Cauliflower Pizza Casserole

I love pizza!!! That has been one of the hard things about going grain free. Pizza. I could eat it once or twice a day.

Sometimes you just get a need for pizza.

Imagine if a loaded deep-dish pizza had a three-some with baked ziti and a head of cauliflower. Their baby would look something like this. Cauliflower, homemade Italian sausage, pepperoni, veges, three kinds of olives, two kinds of cheese and more.

I like to make my own pork sausage.

Cauliflower Pizza Casserole

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Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1/2 large Cauliflower cut into florets

Saute

• 1/2 pound Italian sausage browned
• 1 small onion
• 1/2 cup mushrooms crimini, diced
• 1/2 green pepper medium dice
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1/4 cup dry white wine

Mix

• 2 ounces pepperoni
• 2 cups pizza sauce
• 1/2 cup olives sliced (I used a blend of kalamata, Nicoise and Misson, but you could use simple black olives)
• 1 cup mozzarella shredded
• 3/4 oz parmigiano reggiano finely grated
• 1/2 tsp Dried oregano

Topping

• Reserved pepperoni
• Reserved olives
• 1/2 cup mozzarella
• parmigiano reggiano grated
• Dried oregano

Servings:

Units:MetricUS Imperial

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400F

Cauliflower

1. Cut the cauliflower into smallish florets, removing the stem
2. In a medium bowl, toss the florets in oil to coat
3. Place them on a baking sheet
4. Roast in the oven for 20-30 minutes until caramelized, mixing them around occasionally
5. Drop the oven temperature to 350F

Sautee

1. Brown the Italian sausage in a frying pan
2. Remove from pan and reserve
3. Saute the onions, mushrooms and peppers until the onion are translucent
4. Add the garlic and saute for about 30 seconds
5. Add the white wine to deglaze the pan
6. Add in the sausage and simmer for a few minutes until the wine is reduced to a thick sauce
7. Add the marinara sauce

Mix

1. Mix the roasted cauliflower, marinara sauce, sausage, pepperoni, olives, paramigiano and oregano together in a bowl.
2. Transfer to an 8x8 baking dish. I like to use glass
3. Cover with a layer of mozzerella cheese.
4. Decorate with reserved pepperoni and olives
5. Give it a light dusting of paramigiano cheese.
6. Sprinkle with oregano

Baking

1. Bake at 350F until cheese has melted and the sides are bubbling, about 20 minutes
2. Let it rest for 5-10 minutes if you can stand it.
3. Serve

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