Pizza

Keto pizza

Pizza, meet keto… A simple take on how to get your pizza fix without the carbs. It’s everything you want — pepperoni, cheese, and tomato sauce deliciousness.

servings 2

Ingredients

Crust

· 4 eggs

· 6 oz. shredded cheese, preferably mozzarella or provolone

Topping

· 3 tablespoons tomato paste

· 1 teaspoon dried oregano

· 4¼ oz. shredded cheese

· 1¾ oz. pepperoni

· olives

For serving

· 51⁄3 oz. leafy greens

· 4 tablespoons olive oil

· sea salt and ground black pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F      (200°C).
2. Beat the eggs and add the cheese for the crust. Spread the cheese and egg batter on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. You can form two round circles or just make  one large rectangular pizza. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes until the  pizza crust turns golden. Remove and let cool for a minute or two.
3. Increase the oven temperature  to 450°F (225°C).
4. Spread tomato paste on the  crust and sprinkle oregano on top. Top with cheese and place the pepperoni and olives on top.
5. Bake for another 5-10 minutes  or until the pizza has turned a golden brown color.
6. Serve  with a salad.

Tip

Go ahead and try sun-dried tomato pesto or a jar of spaghetti sauce or pizza sauce, but make sure there is no added sugar.

Low-carb topping options are endless: bacon, salami, mushrooms, blue cheese, shredded chicken, sautéed onions, feta cheese… you know what you like!

Fathead pizza

Mouthwatering. So satisfying. All your favorite pizza flavors, layered on top of a crunchy, cheesy, keto crust that you can eat with your fingers!

Ingredients

Crust

· 1½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese

· ¾ cup almond flour

· 2 tablespoons cream cheese

· 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar

· 1 egg

· ½ teaspoon salt

· olive oil to grease your hands

Topping

· 8 oz. italian sausage

· 1 tablespoon butter

· ½ cup unsweetened tomato sauce

· ½ teaspoon dried oregano

· 1½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F      (200°C).
2. Heat mozzarella and cream      cheese in a small, non-stick pan on medium heat or in a bowl in the      microwave oven.
3. Stir until they melt together.      Add the other ingredients and mix well.
4. Moisten your hands with olive      oil and flatten the dough on parchment paper, making a circle about 8      inches (20 cm) in diameter. You can also use a rolling pin to flatten the      dough between two sheets of parchment paper.
5. Remove top parchment sheet (if      used). Prick the crust with a fork (all over) and bake in the oven for      10–12 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven.
6. While the crust is baking,      sauté the ground sausage meat in olive oil or butter.
7. Spread a thin layer of tomato      sauce on the crust. Top pizza with meat and plenty of cheese. Bake for      10–15 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
8. Sprinkle      oregano on top and serve with a green salad.

Keto pizza crust

Want pizza? Want it quickly? Like it crusty? Then bake a double batch of these delish, crispy and keto pizza shells and put them in the freezer. Quick and easy Pizza Night, here we come. Crunch!

Ingredients

· 1¼ cups almond flour

· 4 tablespoons unflavored protein powder

· 4 tablespoons ground psyllium husk powder

· ½ teaspoon salt

· 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese

· 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning

· 2 teaspoons baking powder

· 2 eggs

· 1 cup boiling water

· 3 tablespoons melted butter or coconut oil for brushing

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 375°F      (175°C).
2. Combine all dry ingredients and  mix until blended. Add eggs and stir until well combined.
3. Add boiling water and mix until  the dough thickens and starts to form a ball.
4. Place the ball on a greased baking sheet. Spray a piece of parchment with oil and place it on top of the dough to help spread it without sticking. Use a rolling pin or your hands  to spread the dough into a 16-inch round.
5. The dough will raise to 2-3  times its size, so make the thickness one third of what you want the final crust to be. (I like a ¼-inch thick crust so I start with about ⅛ inch or less thickness.)
6. Place in oven and bake for 25  minutes.
7. Remove crust from oven and  brush with butter or coconut oil and return to oven. Broil for 3-8 minutes  or until the crust is crisp. (Careful—watch closely during this step to  make sure it doesn’t burn, but just crisps up.) I start the broil with the  crust flipped over to crisp the bottom first. Then, I flip it and broil      the top.
8. Let  cool and store in the freezer until you want to use it. (If you can't wait, add toppings and broil for another 5-10 minutes until the cheese is melted and starts to brown.)

Tip!

Individual pizzas can be fun for any crowd. Just divide the dough into two and make a 10-12″ crust. Go even smaller for little kids, and set-up a ‘make your own mini pizza’ buffet!