Cauliflower and Roasted Garlic Flatbread (probably really pizza)

Apparently, there is a difference between pizza and flatbread.  I always thought it was just a thin pizza with less toppings.  But really flatbread is made with no yeast, which is why it is so flat!  So this is really a pizza that acts like a flatbread with yeast.

I probably would have done better just making flatbread dough since I ended up having a little adventure during this one!  Not remotely hard, but for some reason I made it fairly difficult on myself.  And I even used store bought pizza dough, which is basically cheating!  It started out fine with getting all of the ingredients prepped and organized.  The wrong turn came with the handling of the dough of all things.  I kept getting it too thin (I love really thin and crisp), and it would end up with holes.  Now a couple of small ones aren’t the end of the world.  But, these were big and there were way to many of them.  Eventually all was resolved after grabbing a rolling pin and paying attention to getting it right.  Once that ridiculousness was overcome, it was time to place the dough on the grill.  I rolled it up on the rolling pin, which Tom recommended and seemed like a brilliant idea!  The execution however was not my strong suit and it ended up sticking together as it was unrolled and being put on the grill.  Fortunately, after the initial panicking subsided I got it spread out nicely and the rest went off without a hitch!

Cauliflower and Roasted Garlic Flatbread Recipe

Recipe and photos by FT – Food Tasty! 

serves 4

1 wheat pizza dough

½ head of cauliflower chopped small

1 head of garlic – cut off top ¼

3-4 sprigs tarragon chopped

1 – 6 oz goat cheese

3 1/2 tbls olive oil

salt and pepper

Heat oven to 400 degrees.  Spread cauliflower on baking sheet and drizzle with 1 tbls olive oil, salt and pepper.  Mix together so all areas are coated with the ingredients.  Put garlic in foil and drizzle with ½ tbls olive oil, salt and pepper.  Close garlic in foil.  Bake cauliflower for 30 minutes until a little brown on top.  Bake garlic for 50 minutes to 1 hour, until garlic is soft. 


Heat grill to medium.  Roll out dough to your desired thickness and rub 1 tbls of olive oil on both sides of dough.  I think it is best pretty thin.  Place dough on center of grill and let cook until brown with a little char then flip and crust should be crisp.  Drizzle crust with 1 tbls olive oil and rub with 4 garlic cloves to cover the entire area.  Add cauliflower, flaked goat cheese and tarragon.  Put in oven (still at 400 degrees) about 5 – 10 minutes, until cheese is melted slightly.  Let cool for a few minutes then cut into squares and serve.  

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Enjoy!

Sheri