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Dairy Free Pork Rind Pizza/Flatbread Crust

Yields one 10-11” flatbread crust
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Course Main Dishes
Cuisine Keto, Low Carb, NSNG, Paleo

Ingredients
  

  • Crust:
  • 1 cup ground pork rinds
  • 2 tablespoons coconut or palm shortening, at room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups dairy free shredded cheese
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 egg
  • Olive oil
  • Toppings:
  • Eat Happy Kitchen Marinara
  • Flatbread toppings of your choice, here I used pepperoni and fresh basil and opted out of sauce or more cheese

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine all crust ingredients except the olive oil in a bowl. Using your hands to mix evenly, press into a dough, the warmth of your hands warming the shortening so it spreads evenly throughout as you knead the dough. Drizzle nonstick foil or parchment paper with olive oil and place on a baking sheet. Gently press the dough into a flat bread crust, about 1/4-1/3” thick. The dough might seem dry, but keep pressing and molding the crust, working the ends back together that try to separate.
  • Bake in oven 10 minutes. The crust will start to bubble. Remove crust from oven, and using mitts, place a second piece parchment paper or nonstick foil rubbed with olive oil on top of the crust. Quickly and gingerly flip the crust onto the second piece of parchment paper or nonstick foil and place back on baking sheet. Bake for an additional 6-10 minutes or until crust is browned and bubbling. Remove from oven and top with marinara or flatbread toppings of your choice. Bake for an additional 5-10 minutes until toppings are heated through. Remove from oven and let stand 5-10 minutes, then slice and serve.

Notes

If you are looking for Dairy Free recipes, my second cookbook Eat Happy Too, while not entirely dairy free, it has a bunch o' dairy free recipes plus recipes that can be made dairy free with various substitutes. This particular recipe is based on the Pork Rind Pizza Crust recipe in that book.
**IF YOU WANNA USE SAUCE ON THE CRUST RECIPE BELOW: grab a jar of Eat Happy Kitchen Tomato Basil Marinara!
This recipe for a Dairy Free Pork Rind Pizza Crust/Flatbread uses dairy free shredded cheese (lately I've been into Violife Parmela, and Miyokos). NO DAIRY FREE CHEESES ARE PERFECT. They all seem to have some sort of carb or chemical in them, and let's be honest, they are highly processed. Therefore, please make this crust only when the pizza craving hits you so hard, you need to have your pizza. You can also use this recipe to make other applications of  low carb crusts: bagel rounds, flatbreads, etc. Get creative with it!
You can find coconut/palm shortening in the baking section at Sprouts, Whole Foods or other natural food stores, or online. I use Nutiva brand.
 
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