Low Carb Flax Pizza

FunkZ

I found this recipe today, it was absolutely beautiful.
Now that I can cook my favourite foodthere's no need to eat mass amounts of carbs again!

Ingredients:

2 cups flaxseed meal
1 teaspoon sea salt
2 teaspoons natural baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon Italian mixed dried herbs
3 large eggs, beaten until smooth
3 tablespoons sunflower oil
½ cup water


Method:

1. Heat oven to 425 ?F.
2. Combine flaxseed meal, sea salt, baking powder, sugar and Italian Herbs together until lump-free.
3. Beat together eggs, sunflower oil and water until smooth.
4. Pour liquid mixture into flaxseed meal mixture. Blend well until smooth.
5. Cover with a tea towel and put in a warm place until doubled in size for about 1 hour.
6. Press into desired shape (oblongs are more traditional in Italy for pizza).
7. Place on a pre-greased or non-stick pizza pan or sit on a silicon baking mat.
8. Bake for 15 minutes in the center of the oven until cooked.
9. Remove from oven and allow to cool until warm to the touch.
10. Add favorite toppings and then return to the oven to bake as with any normal pizza.

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I used sauasage, tomatao sauce and a lot of cheese.
I ate about a thrd, maybe a bit less and man am I full!

Pembily

I am going to try that next week - think I may be in love

FunkZ

It is ridiculously awesome! I'm going to make carbonara sauce soon and put it on, then permesan, chedder and rashers!

danlen

Any chance there's some nutritional info available on this?

SteelyDanJalapeno

danlen wrote: »

Any chance there's some nutritional info available on this?

+1

would love to see the carb content of the base,

SteelyDanJalapeno

according to calorie count using 2 cups

1600cals

130g fat
89.6g carbs
84.6g fiber

Carawaystick

Why would you avoid using flour or polenta ( like is traditionally used in Italy) and then put a tablespoon of sugar in the dough?
It's not like you're feeding yeast with it?

FunkZ

danlen wrote: »

Any chance there's some nutritional info available on this?

Not at the moment, but I'll be making it tomorrow and I'll tell you

Horgan wrote: »

+1

would love to see the carb content of the base,

It's very low, I believe maybe 1.5 grams per 100 grams, so maybe a max of 3g in the whole pizza bar the tsp of sugar and the tsp baking powder.

Horgan wrote: »

according to calorie count using 2 cups

1600cals

130g fat
89.6g carbs
84.6g fiber

When you calculate net carbs with the flax I use it's way less than that. I think there's 30 grams of fibe per 100 grams.

Carawaystick wrote: »

Why would you avoid using flour or polenta ( like is traditionally used in Italy) and then put a tablespoon of sugar in the dough?
It's not like you're feeding yeast with it?

Very low carb... ketosis, I like staying there and one tsp of sugar won't change that!

FunkZ

Nutritional data of combined flax, baking powder, sunflower oil, eggs and sugar.

I calculated the flax as 150 grams which is what I used when I made the pizza last.

Protein - 51 = 205kCals
Net carbs/Sugar - 6.5 = 32kCals
Fat - 126 = 1134kCals
Fibre - 43

kCals = 1371.

My maths is pretty bad when I'm tired though I'm pretty sure this is 100% accurate.

So say you put your cheese and toppings on, then eat a 1/4 of the pizza each day. That's pretty handy! Oh and there's 36 grams of Omega 3 in this concoction.

I need bed!

brianthebard

FunkZ wrote: »

Very low carb... ketosis, I like staying there and one tsp of sugar won't change that!

Is it tablespoon or teaspoon then?

FunkZ

Teaspoon!

brianthebard

Might want to edit the op so then! :P

FunkZ

My mistake dude it's a tablespoon... DURGHHH :P