Keto Pizza Recipe

For health reasons, I switched over to the Ketogenic diet about 9 months ago. One thing I really missed was pizza so I searched high and low for the perfect recipe that gave me the flavors and crunch that I was missing without the carbs. I couldn't find a recipe that I absolutely loved, so I tweaked a basic fathead dough recipe (you can find these all over the internet) and added in my favorite toppings and voila! Yumminess galore! I posted a picture on Instagram and a few people asked for the recipe so I thought I would share it here!

Ingredients:

Fathead Dough Recipe:

1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese

2 tbsp cream cheese

1 egg

¾ cup almond flour (sifted)

1 tsp Italian seasoning

1 tsp garlic salt

½ tsp onion powder

½ tsp black pepper

Pizza Toppings:

1/4 cup Great Value Organic Tomato Sauce

1 ½ cups mozzarella cheese

1 ½ cups mushrooms

8 - 10 slices sandwich pepperoni (you will need more if you use regular pepperoni, which is smaller)

To Make Dough:

1.    Heat up mozzarella cheese and cream cheese in microwave 30 seconds at a time until fully melted and thoroughly mix together.

2.    Mix egg and almond flour together until fully combined.

3.    Combine cheese mixture, spices and almond flour mixture together. 

4.    Once mixture is combined, put on parchment paper and knead together until fully combined (You may need to put back in to microwave for another 30 seconds to get cheese a little softer if you find that dough is not fully combining).

5.    Put mixture into refrigerator for 30 minutes to chill (or freezer for 5 to 10 minutes).

To Make Pizza:

1.    Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2.    Spread dough out on to pizza tray (I put olive oil on my hands and then spread out  the dough with my hands, I find that it is easier to get a evenly flattened, round shape this way).

3.    Cook dough for 5 minutes at 375 degrees to stiffen dough up for toppings.

4.    Pull dough out and flatten any bubbles that have risen in the dough.

5.    Increase oven temperature to 400 degrees

6.    Add toppings as desired.

7.    Cook pizza for 20 additional minutes – dough should have a nice golden bottom and crunchy edges.

Note: I have an electric stove and live in Florida that has higher humidity levels so you may have to adjust your oven temperature or bake times to get the same results.