For a tasty change of pace, try this low carb, high protein ground turkey crust pizza. If you’ve had meatza you know that ground turkey or beef can make a delicious gluten free pizza crust. Use your favorite pizza toppings for an easy low carb dinner. Each slice of plain meatza has only 3.6 grams net carbs, 15.7 grams protein and 154 calories.
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I haven’t made meatza (which is a pizza crust made out of ground meat) for a long time. I don’t know why because it’s really tasty and my family loves it. So today I made a keto ground turkey crust pizza with pepperoni and peppers.
This is a super easy dinner to throw together and really quite delicious. Just mix a few ingredients to spice up the ground turkey and make any kind of pizza you want. I like it because it’s a gluten free pizza that’s both low carb and high in protein. Each slice has only has only 3.6g net carbs, 15.7 grams of protein and 154 calories. Plus it’s very filling.
What is meatza and other low carb crust pizza?
If you’ve never heard of meatza it is simply a crust made from ground meat – usually ground beef, turkey or chicken. Since meat usually has no carbs and is very tasty, it makes a great keto pizza crust.
There are other low carb pizza crust options too. I’ve made a spaghetti squash and cauliflower pizza crust, fathead dough pizza crust even a pepperoni pizza frittata made from eggs!
They are amazing recipes and very delicious so if you are on a keto diet and experimenting with low carb pizzas, they are worth a try. Each taste different and equally delicious IMO.
Recipe ingredients I used and substitutions.
For the turkey pizza crust I used ground turkey, an egg, parmesan cheese, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt and black pepper. Note you can also use ground chicken or even lean ground beef.
Pizza Sauce: I used a little of Aldi’s Specialty Selects marinara sauce as it’s pretty low carb. I also really like Rao’s marinara for a pizza sauce. It has the same amount of carbs and I love the taste.
Toppings: Today I used mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, banana peppers and sweet bell peppers. You can use whatever your favorite toppings are on this pizza. Today I’m just showing you the concepts of a pizza crust made from meat – the toppings are optional.
You can all different kinds of cheeses, veggies, fresh herbs, seasonings, etc in your version. I just used what my family likes to eat.
How to make keto ground turkey crust pizza!
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350°F. Cover a rimmed baking sheet with parchment or silicon mat. If using parchment paper, spray with nonstick cooking spray.
Step 2: To make the ground turkey pizza crust, get out a large bowl and mix together 1 pound of ground turkey, an egg, parmesan cheese, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt and black pepper.
Mix them together like a meat loaf. On the prepared baking sheet, form the ground turkey mixture into the shape of a pizza (oval or circle) and try to get it uniformly thin using your hands.
Step 3: Place in the preheated oven and bake for about 20 minutes or until the crust is cooked but not browned. Cooking time may vary depending on how thick you make your crust. Just keep checking on it.
Step 4: Once the crust is cooked through, start adding your toppings. Use a low carb sauce, mozzarella cheese and from there add any kind of meat or vegetable you wish.
Step 5: Place it back in the oven and bake for another 5 minutes. Then place it under the broiler to brown the top if you want. Let cool before serving.
Store leftovers in an airtight container. Please scroll down to view the printable recipe card.
Recipe Notes & Tips
- The thinner you make the turkey crust the less time it takes to cook. So check on it to make sure it is cooked but not too browned. It will cook more when you put on the toppings and pop it back into the oven.
- For a relatively low carb sauce I like Aldi’s Specialty Selects or Rao’s marinara sauce. You can use whatever your favorite pizza sauce is but make sure the carbs are low as some tomato sauces can have a lot of sugar in them.
- As for the rest of your toppings, try to stick to meats and low carb vegetables. Check out this post for low carb vegetable carb counts. I love the flavor combination red onions, bell peppers, mushrooms and pepperoni. You can even use fresh basil and other herbs on top as well as hot pepper flakes for more flavor.
Well I hope you enjoy this keto ground turkey crusty pizza as much as we did. It’s very tasty and filling and I’m sure it will b come a family favorite recipe!
