Low Carb Pizza Crust

Original recipe from Reddit, made my own:

 

CRUST:

1 1/2 cups shredded cheese (a mixture of mozzarella and cheddar is best, like a pizza cheese blend.)

1 dollop of cream cheese (about 1-2 Tbsp)

3/4 cup plus or minus 1-2 Tbsp almond flour

1 egg

Optional: about 1/4 cup of flax seed (I like the flavor this gives, you don't need it, though.)

 

TOPPINGS: (You can improvise here, but I love asparagus on pizza, it's delicious!)

 

Toppings:

1 cup cheese

Onions (1/4 of medium)

asparagus (20 spears)

2 tbsps pizza sauce (go light! it has a lot of carbs!)

 

CRUST INSTRUCTIONS:

Microwave cheese in a med bowl; microwave till melted. LET IT COOL enough to handle with your hands.

 

Once you can handle it safely, add cream cheese, egg, and almond flour; mix with your hands until it forms a ball.

(This will be really sticky; add almond flour as needed until you get the right consistency. Mine was sticky and I gave up and it still turned out great! You just need to be able to spread it flat a bit.)

 

On a cookie sheet, spread a sheet of parchment paper. Carefully spread the dough out on the parchment paper; don't worry too much about making it fit the cookie sheet, just spread it out fairly thin and even.

 

Place in oven and bake till edges start to turn golden brown. (4-8 minutes, check it often- time varies.)

 

Toppings:

Remove the cookie sheet from the oven; poke any holes in bubbles that may have formed with a fork, put on your toppings. (Go light on the pizza sauce!)

 

Return to the oven on the top rack till cheese is melty and the edges of the crust brown nicely.

 

 

 

Done