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Craving pizza but can’t have the carbs?
Have you ever tried a milanesa de pollo?
Well, it’s a simple dish that gives you all the cheesy goodness of pizza but with chicken as the “crust”.
This recipe results in a softer “crust” than a traditional milanesa de pollo which is full flattened chicken breasts that are breaded and fried. Because of the egg and cheese in the chicken”dough”, it’s a softer bite each time.
Chicken Base:
1. Roast a medium sized chicken and allow to cool to room temperature
2. Remove the white meat and place on a large cutting board
3. Cut the white meat into 1x1 inch chunks and place back into a large mixing bowl
4. Add 2 eggs
5. Add 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
6. Add 1 cup of shredded parmesan cheese
7. Add 1 tbsp almond flour
Preheat the oven to 400F
Mix all ingredients in the large bowl and form a large ball with your hands
Grease the “pizza” pan with butter
Place the chicken “dough” onto the center of the pan
Spread out to cover the entire pan with a raised outer edge like a pizza crust.
Place in oven and cook until tender with the butter bubbling from the edges.
Remove from oven.
Toppings:
1. Make your keto-friendly red sauce
(3 cups of diced tomatoes, garlic, limited onion, a splash of a dry red wine, extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes to taste. Add 2 tsp of erythritol if the sauce is too acidic)
2. Slice your bufala mozzarella and season it
3. Cut the prosciutto de Parma into strips
Milanesa de Pollo Napoletana Preparation:
This is the easy part. Just treat it like you’re making a pizza!
Add your sauce
Add your cheese
Place in the 400F oven and cook until cheese is melted
When the cheese is almost melted to your liking, add the prosciutto for 2-3 minutes to sweat. You can alternatively do this in an air-fryer and add on top of the completed dish.
Prosciutto can be replaced with any ham or even bacon.
Note that in a traditional milanesa de pollo napoletana, the ham is placed on the bottom with the sauce and cheese on top.
Enjoy!
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Looking for an easy meal with an elegant touch? Then try this individual baked ziti recipe. In using ramekin dishes, you can easily manage portion sizes for your guests.
This easy recipe takes about 45 total minutes to prepare and includes 4 layers, top to bottom:
Layers:
* Mozzarella cheese
* Ricotta with minced shallots and fresh basil
* Ground beef, veal and pork, cooked with minced shallots and garlic
* Pasta in your choice of red sauce
Serving:
* Recipe yields 6 servings
Ingredients:
* 1 box of dried pasta or fresh pasta such as ziti, rigatoni, or penne
* Approximately 16 ounces of your favorite homemade red sauce, or a store-bought sauce to your liking
* 1/3 lb ground beef
* 1/3 lb ground veal
* 1/3 lb ground pork
* 3 large shallots
* 5 cloves garlic
* 1 cup chopped fresh basil
* 1/4 cup chopped chives
* 1 tsp liquid smoke
* 2 tbsp butter
* 16 ounces ricotta cheese
* 24 ounces mozzarella cheese
Recipe:
Preheat the oven to 350F
Pasta:
* Choose your pasta of taste such as ziti, penne, or rigatoni and prepare.
While the pasta is cooking…
Meat Layer:
* Cut 2 shallots and garlic
* In a large pan, sauté shallots and garlic in olive oil, adding a pinch of salt and pepper
* Add meat and continue on medium heat
* Add liquid smoke and season meat to taste with salt, pepper. Consider a pinch of smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, oregano.
* Add chives and butter and melt butter
* Add 1.5 cups of the red sauce and reduce the liquid on a simmer
Ricotta Layer:
* In a medium mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese with shallot, the cut basil, salt and pepper to taste.
Construction:
* Drain the pasta and return to the pot
* Using a strainer, pour any liquid remaining from the meat pan into the pasta pot
* Add a handful of mozzarella cheese and stir
* Mix in the red sauce. If you are using a store-bought sauce, I recommend Raos Homemade Vodka Sauce.
* Add a layer of pasta to each ramekin about 1/3 high
* With a small spoon, add a layer of the cooked meat mixture, roughly 1/3 high, leaving the last 1/3 for the cheese
* Spoon a layer of ricotta into each, leaving about 1 centimeter space for the mozzarella
* Add mozzarella to the top
* Season the top layer mozzarella
Baking:
* Place the 6 ramekin dishes on a tray and cook until mozzarella is fully melted and there is a light brown crust around the sides, approximately 30-45 minutes
Serve hot or let cool and reheat in the oven later before serving.
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When ordering a full pizza (no slices) is not an option, the sausage sandwich is a great option
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