Low Carb Deep Dish Pizza

"The crust needs to be made ahead so that it has time to chill."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 5mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a medium bowl, whisk cream cheese until smooth and creamy.
  • Whisk in eggs until mixture is well-blended and smooth.
  • Add the Parmesan and seasonings, then stir in the 8 ounces of mozzarella until completely moistened.
  • Spread cheese mixture evenly in a well-greased 9"x13" glass baking dish or lightly greased and lined with parchment paper (see note below).
  • Bake at 375ºF for 20 to 25 minutes or until evenly browned, but not too dark; let cool completely on a wire rack.
  • When nearly cooled, take a metal spatula and carefully pry up the edges to loosen from pan.
  • Ease the spatula under the whole crust to loosen.
  • Keep crust in the pan; this makes it easier to remove the finished pizza later.
  • Refrigerate, uncovered, until shortly before serving time (this dries out the crust and makes it crisper).
  • Spread chilled crust with pizza sauce, then cheese and toppings of your choice (pepperoni, ham, sausage, 4 ounce can mushrooms, green peppers, bacon, ground beef, etc).
  • Lightly sprinkle with garlic powder and bake at 375ºF about 15 to 20 minutes or until toppings are bubbly.
  • Let stand a few minutes before cutting.

Questions & Replies

  1. Where is the recipe for the crust?
     
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Reviews

  1. This recipe has preserved my sanity! (well, what was left of it!). The crust is wonderful, and so versatile. It is flexible enough that I plan to try to use it as a mock flatbread for a wrap sandwich, and I want to make one in a round pan to use as a crust for a quiche as well. Tonight, I am going to make it with sharp cheddar instead of mozzerella, and I will use a large glass as a cookie cutter to cut about 6 circles out of it to use as hamburger "buns". I love this recipe!
     
  2. I had to come back and update my review a day later. I am still wowed by this pizza! I reheated it today in the microwave and ate it for lunch. Its amazing. Still tasted the same as last night when I ate it for dinner. The tastiest thing about this recipe is the italian herbs in the"crust" thanks again! I cant even believe how good this pizza was...i lost 60 lbs doing low carb 3 years ago and kept it off...im on my 2nd time doing the diet after having my 2nd child...this was a LIFE SAVER!!! I have been craving pizza since I was pregnant and this hit the SPOT!!! I cant even say enough! Thank you so much Mercy!!!
     
  3. I came upon this recipe years ago by MERCY. It is great! First, let me start off my saying that I stuck to this recipe as stated the first time. After I baked it and let it cooled down, I took a bite and was like meh, and had an eggy consistency. It's okay, nothing to write home about. I at one piece and put the rest in the fridge. The next morning I had nothing to eat so I grab another piece and popped it in the microwave. Oh dear lord, It was AMAZING. What changed???????? YOU HAVE TO LET THE CRUST COOL ALL THE WAY DOWN IN THE FRIDGE BEFORE COOKING. This is a crucial step in making this great pizza, it tastes a million times better when you let the crust cool and dry out and recooking it with your toppings on it. Trust Me! This is absolutely a life saver recipe.
     
  4. Holy pepperoni!!! This is awesome and I'm not kidding! I let my husband take the first couple of bites and he said, "This is good, really good!" "I think this is the best pizza I've ever had!" I used parchment paper to line a 9x13 pan and it worked perfectly and used 1/4 C extra mozzarella on the topping part as well as: a .99 jar of pizza sauce, 12 slices pepperoni, 4 slices ham lunch meat chopped, 1/4 C thinly sliced green pepper, a can of well drained mushrooms, 1/4 C chopped sweet onion, a few banana peppers, 1/4 C chopped/drained tomatoes and jalapeno slices. Make sure to drain all wet toppings on a paper towel. Can ya tell I liked it, lol:) Read the reviews and everybody else loved it too! Thanks a million for posting such an awesome recipe for those of us who are Low Carbing or diabetic!!!
     
  5. For those of you doing WW, I substituted non-fat cream cheese, egg substitute, 1% milk, and fat free cheese for the crust (I used 2% mozzarella for the top) and it came out extremely yummy! I topped it with chopped tomatoes, green pepper, green onion, fresh basil and some sliced black olives. My calculations are 7 points for 1/4 of the pizza with my substitutions - very filling and definitely does NOT taste like diet food. Highly recommended. We had it for breakfast!
     
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Tweaks

  1. For those of you doing WW, I substituted non-fat cream cheese, egg substitute, 1% milk, and fat free cheese for the crust (I used 2% mozzarella for the top) and it came out extremely yummy! I topped it with chopped tomatoes, green pepper, green onion, fresh basil and some sliced black olives. My calculations are 7 points for 1/4 of the pizza with my substitutions - very filling and definitely does NOT taste like diet food. Highly recommended. We had it for breakfast!
     

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Greetings everyone! My name is Mary and I am a native Floridian. I live in Central Florida with my wonderful husband of 13+ years. I enjoy cooking simple dishes with simple ingredients.
 
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