Cauliflower Breadsticks

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 1 head Cauliflower
  • 1 tsp Italian herb seasoning or any dried herbs like rosemary

• Refrigerated

  • 1/4 cup Egg whites

• Condiments

  • 1 Marinara sauce or my mom's ukrainian salsa

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/4 tsp Black pepper, freshly ground
  • 1 1/4 cup For topping
  • 1 Pinch Salt

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Ingredients

• 1 head cauliflower, large (7 - 8 wide)
• 1/4 cup egg whites
• 1/2 cup + 3/4 cup (for topping) Mozzarella/Tex Mex cheese, shredded
• 1 tsp Italian herb seasoning or any dried herbs like rosemary, basil, parsley
• 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• Pinch of salt
• Marinara sauce or my moms Ukrainian salsa, for dipping

Directions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Rinse cauliflower, remove outer leaves and separate into florets with a paring knife. Place cauliflower florets in a food processor and process until rice texture. Some coarse chunks are fine.
• Place in an oven proof baking dish (I used Pyrex pie dish) and bake for 20 mins. Remove cooked cauliflower from the oven and transfer to a bowl lined with a tea/linen towel (I used glass tea towel from a Dollar store, similar to this one). Let the cauliflower cool down a bit until it is safe to touch, about 15 minutes.
• Fold the towel holding by the ends and squeeze the liquid out of the cauliflower ball as hard as you can. Be patient and do this a few times until barely any liquid comes out. I squeezed out 1 cup of liquid. Second photo, from right to left: before squeezing, after squeezing, liquid squeezed out.
• Increase oven T to 450 degrees F. Transfer cauliflower to a mixing bowl along with egg whites, 1/2 cup cheese, herb seasoning, black pepper, pinch of salt and mix to combine.
• Transfer cauliflower mixture onto the baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Flatten with your hands into a rectangle, approximately 9 x 7 size and 1/4 thick.
• Bake for 18 minutes, remove from the oven and top with remaining 3/4 cup cheese. Bake for another 5 minutes and then broil until cheese turns golden brown. Cut into 12 breadsticks and serve hot with warm marinara sauce, if desired. P.S. For a lighter version, do not top with cheese.