Want to eat pizza but keep it low-carb and keto-friendly? This Keto 30-Minute Pepper Pizza has all of your favorite flavors without the heavy carbohydrate crust. This recipe uses sweet bell peppers as the base, giving you a crunchy, colorful, and nutrient-dense alternative to traditional dough. To make it precisely how you want it, you can also add your favorite keto toppings to it. This recipe of Keto 30-Minute Pepper Pizza shows that pizza can still be tasty, nourishing, and satisfying without being guilt-ridden.
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NUMERICAL REVIEW
- Diet: Ketogenic
- Course: Snack or main
- Cuisine: Italian-inspired or American
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Prep time: Ten minutes
- Working time total: 30 minutes
- Single portion yield: Two halves
- Yield: 4 servings
- Cooking method: Oven-based
- Difficulty level: Easy
TOOLS:
- Mixing bowl
- Baking sheet
- Spoon
- Parchment paper
- Cutting board
- Sharp knife
INGREDIENTS:
- To taste of salt and pepper
- 4 bell peppers
- Olive oil, one tbsp.
- 1 cup of marinara sauce
- Flakes of red pepper, one-fourth tsp.
- Mozzarella cheese, one and a half cup
- Onion powder, half a tsp.
- 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese
- Garlic powder, half a tsp.
- 1/2 teaspoon of Italian seasoning
OPTIONAL TOPPING
- Cooked sausage
- Pepperoni
- Olives
- Mushrooms
INGREDIENT NOTES
MARINARA SAUCE
- We will need the sugar-free marinara sauce. Please buy it from Rao’s or make your own at home to be sure that it doesn’t contain carbs.
OIL
- Grease the peppers with olive oil for roasting them. You may use the oil of avocado in its place as a neutral oil with healthy fats.
BELL PEPPERS
- Go for the peppers of either single or mixed colors as you wish. These will give you a low-carb, crunchy, and light sweet crust. If you use more amount of green bell peppers or only green ones, your carb content will be low.
ITALIAN SEASONING AND SPICES
- Red pepper flakes and Italian seasoning blend will provide our pizza with its authentic flavor.
MOZZARELLA CHEESE
- We will require the mozzarella cheese for the signature cheesy flavor of pizza. Combine provolone or cheddar cheese for additional fat. If you are restricted from dairy, then use non-dairy mozzarella shreds.
TOPPINGS
- You can customise your pizza by adding your choice of toppings, such as cooked ground beef, pepperoni, spinach, sausage, olives, mushrooms, bacon, etc. However, you should avoid the low-carb toppings.
PARMESAN CHEESE
- It gives the pizza a nutty, salty taste. You may use Asiago or Pecorino Romano for a twist.
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INSTRUCTIONS
- Warm up the oven(empty) to 300 degrees C.
- Spread the parchment sheet to cover a baking tray/paper.
- Wash the bell peppers and dry them properly.
- Cut them lengthwise, then take out the seeds.
- On a tray or sheet, set them in only one layer.
- Coat with olive oil using the brush.
- Sprinkle salt and pepper to season.
- Shift the baking tray inside the oven for the bell peppers to soften.
- After about ten minutes, remove them from the oven.
- Let them cool down sufficiently to manage.
- Then start assembling the pizza by first spreading a layer of marinara sauce.
- Next, over the sauce layer, scatter the shredded mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
- Then, add your choice of low-carb toppings.
- Sprinkle the seasonings at last and return the tray to the oven.
- Bake till you see the cheese is bursting.
- After that, shift the tray from the oven to the counter to cool a little.
- Your Keto 30-Minute Peppers Pizza is ready to serve.
TIPS
- If you bake the bell peppers alone first, you can prevent them from going too crunchy.
- To fit your pizza perfectly within keto goals, use cheese with more healthy fat content.
- If you add extra marinara sauce, your pizza will go soggy.
- If you want the top cheesy layer to be crispy instead of melty, shift it near the flame in the oven.
HOW TO PRESERVE THE LEFTOVER
CHILLING
- Save the pizza in a container secured with a tight lid. You can refrigerate it for around three days.
FREEZING
- Peppers will lose their texture after the freezing-defrosting cycle, which is why we won’t advise you to freeze them.
FAQs
Which peppers go best with this recipe
- Not all peppers are high in carbs, but green peppers are too low in carbs. You can use the mixed colored peppers for a nice visual appeal, in which you try to use more of the green ones. If you are on a strict keto use only green bell peppers.
What toppings should I avoid?
- You only have to skip the high-carb toppings like sweet sauces, corns, pineapple, etc.
Is that possible to make this recipe earlier?
- Refrigerate a fully assembled and ready-to-bake pizza for around a day. You just have to transfer the dish to the oven whenever you want to serve it freshly baked within the next twenty-four hours.
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NUTRITIONAL FACTS/SERVINGS
Single portion size: 2 pepper halves
Calories: ~220 kcal
Carbs(total): Seven grams
Fiber: 2 g
Net carbs: Five grams
Fats: 16 g
Sugar: Three grams
Proteins: 12 g
Sodium: 560 milligrams