Low-carb taco pie
55 min · 47 g protein · 428 cals / serving
Taco pie without a crust: taco-spiced beef with peppers and tomato in a baking dish, covered with a smooth egg and kvarg topping and grated cheese, baked until it puffs, sets and browns. Cut it into squares and serve it with a crisp salad, tomato salsa and cucumber, like a taco Friday you can eat with a fork.
Ingredients
- 1 tsk canola oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 500 g ground beef (95% lean), nötfärs, 5 % fat
Taco spice
- 1 msk chili powder, mild chili powder blend (tacokrydda-style); with pure chilipulver use 1/2–1 tsk
- 2 tsk paprika
- 2 tsk ground cumin
- 1 tsk garlic powder
- 1/2 tsk dried oregano
- 1 tsk salt
Topping
- 3 eggs
- 250 g quark
- 1/2 dl half fat creme fraiche
- 2 dl hard cheese, 17% fat, grated
To serve
- 1/3 huvud iceberg lettuce, shredded
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- 1/2 cucumber, diced
- 1 dl tomato salsa
Steps
- Heat the oven to 390°F. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat and cook the onion and pepper for 3–4 minutes. Add the mince and brown it, breaking it up, until no pink remains and it reaches 160°F, 6–8 minutes.
- Stir in the chili powder, paprika, cumin, garlic powder, oregano and salt, then the crushed tomatoes. Simmer 5 minutes, until most of the liquid has cooked away. Spread the mince in a greased baking dish, about 20 x 30 cm.
- Whisk the eggs, kvarg and crème fraiche until smooth, stir in half the cheese, and pour it evenly over the mince. Scatter the rest of the cheese on top.
- Bake on the middle shelf for 25–30 minutes, until the topping has puffed, is set in the middle and is golden brown. Let it rest 5 minutes before cutting.
- Serve in squares with the lettuce, tomato, cucumber and salsa on the side.
Good to know
Can I use store-bought taco spice?
Yes, one packet (about 28 g), and it's about the same score. Many contain sugar and potato starch, though, so check the label if you are keeping it LCHF. The homemade mix above takes a minute.
Can I use 10 % nötfärs?
Yes, it works the same, at about 61 instead of 67. Pour off any fat that collects in the pan before adding the spices.
Make it ahead?
Assemble it, cover and keep it in the fridge for up to a day, then bake it straight from the fridge for 35–40 minutes. Leftovers reheat well in the microwave.
Alternatives
Per
- Calories
- 107
- Protein
- (45%)
- 12 g
- Fat
- (39%)
- 5 g
- Carbohydrates
- (16%)
- 5 g
- of which sugar
- 3 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 229 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. General guidance, not medical advice. Talk to your prescriber. How
As written, 1712 kcal goes into the pot and 2112 g of ingredients comes out as about 1600 g of food: 107 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.