Keto Fathead Pizza: An Authentic Low-Carb Alternative for the Pizza Crust

Pizza lovers on the keto diet are now able to have their Favorite food from now on. This problem can be resolved with the help of the Keto Fathead pizza which is a high-fat pizza with very low carb content. The Fathead dough composed of rich cheese, almond flour, and eggs is an excellent substitute for standard pizza dough. It’s hassle-free to prepare, has an excellent texture and is very much in line with the keto way of life.

What is Fathead Dough?

Fathead dough is Mexico’s favorite lactose-toxic pizza made primarily from mozzarella cheese, which is melted into a cream cheese and almond dough. Most people use them in low-carbohydrate cooking for pizza, low-carbohydrate bagels, and a variety of bakes. For a low-carb product, it has a chewy bread-like quality, which, let’s face it, very closely resembles the feel of conventional style pizza dough making it one of the top keto alternatives for people who love pizza.

Ingredients

To start with, let us have a look at the freezer section of grocery stores to make our crust for Keto Fathead Pizza:

1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
2 tablespoons cream cheese
1 large egg

¾ cup almond flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon garlic powder (optional for extra flavor)

Pinch of salt
For the toppings (feel free to customize based on your preference):
1/2 cup low-carb pizza sauce (make sure it’s sugar-free)

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (for topping)
Sliced pepperoni, cooked sausages, mushrooms, or any other ketogenic toppings
Some fresh basil, oregano or red pepper flakes (optional) to sprinkle on the top

Recipe

Preheat the Oven

To make a crust, have all the toppings sorted and the pizza sauce ready. Now preheat the oven to 425 degree F i.e. 220 degrees C and line a baking sheet or pizza pan with some parchment.

Melt the Cheese

Take a microwave-safe bowl and combine mozzarella cheese with the cream cheese. Heat the ingredients in microwave for 30-second intervals till both the ingredients have melted and turned smooth: a process which will take not more than a minute and a half.

Combine the Ingredients

Proceed to add the almond flour, garlic powder, and a splash of salt together ret right in the melted cheese mixture. There is a need to stir very well. After the mixture cools down, add one egg and mix until the dough appears. The dough will be a bit sticky but that’s expected.

Prepare the Pizza Crust

Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough and place it between 2 sheets of parchment paper- rolling it to desired shape and thickness of choice. Minimum thickness of about a ¼ inch should do. Uncover the upper parchment paper and place the lower one including the dough to the baking pan.

Pre-bake the crust

Transfer the crust and place it in the preheated oven to bake for 8 to 10 minutes until the surface turns golden brown.

Place the Toppings

Take out the crust from the oven and top it with any low carb pizza sauce, shred light mozzarella cheese, then sausage, mushrooms, or any keto percentage that other toppings you prefer such as pepperoni. Bake again for 5 to 7 minutes or till the cheese turns and is melted.

Serve

This pizza shall be placed in the oven until the baking is finished. It is taken out of the oven and placed in a cooling tray. The time between the two tasks is very short and a few seconds should be enough for a successful completion. Garnish with extra basil leaves or red pepper flakes for extra flavor.

Custom Favorite Keto Fathead Pizza

The fun and the best characteristic of this recipe are that it is fully customizable. See some variations that do not require additional explanations.

Alternative flours: If you have a nut allergy, you may substitute our (almond) nut with coconut flour (use about 1/3 cup coconut flour in place of our nut flour).

Dairy free: Dairy free version could be made by replacing regular mozzarella and cream cheese with its dairy free variant.

Incorporate spices, and herbs: Dried herbs such as oregano, basil or rosemary are great additions that would make sense to use into the dough. Feel free to incorporate them at your will.