Table of Contents[Hide][Show]
Keto style pizza crust made with almond flour (with nut-free substitution) that is simple and delicious. Recipe makes 2 – 8″ low-carb, grain-free pizza crusts.
Those of you who love to bake with almond flour as much as I do will want to try this low-carb pizza crust recipe. I really hope you enjoy it as much as our family!
The first time I made it, I noticed that no one seemed to miss wheat-based pizza crust in the slightest. This coming from an entire family of huge pizza lovers.
You may be surprised to experience that this almond flour pizza is so very filling. I can only eat one-quarter of a pizza at one time (2 slices).
If you make the crust with freshly ground flour (learn how to make almond flour at the link), it is even more filling than when you make it with store-bought blanched or natural versions. The reason is that homemade is more nutritious, which signals the brain that you are full faster.
The biggest bonus is that it tastes positively gourmet from mixing the parmesan cheese and herbs into the crust!
Preparation Suggestions
If you are sensitive to oxalates or otherwise avoiding nuts, the best low-oxalate flour substitute that is also keto is sunflower seed flour.
It will give you the closest taste and consistency to almond flour, in my opinion, having tried a variety of different alternatives.
The most digestible way to prepare seeds is by soaking or sprouting them prior to milling them into flour. I don’t recommend a grain grinder, as seeds are a bit too oily for these appliances, but a simple coffee grinder works great!
For toppings, I recommend this one-minute, no cook pizza sauce recipe.
More Healthy Pizza Crust Recipes
If you would like to try some other pizza crust variations, try this coconut flour pizza crust recipe or perhaps a sprouted einkorn flour pizza crust.
If you are avoiding wheat, try this homemade gluten-free pizza crust instead.
This recipe for breakfast pizza is fun to try too on the mornings when eggs and bacon seem run of the mill.
Low Carb (Keto) Flour Pizza Crust
Low-carb, keto style pizza crust made with almond flour (with flour substitutions as needed) that is simple to make and delicious. Makes 2 – 8" pizza crusts.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups almond flour or sunflower seed flour
- 2 eggs
- 3 Tbl expeller pressed coconut oil melted
- 1/3 cup parmesan cheese shredded
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano preferably organic
- 1/2 tsp onion powder preferably organic
- 1/2 tsp dried basil preferably organic
- 2 cloves garlic minced, preferably organic
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
Instructions
-
Beat eggs slightly with Parmesan cheese and coconut oil. Add herbs and flour and mix until well blended dough.
-
Form 2 small pizzas on a large, greased pizza pan. Grease your hands lightly so that the dough doesn't stick and press it out until you have 2 thin pizza crusts about 8" across.
-
Bake at 425 °F/218 °C for 10 minutes or until crusts are slightly browned on the edges. Note: this grain free, almond flour pizza crust does not expand while baking.
-
Remove from oven. Cool slightly. Add homemade pizza sauce, toppings, and cheese and bake for another 10 minutes or until cheese well melted.
Recipe Notes
Feel free to substitute fresh basil and oregano for the dried. If using fresh herbs, use 1.5 teaspoons each.
The best nut-free substitute for almond flour is sunflower seed flour.
Hi, Sarah! What do you use to grind your almonds fine enough? I have a Bosch Kitchen Machine but neither the blender nor the food processor do it… I’ve ruined a couple of recipes.
Thanks!
The Ultimate Chopper works great and it is pretty inexpensive. A VitaMix works too. I just use my little Cuisinart food processor and while the flour is not too fine, it is great for our family’s tastes.
where do you buy your organic spices? I was wondering because they are soooo much $$ in the stores around here and I can’t afford to switch them all out at once!
I just buy from the healthfood store. You can contact Frontier and see if there is a Frontier co-op near you to save money on orders.
How do you make crackers from this recipe?
Hi Jane, just make the crust following the recipe and then once it is cooked, turn the temp way down to about 200F and cook for 30 minutes to an hour or so until the crust gets nice and crispy. Then take out of the oven and cut into cracker sized pieces and store in an airtight container in the refigerator.
There is no place to buy soaked/dried/ground almond flour that I know of. You have to make it yourself.
Hi Sarah,
Do you know where I can buy almond flour ready made that is done properly?
Hi Kelli, you can give it a try. I haven't tried it myself but it should work fine. Try to get the pecan flour as fine as you can grind it.
Can you do this with pecans instead of almonds? Pecan trees are so common where I live in the south so I have bags and bags of them in the freezer that friends and family have given to me.
So I just made this and was a little wary of it because I don't ALWAYS love the flavor of almond flour. But this was divine! How exciting to have made one of my favorite foods grain free!
I was wondering ….. is the almond four blanched or not?