The nutritional information is for 1 piece of plain meatza (without pepperoni or peppers): 154 cals / 8.3g fat / 3.9g carbs / 0.3g fiber / 15.7g protein = 3.6g net carbs
Keto Ground Turkey Crust Pizza (Meatza)
For a tasty change of pace try this keto ground turkey crust pizza. If you've had meatza you know that ground turkey or beef can be a delicious gluten free pizza crust. Use your favorite pizza toppings for an easy low carb dinner. Each slice of plain meatza has only 3.6g net carbs and 154 calories!
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasonings
- 2 teaspoon of salt
- ½ teaspoon of black pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- ½ cup of low carb sauce (I like Specialty Selects Marinara)
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
- Optional Toppings (like pepperoni, sausage, peppers, mushrooms, bacon, etc)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon mat. If using parchment paper, spray with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl mix turkey, egg, parmesan cheese, garlic, salt, peper and Italian seasonings. Mix together as you would meatloaf.
- Take the turkey mixture and form into a pizza crust shape on the prepared bakign sheet. Make it's fairly thin so it won't taste too "meaty".
- Bake for roughly 20 minutes. Times will vary depending on how thin you make the crust. You want it to be cooked through but not too browned.
- Take it out of the oven and cover with sauce and then cheese. From there you can top whatever other toppings you want.
- Bake for another 5 minutes and then place it under the broiler to brown the top if you want. Let cool before serving. Store leftovers in an airtight container.
Notes
Recipe Tips and Notes
- The thinner you make the turkey crust the less time it takes to cook. So check on it to make sure it is cooked but not browned. It will cook more when you put on the toppings and pop it back into the oven.
- For a relatively low carb sauce I like Aldi's Specialty Selects marinara sauce or Rao's Marinara. You can use whatever you want but make sure the carbs are low as tomato sauces can have a lot of sugar in them.
- As for the rest of your toppings, try to stick to meats and vegetables with a low carb count.
The nutritional information is for 1 piece of plain meatza (without pepperoni or peppers):
154 cals / 8.3g fat / 3.9g carbs / 0.3g fiber / 15.7g protein = 3.6g net carbs
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 1 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 154
Bea says
I want to make this soon. Can you add spinach to the crust? If not, should I cook the spinach before baking the pizza?
Denise says
Hi Bea,
I think you should be able to add spinach. I would use fresh spinach and finely chop it up and then mix with the turkey meat. I would not use too much as I would worry it would make it watery? Maybe a cup? I’m just guessing but it should work ok. Let me know how it turns out and I hope you like it!
Denise
Kim says
The garlic isn’t in the ingredients list. Fresh or powdered and how much.
And there’s a typo for salt in the ingredients.
Denise says
Hi Kim,
My apologies … I’ve fixed the recipe. Thank you for pointing that out. You need 2 cloves of garlic, crushed. I hope you like it!
MJ says
I’ve made this before and added fennel seeds. Tasted like sausage.
Denise says
Hi MJ, thanks for coming back and sharing your tip!
Leslie says
Very tasty! I poured off the grease after baking the “crust”, patted it dry with a paper towel, then added the sauce and toppings. Thanks for a new low carb option.
Denise says
So glad you liked it Leslie! Thanks for coming back to share your tips!
Mary says
Have you tried freezing this recipe? Always looking for things I can make double and freeze half.
Denise says
I have not but since it’s much like a hamburger I think it should work but I have not tried it. Let me know if you do it!
A says
Thank you for this! Making the crust was fast and easy. I eyeballed the ingredients and though at first the crust didn’t look appetizing, it was well worth it once I enjoyed it with the toppings on. Ended up baking the turkey in the toaster oven at 400F. My new favourite treat meal! Didn’t even need sauce. Rolled out the turkey nice and thin so it didn’t taste meaty; it was simply the vessel for delivering my toppings. Cant wait to make it again.
Denise says
Hi Angela, so glad you liked it! It really is such an easy recipe and you can change it up anyway you want. Thanks for coming back to share your tips with the readers!