Cauliflower Pizza Crust- Second Try!!!

I made a post quite a few years ago about trying to make a cauliflower pizza crust. It basically turned into a casserole.
I've being using the Keto diet as a guide for eating since the end of February. I decided to try the cauliflower pizza crust one more time!
Ingredients:
1 Bag FROZEN Riced Cauliflower (Yay for modern conveniences!!!)
2 Eggs
1 Cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
1/2 Cup Parmesan Cheese
1 Tbl Garlic (Minced, Powder, whatever you prefer!) Plus a little more for later.
1/2 Tbl Italian Seasoning
2-3 Tbl Olive Oil
Your preferred pizza toppings!!!
*Preheat Oven to 375 degrees.

The biggest problem I've had with the cauliflower crust is getting the cauliflower dried out enough to actually bake to a crispy crust.

First, if the frozen cauliflower is in a microwave steam bag, cook it in the bag according to instructions. After it's cooked, take it out of the microwave. Line a strainer with a few STRONG paper towels, you don't want to have paper towel in your crust! OR you can use a cheese clothe, or clothe made for straining. Pour the cauliflower out of the bag into the towel lined strainer. Walk away. Give it a few good minutes to cool off a little. Plus, some of the water will later start straining out.
DON'T BURN YOURSELF! :-) That's from personal experience! After given a good 5-10 minutes to sit in the strainer, grab the sides of the towels and start squeezing the water out. Put some muscle into it! The dryer the better!!! 

Once it's been squeezed so much, that no more water is coming out, walk away a few more minutes and try again. After that, if no more water is coming out, throw it in a mixing bowl or Kitchen aid mixer.

Start adding the other ingredients. Your eggs, cheese, and seasonings. NOT THE OLIVE OIL. Save that for the Crust Trick. (We are subbing the Cauliflower Crust for the Pillsbury one. I think you get the point!)
In a bowl, mix garlic and olive oil. Then, take a cooking brush, and rub the mixture on the pizza pan.

I think I cooked it for about 20 minutes. I just kept watching and waiting for it to get a little less than done. 

 

 After doing this, take the crust mixture and start pressing it out onto the pan. Press it to desired size or to the edges of the pan. Put the crust in the oven, and start cooking.

Cooking Away!

 

When the crust gets close to the desired amount of crispy goodness, but not completely done, take it out to add toppings.

  

We add marinara, cheeses, bacon, pepperoni, black olives, all of the good things! Put the pizza back in the oven to cook for 11-15 more minutes, or until the toppings are warm and the cheese is bubbling and melty. 

We liked this attempt at cauliflower pizza crust better then my first attempt, but we also thought it still wasn't exactly pizza. I could have cooked it a little longer in the oven before adding toppings, and maybe at a lower temperature, so the edges wouldn't burn. 

I will definitely try making this again! 

What's your favorite pizza crust recipe? Have you tried to make cauliflower pizza crust before? What was the result?