, photo by Emma Shevtzoff
, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Dinner, Meal Keto Fathead pizza
Ingredients
- 1ยฝ cups (6 oz.) 350 ml (170 g) mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp cream cheese
- ยพ cup (3 oz.) 180 ml (85 g) almond flour
- 1 tsp 1 tsp white wine vinegar
- 1 1 eggeggs
- ยฝ tsp ยฝ tsp salt
- olive oil, to grease your hands
- 8 oz. 230 g fresh Italian sausage
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp butter
- ยฝ cup 120 ml unsweetened tomato sauce
- ยฝ tsp ยฝ tsp dried oregano
- 1ยฝ cups (6 oz.) 350 ml (170 g) mozzarella cheese, shredded
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400ยฐF (200ยฐC).
- Heat mozzarella and cream cheese in a non-stick pan over medium heat or in a bowl in the microwave oven. Stir until they melt together. Add the other ingredients and mix well. Tip: use a hand mixer with dough hooks.
- Moisten your hands with olive oil and flatten the dough on parchment paper, making a circle about 8" (20 cm) in diameter. You can also use a rolling pin to flatten the dough between two sheets of parchment paper.
- Remove the top parchment sheet (if used). Prick the crust with a fork (all over) and bake in the oven for 10โ15 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven.
- While the crust is baking, sautรฉe the ground sausage meat in olive oil or butter.
- Spread a thin layer of tomato sauce on the crust. Top the pizza with meat and plenty of cheese. Bake for 10โ15 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
- Sprinkle with oregano and enjoy!
Servings
The nutritional information is based on 4 servings per pizza.
The recipe has been updated after the video was made, that's why the carb count is different from the recipe that is correct.
Even if you usually wouldn't eat a pizza with a salad it adds a pleasant freshness and vitamins to the meal.
Recommended special equipment
Hand mixer with dough hooks and a rolling pin.
The best keto pizza toppings
Here we've used sausage meat like in the original recipe, but feel free to put whatever you like on it. Instead of sausage, you can use pepperoni, salami, or cooked bacon. If you have any chicken, pork, or beef leftovers in the fridge, they usually make great pizza toppings.
If you don't want meat and can eat a bit higher carb, we suggest peppers, olives, artichokes or fresh tomatoes and herbs. You can also add different kinds of cheese on tops such as feta cheese, blue cheese, or even brie.
Storing Fathead Pizza
Make extra crusts and store them for 2-3 days in the fridge or in the freezer for up to 2 months. The pizza reheats great in the microwave so if you get leftovers, and you probably will cause this is very rich, enjoy them in the next day's lunch box.
Tips for using keto pizza crusts!
This dough is so versatile! Use it as a pizza crust like in this recipe or make it into a lovely homemade garlic focaccia โ simply drench with garlic butter and bake for another minute or two. Or how about serving some keto bread twists as a snack or appetizer at your next dinner party?
What is keto Fathead dough?
Tom Naughton posted the original recipe in 2013 and it's gone viral since. The name comes from the blog Tom Naughton started while making the movie Fat Head, a comedy-documentary about food and health. Haven't seen it? Watch the trailer and the full movie here
369 comments
Check this one:
https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/keto-pizza
I have no idea why volume is used for measuring solids!
you use 1/4 cup flour for how many serving? i try to make for 2 serving but not sure about how much coconut flour i should use
Base math with the given information:
3% = 10 g ----> 3.333g = 1%
Now let's work out our macros and calories:
Fat grams = 76% ----> 3.333 * 76 = 253.33 fat grams ----> 253.33 * 9 = 2280 calories
Protein = 21% ----> 3.333 * 21 = 70 protein grams ----> 70 * 4 = 280 calories
Carbs = 3% ----> 3.333 * 3 = 10 carb grams ----> 10 * 4 = 40 calories
Total Calories per serving: 2600
Total Calories per pizza: 5200
Holy... 1/4 of this pizza is 65% of a 2000 calorie diet.
Am I missing something here, or is this FAR more unhealthy than it seems?
I'm super sad about this because I almost just went with the "Oh, it only has 10 carbs".
I'm glad I took the time to math this out because it would have done nothing to promote the
weight loss and well being I am looking for.
