Healthy Eating
Cottage Cheese Pizza
Description
This isn’t your ordinary pizza! This is Cottage Cheese Pizza, with a whopping 51 grams of protein per serving. Ba-bam!
Ingredients
- For the Pizza Crust
- ¼ cup all purpose flour or GF AP flour substitute
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup cottage cheese I used Good Culture 2%
- 1 large egg
- For Topping
- 2 tablespoons pizza sauce or Basil Pesto
- 3 to 4 tablespoons Mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup shredded chicken or cooked, crumbled turkey sausage or meatless sausage
- Small handful sliced cherry tomatoes
- Chopped fresh basil
- Balsamic glaze optional
Directions
- Place a rack in the center of your oven and preheat to 375°F.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the cottage cheese and egg. Sprinkle the flour and baking powder over the top. With a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, stir to evenly combine.
- Place sheet of parchment paper on top of a baking sheet (or pizza stone). Spread the cottage cheese mixture into a round crust shape that is about 8 inches across.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden at the edges and dry to the touch on top. Remove from the oven. Increase the oven temperature to 400°F.
- Spread crust with the sauce, sprinkle with Mozzarella cheese, and scatter on the chicken and tomatoes. Return to the oven and bake 5 to 8 minutes more, until the Mozzarella is melted.
- Finish with fresh basil and balsamic glaze. Let cool a few minutes, then slice and enjoy.
