5-Minute Prep Protein Pizza Crust Heaven

I get it. It's not really giving "aesthetically pleasing" but I'm not a food photographer and I wanted to capture this before I ripped into it further. I mean, it already looks like a raccoon had at it (and yes I did rip a piece off before taking this photo) and only once I had a bite I was like, "I need to capture the energy of this moment".

So, I can't take credit for this "recipe", it's all over Instagram.

Basically it's a pizza crust made of flour, cottage cheese and egg. My choice in flour is chickpea flour (I'm allergic to almonds and can't do cassava). I made this pizza crust on a whim just this Friday night and it was incredibly satiating and filling. All it was, was: 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1 egg, 1/4 cup chickpea flour, a touch of filtered water. Mix together. I placed mine into a pan lined with parchment paper and just made sure it was smoothed out. Once onto the parchment paper, pop into the oven at 360 degrees for 25 minutes. Tip: lightly grease the parchment paper so your finished masterpiece doesn't stick to the parchment paper (I've once made this mistake and almost debated whether eating the parchment paper that stuck to the "dough" would be okay because it's that good). 

The first time I made this, I made it on a whim and didn't have pizza sauce or actual toppings, I just sprinkled everything bagel seasoning on (before I baked it). At the 25 minute mark I took the pizza crust out and grated goat cheese pecorino onto it and popped it back into the oven for another 5 minutes. Et voila! It was delicious.

The second time I made this, I made the crust per usual (cottage cheese, chickpea flour, an egg and splash of filtered water) but this time added a sprinkle of both garlic and onion powder to the "crust" mixture. Once the crust was baked, I spread pizza sauce onto the crust, added a tiny but of sea salt, and topped it with a 3-cheese blend: parmesan, aged goat cheese, aged white cheddar. This, was a full blown WOW. Add whatever toppings float your boat. 

That was 1 serving for me (although could have been 2). My point: if you're making this for more than just yourself, double or triple the recipe :) Add on whatever toppings you wish and enjoy. I will definitely be making this again. 

What do you love on your pizza? I'm a straight up margarita pizza girl or pepperoni. Although, I would not turn down a piece of Hawaiian pizza (ham and pineapple) and - honorable mention to the shrimp pesto pizza from Earl's circa the year 2000. Side of parm dip. IYKYK. Also this summer in the south of France (Grimaud, to be specific), my dear friend and I would share a thin crispy crust caramelized onion with what seemed like alfredo sauce? (creamy, white heaven) and it was the bomb. Kind of like an onion tartlet meets suuuuper thin crush pizza. I'm sure there's a name for it, and, it's escaping me at present.  

There will be more blog posts on pizza and different healthy pizza crusts, no doubt, because pizza is etched in the walls of my heart - meaning, I absolutely love it. Happy pizza'ing. Tell me what pizza you love! XO