Beef crust pizza is a keto friendly, low carb, gluten free pizza! For anyone on the keto diet, a low carb diet, or a gluten free diet, this recipe is for you!
This pizza crust is genius! Beef crust pizza is a deep dish style pizza without the carbs! For a leaner crust, you could substitute ground chicken, ground turkey, or ground buffalo.
Artzy Foodie Tip: Any ground meat you like can be substituted for the beef.
How to make a beef crust
Season up a mixture of 2/3 pound ground beef and 1/3 pound sausage with 1 tsp Italian herb seasoning, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper.
Melt 2 Tbsp butter in an ovenproof skillet. This will help create a crispy crust. Press the beef mixture over the bottom and up the sides of your skillet, about 1/3″ thick.
Be sure to press some of the beef mixture up the sides to form a ridge so that your toppings will stay inside.
Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. After the crust is baked, it will pull away from the sides. The leaner the meat, the less it will shrink.
Toppings
My favorite pizza toppings include: tomatoes, full cloves of roasted garlic, and EXTRA cheese! Since the crust is basically a giant meatball, I didn’t use any meat toppings.
Top your meat crust with your favorite toppings and bake another 8-10 minutes.
Enjoy!
If you like this keto friendly, low carb, gluten free recipe, you might also like: Mexican Zucchini Boats
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Beef Crust Pizza
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp melted butter
- 2/3 pound lean ground beef
- 1/3 pound sausage
- 1 tsp Italian herb seasoning
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 roma tomato sliced
- 1 bulb garlic roasted
- 1 cup mozarella cheese grated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Add the melted butter to a 9" or 10" oven proof skillet
- Combine ground beef, sausage, Italian herb seasoning, garlic powder, salt, and pepper and press over the bottom and up the sides of your skillet (about 1/3" thick)
- Bake for 30 minutes
- Top with sliced tomato, roasted cloves of garlic, and cheese
- Bake 8-10 minutes
2 Responses
Just one quick question…what size cast iron skilet? It looks like a small one for an individual size pizza.
Sandy,
It’s a standard 9″ cast iron skillet. It serves two hungry people! Thanks for bringing that to my attention, I will update my post. Enjoy!