Pizza Crust Low Carb Recipes

LOW CARB PIZZA CRUST WITH ALMOND FLOUR

Steps:

• This low carb pizza crust recipe is suitable for all phases except for the first two weeks of Induction due to the nuts.Preheat oven to 375°F.Whisk together the wet ingredients (egg, water, vinegar, and oil) in a small bowl. Set aside.Add all the dry ingredients (almond flour through red pepper) to a medium bowl. Mix until ingredients are evenly distributed and any lumps in the flour or cheese are broken up. Add the wet ingredients and stir to form a thick dough. Prepare a pizza pan or sheet pan with greased parchment paper. Using wet fingers, press the dough into a roughly 12-inch diameter, ¼-inch thick round on the parchment paper.Prebake the low carb pizza crust without any toppings for 20 minutes, until lightly golden and crisp around the edges. Allow to cool for about 5 minutes before layering desired toppings. Place back in the oven for a few minutes to warm the toppings and melt the cheese. Makes 8 slices.Ingredient notes: For best results, use blanched, fine ground almond flour and a large or extra-large egg. The dried spices are optional but add great flavor to the dough. Consider adding up to 1/2 tsp garlic powder as well.Variations: To make a crispy, more cracker like crust, prebake for another 5-10 minutes and allow to cool for about 20 minutes before topping. For breadsticks, form 8, 1-inch thick breadstick shaped mounds and cook for 25-30 minutes.

LOW CARB PIZZA CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Spray two 12-inch pizza pans with non-stick cooking spray.
• Mix all ingredients together into a smooth, pancake-batter-like mixture.
• Spread the batter as thinly and evenly as possible over the two pizza pans.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until browned and firm to the touch.
• Then turn oven to 400 degrees, top pizza with whatever you like, and return to oven for another 10-12 minutes.
• cut each pizza into 8 pieces.

LOW CARB PIZZA CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees and position one rack to the bottom position and the other to the upper third.
• Low Carb Pizza Crust: Microwave the cheeses in a microwave safe bowl for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes, stirring half-way through. Scrape melted cheese into the bowl o a food processor with the egg and process until combined. Add the dry ingredients and process again until thoroughly combined.
• If the dough is very warm and sticky, scrape it onto a piece of plastic wrap and place into the freezer until the oven is ready. The dough is very sticky by nature, but oiling your hands makes it manageable. (If the dough is cool to the touch, skip the freezer.).
• Hand Method: Place a piece of parchment paper on a sheet pan and with oiled hands, pat the dough evenly into place. I prefer to oil my hands. the dough will cover most of the sheet pan. Dock (poke holes all over) with a fork.
• Rolling Pin: Alternately, roll the dough out between two sheets of parchment paper. This is my preferred way. Remove the top piece of parchment and transfer the dough and parchment to the baking sheet. Dock (poke holes all over) with a fork.
• Bake: Bake on the bottom rack for 8-10 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven and rub the crust with a piece of garlic. Spread the tomato sauce onto the pizza and top evenly with cheese. Add the pepperoni. Bake on the upper rack until the cheese has melted.
• Cut into 6 pieces and serve. Makes 1 very thin sheet-pan pizza, 1 12-13 inch pizza or two very thin 10 inch pizzas. The serving size is 1/6 of the recipe.