Protein and Carbs are correct, but I WAY overshot the fat content:
(%FAT / %CARB) * 4/9 * gram_CARB = gram_FAT= 112.59 Fat grams = 1013.32 Calories
(%PROTEIN / %CARB) * gram_CARB = gram_PROTEIN = 70 Protein grams = 280 calories
%Carb = 3% =10 g = 40 calories
Total calories per serving = 1332 calories
My apologies for the crap post... I'll show myself out now.
Anthony's Premium Blanched Almond Flour (this is first product listed on Amazon when I clicked "Almond Flour" link above, which then took me to the "Almond Flour" page, and then clicked "Order Almond Flour Online"): 1/4 cup = 3 net carbs (5 grams - 3 grams of dietary fiber). Multiply this by 3 since the recipe calls for 3/4 cup = 9 net carbs for two servings. So that gives us 4.5 net carbs for one serving. Moving on...
Wegmans Shredded Low Moisture Whole Milk Mozzarella (I chose this one because it's what we have and when I looked at other types of shredded mozzarella cheese they were the same or worse carb-wise): 1/4 cup = 1 net carb (there's no dietary fiber, it's just 1 gram of total carbs). Multiply this by 12, yes 12, since we use 1.5 cups for the crust as well as the topping, and we get 12 net carbs for two servings. So that gives us 6 net carbs for one serving. If someone can point me to a mozzarella cheese with less carbs, please do.
So now we're at 10.5, which is already past the advertised 10 grams (but not by much) and a little over 30% higher than what the Dr. stated in the comments (he said it was only 7 grams when replying to a previous poster, which I'm going to call "BS" to unless he posts the exact brands of ingredients that he used so we can verify the nutritional values).
Great Value Cream Cheese (as well as all of the other brands I researched that I've found): Listed 2 net carbs (no dietary fiber to subtract) for 2 tablespoons. So that gives us another 1 net carb per serving.
Unsweetened Tomato Sauce. So this was incredibly difficult as there are lots of "unsweetened" or "no-sugar added" tomato sauces out there, but they're still chalk full of carbs. The best I could find (and am using) is not really a tomato sauce but a marinara sauce, which for me is close enough. Rao's Homemade Marinara Sauce has 4 grams of net carbs per half cup (no dietary fiber, but some sugar). Since this recipe calls for 1/2 cup, that makes this easy and gives us another 2 net carbs per serving. Again, if someone has another unsweetened tomato sauce that has less carbs, please let me know.
So we're now up to 13.5 net carbs (taking a huge step of faith that the nutritional values are 100% (probably not but hopefully close enough)), about 26% higher than what was advertised (10 grams) and over 100% over what the Dr. told someone else in the comments.
Now remember, getting into Ketosis requires below 25(ish) to 50(ish) grams of carbs per day. It's a wide variance as everybody is a little different so the only way to figure out your magic number is to do the blood or urine test. If you're on the low end (25ish) this recipe just ate up over half your carbs that day, so keep a close eye on what else you eat when you eat this. All that to say, before jumping into these recipes with blind faith, make sure you compare your own ingredients nutritional values to what is posted above as they're most likely not going to perfectly line up.
I make the recipe as written except I add a tablespoon of McCormick Italian Seasoning to the dry ingredients. After mixing everything together and turning it out onto my pizza pan covered with unbleached parchment paper, I wet a large rubber-headed spatula with water and smooth out the dough until I have it thin enough to our liking. I never have any issues with it being too sticky to work with as I don't get it on my hands. We are so tickled to get to enjoy pizza again!!
This curbs cravings and missed pizza nights, it's a good cheat...not meant to be the healthiest meal on the planet!
The recipe mentions 700ml of cheese for both the crust and the toppings (when making 4 portions). I am in the UK by the way.
I guess this is not a typo and it doesnt actually mean 700g of cheese on the topping and 700g on the base ? 1.4kg of cheese seems a tad excessive between two pizzas haha ?
Or is this correct ?
Cheers
72g of protein
9g of net carbs (after fiber)
72g of fat
Also using Farm Girl Almond Flour found on Amazon and grass-fed ground beef instead of italian sausage, 1 serving (half of the pizza) is:
1400 calories
83.8g of protein
14.7g of net carbs
69g of fat
Basically, if you make this recipe, this is going to be your only meal of the day. Maybe you can get away with some nuts or bacon or something, but you can forget eggs, salads or anything else like that.
Can someone shed light on where ive gone wrong please?