Keto fathead pizza
45 min · 38 g protein · 458 cals / serving
The keto pizza everyone means: a dough of melted mozzarella, cream cheese and almond flour that rolls out thin and bakes into a crisp, golden, bready crust you can pick up by the slice. A spoonful of unflavored whey in the dough adds protein without changing how it handles, and it is topped the classic way with sauce, more mozzarella, turkey pepperoni, mushrooms and peppers.
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 2 tbsp light cream cheese
- 1/2 cup almond flour, fine, blanched
- 1 scoop whey protein, unflavored
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
Topping
- 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp pizza sauce, no sugar added
- 2/3 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
- about 28 slices turkey pepperoni slices
- 5 mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 1/2 small bell pepper, thinly sliced
- a few leaves fresh basil
Steps
- Heat the oven to 425°F. Put the shredded mozzarella and cream cheese in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave 1 minute, stir, then 30 seconds more, until fully melted and smooth.
- Add the almond flour, whey, egg, baking powder, garlic powder and oregano and stir hard with a spatula until it comes together as one sticky dough. If it gets stringy and stiff before it is mixed, microwave 10 seconds and keep going.
- Roll the dough between two sheets of parchment into a 11–12 inch round, about 1/4 inch thick. Peel off the top sheet, slide the dough on its bottom sheet onto a baking sheet, prick it all over with a fork and bake 10–12 minutes, until golden with darker spots.
- Spread over the pizza sauce, then the mozzarella, pepperoni, mushrooms and pepper. Bake 8–10 minutes more, until the cheese bubbles and browns at the edges. Rest 3 minutes so the crust firms, scatter over the basil and slice.
Good to know
My dough is too sticky to roll. What went wrong?
Nothing; fathead dough is sticky while warm. Keep it between two sheets of parchment and roll through the paper. If it tears, chill it 10 minutes and it handles like a cookie dough. Oiled hands also work to press it out instead of rolling.
Can I leave out the whey?
Yes. Use 1/4 cup more almond flour instead. The crust tastes the same and is a little softer, with less protein and more fat: a score of about 36 instead of 43.
To keep it keto
Use a pizza sauce with no added sugar and stick to low-carb toppings: pepperoni, ham, chicken, mushrooms, peppers, olives, spinach. Onion and pineapple add up quickly.
Alternatives
Per
- Calories
- 239
- Protein
- (34%)
- 20 g
- Fat
- (57%)
- 15 g
- Carbohydrates
- (10%)
- 6 g
- of which sugar
- 2 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 528 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 1375 kcal goes into the pot and 643 g of ingredients comes out as about 575 g of food: 239 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.