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When I ask what people miss on a low-carb diet, many often mention pizza. I like the cauli-crust base, bacon or cheese base but they're not quite the same as real pizza. The crust is what makes all the difference!
So I spent a few days trying different sorts of pizza crusts and made two that I really liked - both are crispy and taste amazing! The recipe below includes dairy but I also made a dairy-free pizza which I will post very soon :-)
This recipe makes one small pizza which is enough for four snacks or two regular servings.
Hands-on Overall
Serving size 1/4 pizza
Nutritional values (per serving, 1/4 pizza)
Net carbs4.6 grams
Protein19.7 grams
Fat28.9 grams
Calories353 kcal
Calories from carbs 5%, protein 22%, fat 73%
Total carbs6.8 gramsFiber2.1 gramsSugars3.1 gramsSaturated fat12.3 gramsSodium418 mg(18% RDA)Magnesium52 mg(13% RDA)Potassium190 mg(10% EMR)
Ingredients (makes 1 small pizza)
Crust:
- 1/2 cup almond flour (50 g/ 1.8 oz)
- 1/4 cup (1 scoop) unflavoured whey protein powder or egg white protein powder (25 g/ 0.9 oz)
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese or other Italian hard cheese (30 g/ 1.1 oz)
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 tsp sea salt, or to taste
White pizza topping:
- 2 heaped tbsp cream cheese (64 g/ 2.3 oz)
- 1 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp onion powder or garlic powder
- 1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese (50 g/ 1.8 oz)
- 1/2 cup grated hard goat's cheese or any other hard type cheese (60 g/ 2.1 oz)
- 1 small red onion, sliced (60 g/ 2.1 oz)
- 1/4 cup pitted olives such as kalamata (25 g/ 0.9 oz)
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (15 ml)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 °C/ 400 °F (fan assisted), or 220 °C/ 425 °F (conventional). Place all the dry ingredients for the crust into a bowl and mix well.
- Add the egg and mix well using your hands.
- Line a baking sheet or a medium skillet with a parchment paper (skillet makes it easy to create a round shape). Spread the batter evenly using a hand roll or your fingers until very thin. Place in the oven and bake for 10-15 minutes until lightly golden. You will need to wet your fingers to prevent the batter sticking on them.
- Meanwhile, prepare the white sauce. Mix the cream cheese, cream and onion powder until well combined.
- Peel and slice the onion, crumble the feta and grate the hard cheese. Chop the olives if needed.
- When the crust is done, remove from the oven.
- Spread the white sauce on top.
- Add the crumbled feta, hard cheese, onion and olives. Place back in the oven and bake for about 10 minutes.
- When done, remove from the oven and cut into quarters using a pizza cutter or sharp knife. Top with fresh rocket leaves and drizzle with olive oil.
- Place on a serving plate and enjoy. The pizza can be stored in the fridge fr up to 4 days. Reheat before serving.
Ingredient nutritional breakdown (per serving, 1/4 pizza)
| Net carbs | Protein | Fat | Calories |
|---|
| Almond flour (blanched ground almonds, almond meal) |
| 1.1 g | 2.7 g | 6.6 g | 74 kcal |
| Whey protein powder (protein isolate, Reflex Natural) |
| 0.3 g | 4.9 g | 0.3 g | 24 kcal |
| Parmesan cheese |
| 0.2 g | 2.7 g | 1.9 g | 29 kcal |
| Egg, whole, fresh, raw (free-range or organic eggs) |
| 0.1 g | 1.6 g | 1.2 g | 18 kcal |
| Cream cheese, soft (full-fat) |
| 0.5 g | 1.1 g | 4.5 g | 39 kcal |
| Cream, heavy whipping, pouring, full-fat (30-40% fat) |
| 0.1 g | 0.1 g | 1.4 g | 14 kcal |
| Onion powder, spices |
| 0.4 g | 0.1 g | 0 g | 2 kcal |
| Feta cheese |
| 0.5 g | 1.8 g | 2.7 g | 33 kcal |
| Goat cheese (hard) |
| 0.3 g | 4.6 g | 5.3 g | 68 kcal |
| Onion, red, fresh |
| 1 g | 0.2 g | 0 g | 6 kcal |
| Kalamata olives |
| 0 g | 0.1 g | 1.6 g | 16 kcal |
| Rocket (arugula), fresh |
| 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0 kcal |
| Olive oil, extra virgin |
| 0 g | 0 g | 3.4 g | 30 kcal |
| Total per serving, 1/4 pizza |
| 4.6 g | 19.7 g | 28.9 g | 353 kcal |
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