These pizza muffins are easy to make, loaded with Italian Sausage and they have tons of marinara and cheese, but not so many carbs. They are gluten free, well within the bounds of good keto, with less than 3 carbs per muffin. They are also an easy plan ahead meal prep item.
Course # Keto Snack, #American, #Easy on the go keto, #Keto 2.0 Plus, #Keto 2.0 Plus Easy Prep, #Keto 2.0 plus Pizza Muffins
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Ingredients
For the Keto Pizza Crust
2cupsshredded mozzarella cheese
2ouncescream cheese
3/4cupalmond flour
2tablespoonsground flax meal
For the Pizza Filling
1poundItalian Sausage cooked and grease drained
1/2cuplow carb marinara
1/2cupshredded mozzarella
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
For the fathead dough:
In a microwave proof mixing bowl, combine the shredded mozzarella cheese and cream cheese. Heat in 30 second increments, stirring in between, until completely melted. Add the almond flour and ground flax meal.
Mix the dough well until you have a soft ball.
Between two silicone baking mats or parchment paper, roll the dough into a rectangle roughly 12x9 inches.
Using a biscuit cutter or the top of a mason jar, cut 12 circles and press them lightly into a silicone or greased muffin tin.
For the filling:
In another bowl combine the cooked Italian sausage and marinara.
Spoon the cooked sausage mixture into each cup and top with shredded mozzarella cheese.
Bake 15-18 minutes. Remove from oven, pop out of silicone muffin pan, and serve immediately.
Notes
This recipe makes 12 pizza muffins, and each one has 2.7 net carbs.
NUTRITION
Serving: 1 pizza muffin
Calories: 197kcal
Carbohydrates: 3.8g
Protein: 14.4g
Fat: 10.9g
Cholesterol: 24.8mg
Sodium: 423mg
Fiber: 1.1g
Sugar: 1.5g