, photo by Emma Shevtzoff
, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Bread, Breakfast, Lunch, Meal Keto BLT with cloud bread
Ingredients
- 3 3 eggeggs
- 4 oz. (ยฝ cup) 110 g (110 ml) cream cheese
- 1 pinch 1 pinch salt
- ยฝ tbsp ยฝ tbsp ground psyllium husk powder
- ยฝ tsp ยฝ tsp baking powder
- ยผ tsp ยผ tsp cream of tartar (optional)
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp mayonnaise or vegan mayonnaise
- 5 oz. 140 g bacon
- 2 oz. (1ยฝ cups) 55 g (350 ml) lettuce
- 1 (4 oz.) 1 (110 g) tomato, thinly slicedtomatoes, thinly sliced
Instructions
Cloud bread
- Preheat oven to 300ยฐF (150ยฐC).
- Separate the eggs, with egg whites in one bowl and egg yolks in another. Note, egg whites whip better in a metal or ceramic bowl as opposed to plastic.
- Whip egg whites together with salt (and cream of tartar, if you are using any) until very stiff, preferably using a hand held electric mixer. You should be able to turn the bowl over without the egg whites moving.
- In the bowl with the egg yokes, add the cream cheese, psyllium husk, and baking powder and mix well.
- Gently fold the egg whites into the egg yolk mixture โ try to keep the air in the egg whites.
- Place two dollops of the mixture per serving on a paper-lined baking tray. Spread out the circles with a spatula to about ยฝ inch (1 cm) thick pieces.
- Bake in the middle of the oven for about 25 minutes, until they turn golden.
Building the BLT
- Fry the bacon in a skillet on medium high heat until crispy.
- Place the cloud bread pieces top-side down.
- Spread mayonnaise on each bread.
- Place lettuce, tomato and fried bacon in layers between the bread halves.
Tomato tip
Some of the best slicing heirloom tomatoes are Beefsteak, Brandywine, Mortgage Lifter, Cherokee Purple, and Black Krim. Watch for these at your local farmers' market for a BLT upgrade!
How to store cloud bread
The bread keeps in the fridge for 2-3 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months. Put a layer of parchment paper between each bread so they don't stick together. That way you can easily grab as many as you need.
You can thaw frozen cloud bread at room temperature or in the fridge. They taste their very best if you toast them once thawed but you can also reheat them in the oven. Preheat to 300ยฐF (150ยฐC) and place them on the rack for about five minutes.
Meal prep
Feel free to make large batches of Cloud bread ahead of time so you can make this delicious sandwich in no time. You can also prepare bacon in large batches and keep ready made in an air-tight container in your fridge for up to a week (as if bacon ever lasted that long, huh?). Perfect for a snack or to use as a salad topping, to add to your morning eggs or to a sandwich like this one.
How about mayo?
We think homemade mayo beats store bought versions any day but sometimes you just don't have the time, energy or ingredients to make it yourself. The ones you buy in the supermarkets can vary in quality. Read the labels and try to steer clear of brands using sugar.
121 comments
If you can find an almond milk based cream cheese, that sub should work well.
I find psyllium rather expensive.
Psyllium is a unique ingredient, there's no good substitute.
We have not tested this recipe with cashew nut cheese in place of the cream cheese.
This total batch makes 4 servings. If you get 8 buns then a serving would be two pieces.
All our nutrition information reflects all of the ingredients in the whole recipe, per serving.
I will pass your request on to our Recipes team!
It would be approximately 1.5 from the cream cheese and the eggs.
However, the Cloud bread part of this recipe is great! It's versital, light, toastable, grillable (like for grilled cheese sandwiches), not oily, and doesn't take over the rest of the recipe.
Thank you.
PS My one suggestion for your instructions would be to bring the cream cheese and eggs to room temp, and add 1 yoke at a time when blending with the cream cheese.
(I will make it though as soon as I gather all the ingredients).
No, cloud bread is not available in stores. There are no preservatives, so it would not be shelf stable for long enough.
I'm not sure why you're going through Facebook. All of our recipes are here on our website. Click the Recipes tab at the top of the page. If you have an Apple phone, we do have an app called Diet Doctor Eat that links straight to our recipes.
Psyllium husk is not corn husk. Corn flour would not be keto friendly.
You can read more about psyllium here - https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/guides/psyllium-husk
Spread out the ingredients into 8 circles on the paper lined baking tray.
Chia seeds don't work well for replacing the psyllium in all recipes unfortunately.