Crispy Low Carb Keto Pizza Bites

All the taste of pizza without the carb overload! These keto pizza bites have a crust entirely made out of mozzarella. Crispy, easy and ready in no time at all!!

I often make simple cheese crisps in the frying pan by melting grated cheddar. They are a delicious quick savoury snack and keep me from gorging on potato crisps.

And one day, I thought to myself... how about using the same principle and adding a few toppings? This is how these crustless low carb pizza bites were born.

The genius thing about this super easy Keto snack recipe is that it does not contain any wheat whatsoever, but still tastes just like pizza. It's simply grated mozzarella that forms the base!

My carb-loving kids go absolutely crazy for keto pizza bites. When I told my daughter on the way home from school yesterday I had made twelve of them, she declared, "I'll have all. Two for snack and the rest for dinner."

There you go. It's not just me!

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• Ingredients
• Instructions
• Variations
• Recipe FAQs
• Serving Suggestion
• Storage
• More Keto Pizza Recipes
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Ingredients

Here are the ingredients you'll need:

• Mozzarella - You need grated, firm mozzarella for this recipe. Fresh white mozzarella contains too much liquid. I like to buy mine pre-shredded, but some people like to buy a mozzarella block and shred it at home.
• Marinara Sauce - Use my keto pizza sauce or make a super-quick no-cook marinara with tomato passata, 1 garlic clove, salt, pepper, and Italian herbs.
• Salami or cured ham - I used a few slices, cut into small pieces.
• Fresh basil leaves - Not essential, but makes the snack feel 100% healthier, looks pretty and tastes good.

Instructions

It is so easy to make keto pizza bites. Here are the basic steps. For the full recipe with ingredient amounts and nutrition information, scroll down to the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

1.) First, drop little mounds of mozzarella onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Place them in the oven underneath the grill to melt and brown them.

2.) When your mozzarella crusts are browned and look like this, take them out of the oven. They'll be soft at first, so make sure you let them cool down before you handle them! When they've cooled down a bit, they firm up nicely.

3.) Now make the Marinara sauce. You've got several options here. The super quick one is to open a can of quality canned tomatoes (use only the tomatoes, not the sauce) or passata, add 1 garlic clove, a small handful of fresh basil leaves (or an Italian herb mix), pepper and salt and blend. You can use this sauce as is, without heating it up.

Alternatively, heat this sauce on the stove and let it simmer to reduce it. This way the flavours become even stronger and your marinara topping is thicker.

4.) Next, cut the salami or ham slices and fry them until they are nice and crisp. Even bacon would work well here - the choice is yours.

5.) And now it's time for the assembly! Your mozzarella bases have cooled down and turned into crispy-crunchy bite-size Keto pizza crusts. You put a bit of marinara sauce on each, and top with salami or ham. If you want to push the boat out, decorate them with a basil leaf!

Variations

If you don't have a broiler or a grill, make the pizza bites in a frying pan over medium heat. You don't need to oil the pan - simply drop the mozzarella mounds into the pan, leaving some space around the edges so they can spread, and let it melt and brown.

For a cheesier base, add grated parmesan to the mozzarella.

If you wish, you could also use half mozzarella and half cheddar to make the pizza base.

Recipe FAQs

Serving Suggestion

Pizza bites are great as a keto-friendly snack, as an appetizer or as part of a party spread, alongside other small dishes such as cauliflower hummus, spinach balls, low carb onion rings and keto chips.

Storage

These crustless pizza snacks stay fresh in the fridge for 3-4 days. Store them in an airtight container.

Cheese freezes well. Therefore, it's possible to freeze pizza bites in an airtight container for up to 3 months.

More Keto Pizza Recipes

Do you love pizza? Me too! Here are more low carb pizza recipes to try:

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