from Bye-Bye Sugar
This recipe focuses on the two things you will need to make in order to construct a pizza: the sauce and the crust. The toppings are up to you. If you have been following the keto lifestyle and are missing that slice of pizza that you used to take for granted, this recipe is definitely for you. It comes together and onto your table before the pizza delivery guy can get there. Nutritious and delicious.
Ingredients
Crust:
2 cups almond flour, blanched, fine ground
7 tablespoons coconut flour
4 teaspoons xanthan gum or glucomannan powder
½ teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
2 eggs
¼ cup water
Sauce:
15 ounces tomato puree
2 tablespoons oregano
2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper, ground
1 tablespoon monk fruit blend sweetener
Directions
Make the crust: Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl and whisk until uniform. Add in the wet ingredients and mix well by hand or in your food processor. Allow the dough to rest for 10 minutes. The dough should be a little moist but not sticky. You can adjust by adding 1 tablespoon at a time of water if it is too dry.
Make the sauce: Place all the sauce ingredients into a saucepan and bring to a simmer for 5 minutes. Adjust salt and pepper as per your taste. Simmer for 2 more minutes or until the sauce is thick enough to use as a pizza sauce. It should not be watery. Remove it from the heat and set it aside as you work on the crust.
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Roll out your crust between 2 pieces of parchment paper until you have a 16” circle (standard pizza pan). Peel off the top parchment. Slide your crust onto a pizza pan and bake it for 10 minutes. Set it aside as you prepare your favourite toppings.
Prepare your toppings along with 2 cups of grated mozzarella cheese.
Preheat the oven to 400F.
Assemble your pizza: Cover the crust with ½ cup of the pizza sauce. Apply a thin layer of mozzarella. Add your toppings. Distribute the rest of the cheese on top. Bake for 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bubbling.
Enjoy!
Note: Freeze any unused pizza sauce thinly in a freezer bag so that you can break off a piece for your next pizza. You can make the pizza dough a day or two ahead of time if you wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate it. You can bake the crust and freeze it for later. Defrost it in the oven, then add your toppings, and bake as per the recipe.
Required time: 15 minutes to prepare the crust; 10 minutes to make the pizza sauce.
Makes 1 large pizza
Nutrition per slice (1/16th of the crust with sauce): Net carbs: 2g; Protein 4g; Fat 8g; Calories 106.
Nada’s Tips & Tricks: If you’re new to healthier versions of ingredients like in this recipe, Vimi has suggestions on what and where to purchase them. Check out her at https://linktr.ee/byebyesugar.ingredients
Contents and images used with permission by author Vimi Udaskin. https://www.byebyesugar.ca/
