
Lower carb almond flour pizza base
Ingredients
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 2½ cups of almond flour
- Up to 2 teaspoons of any herbs you like, dry or fresh, like rosemary, basil or mixed Italian herbs
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 eggs (beat them in a small bowl)
Method
- Pre-heat oven to 200°C
- Spread out a sheet of baking paper on an oven tray or pizza tray
- Place all the dry ingredients into a bowl and make a dip or well in the centre
- Place all the wet ingredients into a second bowl and mix them together
- Pour the wet ingredients into the well in the dry ingredients, stir until it forms a dough
- For one large pizza put all the dough on the paper or for two smaller pizzas cut the dough in half
- Roll out the dough in different directions so you end up with a circle shape. One large pizza will be about 30cm across, or two smaller pizzas will be up to 20cm across each
- Add toppings (don’t forget to count the carb in your pizza toppings), and a sprinkle of cheese
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes
Toppings
Use your imagination, anything can go on a pizza. You could try some of these:
- Tomato paste
- Pesto
- Hummus
- Onion – rings, sliced, or chopped
- Tomato slices or cherry tomato halves
- Pineapple pieces
- Olives with no seeds
- Sliced chicken or beef, seafood, chick peas, or baked beans
- Capsicum – rings, sliced, or chopped
- Asparagus – fresh or tinned
- Corn kernels
- Peas
- An egg
- Spinach leaves or silverbeet leaf pieces – these can be added before or after cooking
- Broccolini or cauliflower florets
- Pumpkin cubes
- Mushrooms – sliced or whole
- Artichoke hearts
- Sundried tomatoes