combine cauliflower
  9. 1 cup mozzarella cheese
  10. Parmesan cheese
  11. egg
  12. salt
  13. pepper
  14. garlic powder
  15. and onion powder in a large bowl.
  16. Scoop cauliflower crust mixture into prepared muffin tin
  17. dividing the mixture evenly among the cups. Pat down cauliflower mixture with the back of a spoon
  18. making it compact.
  19. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown
  20. about 15 minutes.
  21. Spoon a small amount of pizza sauce onto each cauliflower crust. Top with remaining 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese
  22. dividing evenly among the crusts.
  23. Bake until golden brown and cheese is melted
  24. about 15 minutes. Let sit in pan for 5 minutes before moving each bite to a cooling rack. Let cool for 10 minutes. Peel parchment paper squares off the crusts and serve on a platter.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 34 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 34 mins

Servings: 12

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