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Baked Garlic Cauliflower Mash with Cheese Crust

3 July, 2016 by Stacey 8 Comments

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Baked Garlic Cauliflower Mash with Cheese Crust

A baked garlic cauliflower mash with cheese crust on top. Low carb, gluten-free and primal.

Baked Garlic Cauliflower Mash with Cheese Crust : Low Carb, Keto, Primal , and oh so yummy! Healthy comfort food!Pin

Baked Garlic Mashed Cauliflower with Cheese Crust is an insanely delicious, low carb, gluten-free, a primal alternative to baked mashed potato casserole.

I just gave my old baked mash potato recipe a healthy makeover, and oh my did it ever turn out good!

WATCH THE RECIPE VIDEO.

That cheesy crust on top of the garlic-mashed cauliflower was a hit with even my cauliflower-hating family. They thought I did half potato & half cauliflower, but it was all cauliflower (sneaky me!).

The fresh mozzarella added to the cauliflower mash really gave it a creamy thick, “potato-like” texture.

Give this a try and let me know what you think. Be sure to use a medium to large-sized food processor, not those small or mini-sized ones.

Also, I chose 1 to 2 cloves of garlic, so you can adjust how strong you like your garlic flavor. I made a short recipe video to watch below.

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Baked Garlic Cauliflower Mash with Cheese Crust

Ingredients

Baked Garlic Cauliflower Mash Ingredients:

  • 1 head cauliflower (small to medium size)
  • ½ tablespoon olive oil, or butter
  • 1 to 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon chicken broth, or vegetable broth (I used bone broth)
  • ⅓ cup fresh mozzarella cheese, chopped
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper

Cheesy Crust Topping Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon almond flour
  • 1 ½ tablespoon Parmesan cheese
  • 1 ½ tablespoon cheddar cheese, grated

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Chop cauliflower into florets. Place a steamer insert into a pot and fill with water to just below the steamer insert.
  2. Bring water to a boil. Add the cauliflower florets, cover, and steam for 10 minutes or until tender.
  3. While cauliflower in steaming, heat the olive oil or butter in a small frying pan over medium heat. Add minced garlic and stir for about 2 minutes or until softened. Remove from heat.
  4. In a large food processor, add half of the cooked cauliflower. Cover and blend on high.
  5. Add 1 tablespoon of chicken broth and a few more cauliflower florets to the processor; Blend on high. Using a spoon while the processor is off, scrape the sides of the processor to get any unprocessed bits of cauliflower.
  6. Add the cooked minced garlic and ⅓ cup fresh mozzarella to the processor and blend until creamy but still thick.
  7. Spoon cauliflower mash into three ramekins or small ceramic bowls. In a small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon almond flour, 1 ½ tablespoon Parmesan cheese. Mix together. Sprinkle on top of each cauliflower mash dish.
  8. Bake at 400 F for 20 minutes or until slightly browning. Remove from oven and sprinkle each with  a ½ tablespoon grated cheddar cheese. Return to oven and broil for a minute or two until cheese melt and bubbles. Serve

Nutritional Data: Servings: 3 ( just over ½ cup each), Cal: 203, Carbs: 7 g, Net Carbs: 5 g, Fiber: 2 g, Fat: 15 g, Protein: 13 g, Sugars: 2 g.  * all nutritional data are estimates based on the products I used*

Baked Garlic Cauliflower Mash with Cheese Crust - Low carb, gluten free, primal, healthy alternative to mash potatoes. Oh so yummy!Pin

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Baked Garlic Cauliflower Mash with Cheese Crust

Stacey
Baked Garlic Mashed Cauliflower with Cheese Crust is an insanely delicious, low carb, gluten-free, a primal alternative to baked mashed potato casserole.
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 12 minutes mins
Cook Time 21 minutes mins
0 minutes mins
Total Time 33 minutes mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American, side dish
Servings 3
Calories 203 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 head cauliflower small to medium size
  • ½ tablespoon olive oil or butter
  • 1 cloves to 2 garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon chicken broth or vegetable broth (I used bone broth)
  • ⅓ cup fresh mozzarella cheese chopped
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • CHEESY CRUST TOPPING:
  • 1 tablespoon almond flour
  • 1 ½ tablespoon parmesan cheese
  • 1 ½ tablespoon cheddar cheese grated

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 F. Chop cauliflower into florets.
  • Place a steamer insert into a pot and fill with water to just below the steamer insert.
  • Bring water to a boil. Add the cauliflower florets, cover, and steam for 10 minutes or until tender.
  • While cauliflower in steaming, heat the olive oil or butter in a small frying pan over medium heat. Add minced garlic and stir for about 2 minutes or until softened. Remove from heat.
  • In a large food processor, add half of the cooked cauliflower. Cover and blend on high.
  • Add 1 tablespoon of chicken broth, and a few more of the cauliflower florets to the processor; Blend on high. Using a spoon while processor is off, scrape sides of processor to get any unprocessed bits of cauliflower.
  • Add the cooked minced garlic, and ⅓ cup fresh mozzarella to the processor and blend until creamy, but still thick.
  • Spoon cauliflower mash into 3 ramekins or small ceramic bowls. In a small bowl combine: 1 tablespoon almond flour, 1 ½ tablespoon Parmesan cheese. Mix together. Sprinkle on top of each cauliflower mash dish.
  • Bake at 400 F for 20 minutes or until slightly browning. Remove from oven and sprinkle each with a ½ tablespoon grated cheddar cheese. Return to oven and broil for a minute or two until cheese melt and bubbles. Serve

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Notes

* all nutritional data are estimates based on the products I used*

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5cupCalories: 203kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 13gFat: 15gFiber: 2gSugar: 2g
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  1. Carol Verge

    July 08, 2017 at 5:40 am

    I will try this, as I have tried at least 10 different recipes for cauliflower "mash" and each one turned out a watery mess. I had given up on mashed cauliflower. But when I read this recipe and saw "steaming" it, I thought maybe that might work instead of being cooked "in" water. I sure hope so!
    Thanks for your hard work. 🙂

    Reply
    • Stacey

      July 08, 2017 at 10:12 am

      Hi Carol, I hope this recipe is the one! Bless you for giving it another try 🙂

      Reply
  2. Tricia

    September 27, 2016 at 12:43 am

    Would the texture hold up if frozen cauliflower were used?

    Reply
    • Stacey

      September 27, 2016 at 9:48 am

      I'm not exactly sure Tricia. I have not tried it with frozen before.

      Reply
    • Lyn

      September 28, 2016 at 11:11 pm

      Is fresh mozzarella what is also known as Bocconcini? It comes in a container with watery liquid?

      Reply
      • Stacey

        September 29, 2016 at 8:49 am

        Lyn, Yes it is the the one in the container or package with some liquid around it.

        Reply
  3. JR1225

    August 29, 2016 at 5:19 pm

    5 stars
    OMG!!! I'm a believer! I never would have believed how good this is. I was expecting to fix this for dinner and end up throwing it out. I absolutely love this as did my 'meat and potatoes' significant other. This will definitely be in the menu rotation.

    Reply
    • Stacey

      August 29, 2016 at 5:52 pm

      Lady J, thank you so much for making the recipe and leaving such a positive and kind review. So glad you did not have to throw it out, lol.

      Reply

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