Keto Calzone Recipe

Stack of keto calzones with a half calzone cut in half to show the meat and cheese inside.

Make your own low carb pizza pockets with this delicious Keto Calzone recipe! Load them up with your favourite pizza toppings and take them for lunch to-go!

Course Main Course

Cuisine Canadian, Low Carb

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 15

Servings calzones

Calories 286kcal

Author Aleta

Ingredients

Calzone Dough

1 ½ cups almond flour
½ tsp xanthan gum
⅛ tsp garlic powder
¾ tsp spicy spaghetti seasoning or Italian seasoning
3 tbsp water
1 tbsp olive oil

Calzone Filling

¼ cup pizza sauce
1 ¼ cup mozzarella
80 grams thick sliced pepperoni sausage
see post above for other filling ideas

Instructions

Equipment Needed

Baking Sheet with Non Stick Baking Mat or Parchment Paper
Cheese Grater
Cutting Board and Knife
Wax Paper
Medium Sized Mixing Bowl
Rolling Pin
Pizza Cutter or Fondant Cutter
Optional: Avocado or Olive Spray Oil

Directions

Heat oven to 375° and line a baking sheet with a non stick baking mat. Shred the mozzarella and dice up the meat and/or veggies into small cubes, then combine with the mozza and mix well.
In a medium bowl combine the almond flour, xanthan gum, garlic powder and spicy spaghetti. Whisk until fully mixed then add the water and olive oil. Knead the dough until the almond flour has been completely worked in, then divide into four.
Place one of the balls of dough into the center of a piece of wax paper. Cover with another piece of wax then roll the dough out into a circle. Remove the paper and cut the dough into a perfect circle. You can patch the dough, re-roll and cut again into a perfect circle. It should be between 6-7 in diameter.
If the wax paper sticks to dough, the wax paper can be sprayed with avocado or olive oil spray.
Spread 1 tbsp Pizza Sauce around the circle; leave about 1/2 in. from the edge all the way around. Place 1/3 cup of the meat/cheese mix onto half of the circle. make sure it doesn't spread past the pizza sauce onto the outer edge and only cover half of the circle.
Fold the wax paper with the empty side of the circle right over so that the edges of the calzone perfectly match. Pinch the edges together, remove the top wax paper and fold up the dough edge, just once, to form a solid crust.
Remove the bottom wax paper to free the calzone and place onto the prepared baking sheet. Continue with the other three. Bake at 375° for 13-15 minutes until the edges start to brown.
Serve hot and enjoy!

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Notes

Expert Tips

Whatever fillings you choose, make sure to dice the ingredients up nice and small. This will make working with the calzones easier.
Do not over fill them, no matter how tempting that may be! They could burst open while baking, so would no longer be hot pockets, but empty pockets.
Reheat these beauties easily in the microwave or oven.

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition facts are an estimate only! The ingredients you choose could have different nutritional values than the ingredients I have used.

Deduct fibre from total carbs to get 3.2 g net carbs per calzone shell. (without added fillings)

Nutrition