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Jan 21

White Deep Dish MEATZA (a gluten free, low carb, high protein PIZZA made from MEAT hence the name ;-)

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I love my traditional style MEATZA (recipe here:

http://www.sarahbrockner.com/blog/2014/02/23/meatza-aka-low-carb-pizza-made-of-meat/

but sometimes I really want a cheesy, garlicky white pizza instead!  So this is my version 🙂 By the way yes I do eat regular pizza but not too often because it is hard for me to stop eating it and it is really not worth it for me generally.  I would rather eat my MEATZA most of the time anyways!  I love this recipe because it is a huge serving (one portion is less than 400 calories and half of the whole thing!!), it’s very filling,  packed with veggies (hidden so you may be able to pass this off on a kid?), and it tastes super similar to full blown pizza.  Give it a try & let me know what you think!! 🙂

**This recipe is pretty garlicky which I love but if you don’t like garlic quite as much as me I would half the quantities I listed or use roasted garlic which would be less intense.

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound raw, boneless, skinless chicken breast (cut into chunks) 
  • 1/2 head of raw cauliflower (washed & chopped)
  • 2 egg whites from large eggs
  • 2 tablespoons minced or chopped garlic
  • Salt & Pepper (to taste but be fairly generous)
  • 2 tablespoons total additional seasoning (I used a mix of Sicilian, Italian, & Mrs. Dash Tomato, Basil, Garlic)
  • 1 cup low fat Italian blend cheese or plain mozzarella                                                          
  • 1/4 cup fat free ricotta cheese                                                                                                  
  • 1/8 cup parmesan cheese                                                                                                        
  • 1/2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil                                                                                            
  • 1 tablespoon minced or chopped garlic                                                                          
  • Several fresh basil leaves (optional but so good!)

 

Preheat oven to 350. I am using a springform pan because I want it to be similar to a deep dish pizza. If you don’t have one then use a 9×13 pan. I lined my springform with nonstick foil then sprayed the sides with non stick spray. If using pan spray entire pan with nonstick spray.

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Add first 6 ingredients listed into a food processor (or high powered blender) and process until fully combined, scraping sides down as needed. Mixture will be quite wet. Spread crust into pan & up the sides as evenly as possible. It is a little annoying to do this part but it is worth the effort!  It should look something like pic below.

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Bake for 25 minutes. Remove crust and turn broiler on high. Blot top of crust gently with paper towels to get rid of any excess moisture. Place crust back into oven and broil about 5 minutes watching carefully until top of crust is dry.  It may start to brown around edges where it was thinner but you can just cut those off before you serve 🙂

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 Remove crust and return oven temperature back to 350.  Add mozarella, parmesan, ricotta, garlic, & some torn basil leaves evenly across crust.  Drizzle with olive oil then return to oven for 5-10 minutes or until cheese is melted.  Remove & add more fresh basil to decorate if desired.  Eat up!!

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Per serving (half of entire pizza if you have a big appetite like me!)

394 calories

16 grams fat

11.5 grams carbs

3 grams fiber

51.3 grams protein

(For smaller appetites 1/4 pizza is 197 calories/8 grams fat/5.8 carbs/1.5 grams fiber/25.6 grams protein)

2 comments

  1. Patience T.

    This recipe looks really good and I MUST try it. I love pizza but the crust is a problem. So a meat crust is the perfect solution! Thanks for your creativity, Sarah!

    1. Sarahlinbrockner

      Thanks!! It is nice & filling too! Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

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