Cauliflower crust pizza with chicken and spinach
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A nifty cauliflower crust pizza made with gram flour (also known as chickpea flour) makes this recipe entirely gluten-free. Adam Gray tops his pizza with iron-rich spinach and lean chicken for a healthy pizza topping alternative, but feel free to use vary the ingredients to your taste.
First published in 2015
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Cauliflower pizza base
- 200g of cauliflower, raw and grated
- 400g of gram flour
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 3 spring onions, finely chopped
- 160ml of semi-skimmed milk
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- sea salt, natural
- ground white pepper
- 50ml of rapeseed oil
Topping
- 200g of free range chicken breast, cooked and sliced
- 300g of passata
- 50g of baby spinach leaves, washed
- 50g of Parmesan, fresh
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Method
1
Begin by preparing the cauliflower pizza base. Add the grated cauliflower, gram flour, baking powder, cumin, coriander and spring onion to a large bowl and mix to combine. Pour in the milk and mix until you achieve a dough-like consistency
- 200g of cauliflower, raw and grated
- 400g of gram flour
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 3 spring onions, finely chopped
- 160ml of semi-skimmed milk
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
2
Add salt and pepper to taste and cover the bowl with cling film. Place in the fridge to rest for 10 minutes
- sea salt, natural
- ground white pepper
3
Once rested, turn the dough out onto a clean work surface. Using the palm of your hand, gently work the dough out from the centre to form a disc the size of a dinner plate, approximately 1/2cm thick
4
Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4
5
Use half of the rapeseed oil to grease a flat baking tray and carefully transfer the base to the tray. Spread an even layer of passata over the base, then overlap the chicken slices and spinach to cover the passata
- 25ml of rapeseed oil
- 300g of passata
- 200g of free range chicken breast, cooked and sliced
- 50g of baby spinach leaves, washed
6
Drizzle the remaining rapeseed oil onto the cauliflower pizza, then finely grate the Parmesan on top to finish. Bake in the oven for 18-20 minutes until the base is golden brown and the topping has melted
- 50g of Parmesan, fresh
- 25ml of rapeseed oil
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