
Par-bake the crust at 425˚F for 3 to 4 minutes (it will turn a darkish yellow). When completely mixed and still warm, knead the ingredients from both bowls together into one mixture. In a second bowl, add the mozzarella/provolone mixture and cream cheese, then microwave for 35 seconds. In one bowl, thoroughly mix the three flours, white wine vinegar, egg, salt, garlic and seasoning. Recipe provided by Ron Mathews, Rockstar Pizza, Brownsburg, INġ½ c. shredded mozzarella/provolone cheese “I can make only four crusts at a time.” (See Mathews’ recipe below.) “It’s like making bread in the 1920s,” he says. “In a separate container, I mix and melt down a blend of cheeses until they are gooey.” So far, Mathews says the only way he’s been able to combine the two mixtures is by hand, not with his mixer, translating into a time-consuming process. “I use a blend of almond, pecan and coconut flour, along with seasonings, egg and sea salt,” says Mathews. Keto crusts are no different, if you can find a local bakery that specializes in the product.įor his new offering, Mathews chose to make his own crusts. In recent weeks, Mathews has also added-and sold out of-keto sandwiches.Īs with anything in your pizzeria, you usually have a choice between personally making an item or sourcing it from somewhere else to save on labor and ingredients.

It was unreal.” The following Saturday, Mathews’ keto pizzas sold out by 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and we sold out all 100 crusts by 5:30 p.m.

“The first night, we offered the pizza from 4 p.m. “I decided that I would make enough keto crusts to last the week,” he says. Mathews says he has several friends on the diet who were requesting that he make keto pizzas. “We’re selling a minimum of 100 keto pizzas on Saturdays, which is when we promote the offering.” “I’m having a hard time just keeping up with the demand,” Mathews says. After debuting a keto crust offering in August of this year, Ron Mathews, owner of Rockstar Pizza in Brownsburg, Indiana, doesn’t have to wonder anymore. Imagine the possibilities if your pizzeria showed up in the search results when a local pizza lover on the keto diet searched for pizza. The solo term “keto” was searched in Google 550,000 times last August. Less than a year later, in August 2018, that number grew to 14,800 monthly searches for the same term. In September 2017, there were 5,400 monthly Google searches for the term “keto pizza,” according to data obtained using the Keyword Keg app.

While many dieters are finding recipes online and making the pizzas at home, some pizzeria operators have decided to cater to the keto crowd and offer a special keto pie. The nut flours are usually combined with cheese, cream cheese and egg before being par-baked and topped with ingredients. These additions allow keto dieters to experience a pizza crust that tastes closer to a traditional pizza than a slab of meat ever could. Most recently, recipes that incorporate nut flours, such as almond, coconut and pecan, have entered the fray. You may not consider these creations (or, some say, abominations) pizza, but if you’ve ever gone a month without pizza, trust us, anything even remotely resembling pizza will taste good. We’ve seen “pizza” that replaces the crust with chicken, cheese, bacon and ground beef patties. Keto pizza is any form of pizza that contains the least amount of carbohydrates possible. So, of course, there are numerous solutions and hacks to help keto dieters satiate their pizza cravings. One of the most popular cravings on a low-carb diet is pizza. According to The Charlie Foundation for Ketogenic Therapies, variations in the keto diet today can contain anywhere from 60% fat to 82% fat and 5% carbohydrates to 17% protein, depending on the plan.Īs with any restrictive diet, dieters will inevitably start craving the foods they love. In today’s trendy keto diet, often associated with fast-track weight loss, fat percentages have been adjusted. In the classic keto diet, 90% of calories come from fat.
