Cottage Cheese Pizza Crust
This high-protein cottage cheese pizza crust takes minutes to make and bakes up golden and crispy with cottage cheese, flour, and no yeast or rising time.
Servings: 8
Equipment
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 1½ cups cottage cheese
- 1½ cups all purpose flour + extra flour for dusting (2-3 tablespoons)
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt to taste
For the topping:
- ½ cup pizza sauce
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- any other toppings you may like: pepperoni slices, olives, mushrooms
- fresh basil leaves
Instructions
- Blend the cottage cheese. Add the cottage cheese to a food blender and blend until smooth.
- Make the dough. Combine the flour, baking powder, Italian seasoning, and salt (around 1 teaspoon) in a large mixing bowl. Add the blended cottage cheese and 1½ tablespoons of olive oil. Stir with a spatula until the dough comes together. You can also use a stand mixer fitted with dough hooks.
- Knead. Transfer the dough to a floured surface and knead until cohesive and mostly smooth. It will not be as smooth as classic pizza dough, so do not try to achieve that.
- Get ready to bake. Preheat oven to 450ºF. Place a piece of parchment paper on a pizza plate or pizza stone. Without parchment paper, the pizza dough may stick to the surface.
- Bake the pizza dough. Roll out the pizza dough on a floured surface to a 12-inch circle or press it out directly onto the prepared pan. Brush the edges with the remaining olive oil and bake for 10 minutes.
- Add the toppings. Once your dough is pre-baked, add toppings. Start with pizza sauce, then add mozzarella cheese and parmesan. You can also add any other desired toppings.
- Bake again. Bake the pizza for another 5-10 minutes, until the cheese is nicely melted and starts to get a few browned spots.
- Serve. Remove the pizza from the oven and add fresh basil if using. Let the pizza rest for 2-3 minutes before slicing and serving.
Notes
- Blend the cottage cheese in a food blender for a smoother dough. If your cottage cheese is dry, you can add 1-2 tablespoons of plain milk.
- You can use self-rising flour for this recipe if you don't have all-purpose flour.
- The dough can be made in a food processor if you are in a rush.
- Nutritional values are for 1 pizza crust topped with pizza sauce, mozzarella, and Parmesan cheese and do not include pizza toppings.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 215kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 340mg | Potassium: 208mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 249IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 175mg | Iron: 2mg
