Cottage Cheese Pizza

 

This isn’t your ordinary pizza! This is Cottage Cheese Pizza, with a whopping 51 grams of protein per serving. Ba-bam!

Key Ingredients

You’ll find the full list of ingredients in the recipe card below, but here are some notes to keep in mind.

For the Pizza Crust:

• All-Purpose Flour. Although I haven’t tested it, I think a gluten-free all-purpose flour substitute would work just fine. I don’t recommend a single flour (like almond flour or coconut flour), but the kind of blend formulated for baking.
• Baking Powder. A traditional pizza crust is made with yeast; here, we use baking powder for leavening.
• Cottage Cheese. I like Good Culture 2% and that’s what I tested in this recipe.
• Egg. Egg binds the dough and it also adds a bit more protein.

• For Topping:

  • Sauce. I used pizza sauce and Basil Pesto.
  • Cheese. Mozzarella cheese is the classic, but you can use any cheese you like. It adds more protein!
  • Meat. Again: more protein! I used shredded chicken, but turkey sausage or plant-based sausage are healthy options too.
  • Veggies. I wanted Margherita vibes, so I used cherry tomatoes, but you can truly use whatever you like.
  • Garnishes. Chopped fresh basil and balsamic glaze if you want to replicate my cottage cheese pizza, but other herbs, roasted garlic cloves, and Hot Honey are excellent too.

  

  Tips for Making Perfect Cottage Cheese Pizza Crust

  • Puree the Cottage Cheese If Needed. Baking takes care of most of the curd-y texture of the cottage cheese, but if you’re really averse to that texture, you can blitz the cottage cheese in your food processor to make it completely smooth.
  • Zhuzh Up the Crust. You can add a little garlic powder or Italian seasoning to the dough for the crust if you’d like; this can help if your objection to cottage cheese is the flavor or the smell.
  • Parbaking Is Non-Negotiable. You absolutely canNOT shape the crust and add the toppings directly to it like you might with a regular pizza. The cottage cheese crust needs to be dry to the touch before you add the toppings.

  More High Protein Cottage Cheese Recipes

  • Level up your snack game with this Cottage Cheese Queso.
  • I use sheet pan Cottage Cheese Eggs in this Breakfast Burrito Recipe to work in some extra protein.
  • Protein Ice Cream is rich, creamy, and secretly healthy. You don’t even need an ice cream maker for it!
  • I’ll forgive you if you skip the chips and just eat this Healthy Buffalo Chicken Dip with a spoon.
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