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Pizza is a world famous appetizer of Italian cuisine. It is a dough stuffed with meat, vegetables and cheese. As a rule, this is a high-calorie dish, which many housewives manage to make even more high-calorie by turning it into a roll with a huge amount of sauce and cheese.
The correct Italian version is thin, dense and slightly crunchy. For cooking, durum wheat flour and fresh yeast are selected. Soft and puff pastry are already variations on a theme that have nothing to do with the classics. The peculiarity of the dish is that the cake is not rolled out, but stretched to the desired size and thickness. It is baked at maximum temperatures for ten minutes. It is believed that the faster the snack is baked, the brighter the taste. Therefore, the cake should be slightly thicker than Armenian lavash.
Classic Italian pizza
Ingredients:
Dough:
- Durum wheat flour – 130 gr.
- Water – 85 ml.
- Olive oil – 1 tablespoons
- Fresh yeast – 5 gr.
- Salt – 1/2 tsp
Toppings:
- Salami – 150 gr.
- Parmesan cheese – 100 gr.
- Tomatoes – 3 pieces.
- Bulgarian pepper – 1 pc.
- Ketchup – 2 st.l.
Knead the dough, set aside for 15 minutes, in the meantime, grate the cheese, chop vegetables and sausage. Stretch the dough in a flat shape, lay out the filling in layers, season with ketchup, sprinkle with cheese shavings (calorizer). Bake at 10 ° C for 200 minutes.
Diet pizza from bran dough
Ingredients:
Dough:
- Kefir 1% – 150 ml.
- Egg of chicken – 2 pcs.
- Oat bran – 100 gr.
- Baking powder – 1 tsp
- Salt – to taste.
Sauce:
- Cottage cheese 1% – 100 gr.
- Tomato Paste – 1 tbsp
- Mustard – 1 tsp.
- Salt – to taste.
Toppings:
- Baked chicken breast – 150 gr.
- Mozzarella cheese – 50 gr.
- Tomatoes – 2 pieces.
- Olives – 7 pcs.
- Arugula – 10 gr.
- Basil – 10 gr.
Mix all the ingredients for the dough and leave to thicken for 15 minutes. Combine all the ingredients for the sauce, chop the tomatoes, breast, olives, herbs, and grate the cheese. Place the thickened dough in a flat silicone mold. Bake at 200 ° C for 15 minutes. Grease the finished crust with sauce, put the rest of the ingredients on it, and on top – cheese shavings. Bake in the oven for another 8 minutes.
Low Calorie Cauliflower Pizza
Ingredients:
- Cauliflower – 600 gr.
- Egg of chicken – 1 pcs.
- Mozzarella cheese – 100 gr.
- Tomato sauce – 100 gr.
- Oregano – 1/2 tsp.
- Dry basil – 1/4 tsp
- Salt – 1/4 tsp
- Garlic powder – 1/4 tsp
Grind the cauliflower with a blender and microwave for 5 minutes. When it cools down, place it on cheesecloth and squeeze out the juice. Combine cabbage with egg, half cheese, salt, spices (calorizator). Spread the mixture on non-stick paper, place in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Pass the sauce over the prepared crust, sprinkle with cheese shavings and place in the oven for another 3 minutes.
The authors of the Calorizator website have prepared another recipe for diet pizza based on cauliflower.
Low Carb Chicken Breast Pizza
Ingredients:
Dough:
- Chicken fillet – 400 gr.
- Egg of chicken – 1 pcs.
- Salt – 1/2 tsp
Toppings:
- Mozzarella cheese – 100 gr.
- Bulgarian pepper – 2 pc.
- Tomatoes – 1 pieces.
- Green onions – 20 gr.
Sauce:
- Tomato Paste – 1 tbsp
- Bulb onions – 50 gr.
- Garlic – 1 teeth
- Olive oil – 1 tsp
- Salt – to taste.
- Black pepper to taste.
Separately grind the dough and sauce ingredients with a blender. Spread the dough on non-stick paper in a thin layer, bake for 10 minutes. Spread the sauce over the finished crust, add the filling and place in the oven again for 15 minutes.
And here is another recipe for dietary chicken-based pizza.
Simple Whole Grain Pizza
Ingredients:
Dough:
- Whole wheat flour – 130 gr.
- Egg whites – 1 pcs.
- Egg of chicken – 1 pcs.
- Kefir 1% – 50 ml.
- Baking powder – 1/2 tsp
- Salt – to taste.
Toppings:
- Adyghe cheese – 100 gr.
- Olives – 50 gr.
- Red onion – 50 gr.
- Tomatoes – 2 pieces.
- Dry basil – 10 gr.
Knead the dough and use a spatula to spread it over the non-stick paper. Bake the mass for 15 minutes, and after laying out the filling – another ten.
How to make pizza dietetic
The most nutritious ingredients in a popular Italian snack are cheese, dough, sauce, and salami, if used in a recipe. To keep your meal low in calories while still delicious, follow the tips below.
- Cook the crust with whole grain flour, add bran or fiber. On a low-carb diet, use chicken breast or cauliflower as a base.
- Choose low-fat cheeses – Mozzarella, Ricotta, Feta, Tofu, Chechil, Low-fat Adyghe cheese.
- Add more greens and vegetables to the filling.
- Season the dish with homemade tomato paste.
- Instead of high-calorie sausages, use chicken, turkey, seafood, and boneless fish.
This dish is originally a high-calorie snack, but it can be made more dietary. It is enough to replace “heavy” components with “lighter” ones, learn how to make a cake of the correct thickness, use vegetables and herbs for volume. Such a dish can be safely included in any dietary diet. Here is one example of a diet pizza with a pear.