Sausage and Pepperoni Layered Pizza Bake (Low-Carb or Keto)

Yield: 8 pieces

Sausage and Pepperoni Layered Pizza Bake (Low-Carb or Keto)

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

You can adapt this Sausage and Pepperoni Layered Pizza Bake to work for low-carb or Keto diets, or even for the original South Beach Diet, enjoy!

Ingredients

2 tsp. olive oil
1 19.5 oz. pkg. turkey Italian sausage
1 13 oz. jar Rao's Pizza Sauce (see notes)
5 Folios Parmesan Cheese Wraps (see notes)
2 cups grated Mozzarella Cheese
42 slices Hormel 25% reduced fat pepperoni
1 tsp. dried oregano, divided

Instructions

Heat the oven to 425F/220C. Spray a 9" X 13" baking dish with olive oil or non-stick spray. (I used a metal baking dish but I'm sure glass or ceramic will work.)
Heat olive oil in a non-stick frying pan and cook the Italian Sausage until it's nicely browned. (I use a potato masher (affiliate link) to break it apart.
Add the Rao's Pizza Sauce (affiliate link) or any low-sugar pizza sauce and simmer about 5 minutes, until the sauce has slightly thickened and sausage is flavored with the sauce.
Cut 5 Folios Cheese Wraps (or 7 Mission Carb Balance Low-Carb Tortillas - affiliate link) in half, and then arrange with straight side along the edge of the baking dish and one cut piece covering the middle, as shown. (If your baking dish isn't close to the size I used, you'll need more Folios or low-carb tortillas to make each layer.)
Then spread half the sausage/sauce mixture over the Folios (or tortillas).
Top that with 1 cup grated Mozzarella cheese. (We used full-fat mozzarella, but take your choice on that.)
Top the cheese with 21 pieces of pepperoni and a generous pinch of dried Greek Oregano (affiliate link).
Then make another layer of Folios (or low-carb tortillas), sausage/sauce mixture, cheese, pepperoni, and Greek Oregano.
Bake about 20 minutes, or until cheese is melted and the Pizza Bake is bubbling hot and nicely browned. (I would start checking after 15 minutes.)
Serve hot and enjoy!

Notes

I used the hot variety of my favorite Italian Sausage for this recipe, but if you're feeding kids I'd use the sweet Italian sausage instead. I used Rao's Pizza Sauce (affiliate link) with only 12 carbs in the jar used in this recipe, but if you can't find Rao's use any low-sugar pizza sauce. Use full-fat or reduced-fat Mozzarella, whichever you prefer. There is plenty of fat in this dish, so I'd recommend using the reduced-fat pepperoni even for the Keto version.

I find Folios Parmesan Cheese Wraps at Costco in my town.

For low-carb version replace the folios with 7 Mission Carb Balance Low-Carb Tortillas. Approximate nutritional information with that change is: Calories 329, Total Fat 19.8, Saturated Fat 6.3, Unsaturated Fat 8.5, Cholesterol 89, sodium 1055, Carbohydrates 18.2, Fiber 13.1 Sugar 1.8, Protein 29.

Recipe created by Kalyn and Kara after quite a few experiments and a final compromise to include the version we each preferred!

Nutrition Information

Yield

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 368Total Fat 25.3gSaturated Fat 9.8gUnsaturated Fat 7.2gCholesterol 114mgSodium 981mgCarbohydrates 2.8gFiber .1gSugar 1.8gProtein 31.5g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.