This easy, low-carb, tofu pizza crust is simply amazing! The pizza dough is made with tofu instead of grain, so it's vegan, gluten-free, keto-friendly, and high in protein! It bakes up firm and delicious and makes an ideal healthy pizza crust alternative. Whether you are looking for a gluten-free, grain-free, or simply low-carb pizza, this is the recipe for you!
I began making pizza crust this way when my son had to go gluten-free and I couldn't find a gluten-free pizza crust that my kids liked. I knew that they loved tofu in just about any form, so I came up with this method and it was a hit!
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❤️ You'll love tofu pizza because it's
- easy to make.
- doesn't use hard-to-find or weird ingredients.
- high in protein.
- vegan, gluten-free, nut-free, and grain-free.
🧾 Ingredients and substitutions
- Tofu - high protein tofu works best. (This is a very dense 16 oz block of tofu that comes in a vacuum-sealed pouch with little water). You can also use extra firm tofu in the plastic containers, but you will need 1 1/2 containers of this type. You will also need to drain and press this type of tofu before adding it to the food processor.
- Salt - for flavor.
- Garlic - for flavor. (optional)
- Herbs - like fresh basil or oregano. You can also use dried herbs like an Italian herb blend.
- Olive Oil - for richness in the crust and to prevent sticking to the pan.
- Nutritional Yeast - for a slightly cheesy umami flavor and added nutrition. (optional) (Nutritional yeast is a yellow powder that you can find at most natural foods stores).
- Pizza Toppings - pizza sauce, vegan mozzarella or vegan liquid pizza cheese, veggies, olives, vegetarian pepperoni, TVP sausage crumbles, or anything you like on your pizza.
🔪 Helpful tools
- Food Processor - to blend the tofu and other ingredients. A large 8-12 cup capacity works well.
- Iron skillet - to cook the pizza in. (10-12 inch work well). You can also use a cookie sheet with edges, but a heavy skillet works great.
🥄 How to make pizza crust with tofu dough?
- Preheat your oven to 425° F.
- Drain the tofu and crumble it into your food processor.
- Add salt, garlic, herbs, olive oil, and nutritional yeast to the food processor.
- Blend until well mixed into a crumbly dry paste.
- Drizzle oil at the bottom of an iron skillet or cookie sheet.
- Put the tofu mixture in the skillet and spread it out evenly about 1/2 inch thick. (It will shrink a little while baking).
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until it starts to dry out and get crispy on the bottom.
- Top with your favorite pizza toppings.
- Bake again for 10 minutes.
❓ What tofu works best?
Make sure to use the right type of tofu. There are two types of tofu that work best for this recipe. Dense, high protein, shrink-wrapped tofu OR extra firm, water-packed tofu is usually sold in a plastic tub. Both will work but the high-protein tofu is preferred if you can find it (Trader Joe's carries it if you have one near you).
The water-packed, extra-firm tofu will work but make sure to press it to squeeze out the water. Once pressed, water-packed tofu also has slightly less weight so you will need 1 1/4 container to equal 1 full pound of tofu.
👩🏻🍳 Pro Tips
- The tofu pizza "dough" needs to be dry and crumbly. It should be just moist enough to stick together when pressed into the pan.
- Make sure to bake it for at least 25 minutes before putting any pizza toppings on it. This will allow it to dry out and firm up into a pizza crust consistency.
- If the crust starts to puff up when baking, poke a few holes in it with a fork to release any air trapped inside.
🍕 Vegan pizza toppings
- Get adventurous in your kitchen and make my homemade vegan mozzarella cheese. Be sure to follow the directions for the version that melts for an ideal vegan cheese to use on pizza. My liquid pizza cheese also works great!
- Homemade vegan pepperoni made from seitan is also delicious (but not gluten-free).
- You can also easily make your own vegan sausage pizza crumbles in about 5 minutes!
🌟 More recipes you may like
- Vegan Polenta Pizza Bites
- Low-Carb Cauliflower Stuffing
- Vegan Cauliflower Risotto with Spinach
- Cold Veggie Pizza
- Vegan Pizza Rolls
📌 Be sure to follow me on Pinterest for new vegan recipes!
📋 Tofu pizza recipe
Tofu Pizza Crust
Ingredients
- 1 lbs high protein tofu (16 oz) or extra firm tofu drained and pressed
- 2 tablespoon nutritional yeast (optional)
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil or 2 tsp dried herbs like Italian seasoning
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425°F (220°C). Drain the tofu and crumble it into your food processor.
- Add salt, garlic, herbs, olive oil, and nutritional yeast to the food processor.
- Blend until mixed into a crumbly dry paste.
- Drizzle oil at the bottom of an iron skillet or cookie sheet.
- Put the tofu mixture in the skillet and spread it out evenly about 1/2 inch thick. (It will shrink a little while baking).
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until it starts to dry out slightly and get crispy on the bottom.
- Top with your favorite pizza toppings.
- Bake again for 10 more minutes.
Notes
- The tofu pizza "dough" needs to be dry and crumbly. It should be just moist enough to stick together when pressed into the pan.
- Make sure to bake it for at least 25 minutes before putting any pizza toppings on it. This will allow it to dry out and firm up into a pizza crust consistency.
- If the crust starts to puff up when baking, poke a few holes in it with a fork to release any air trapped inside.
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I can’t eat any kind of flour and I miss pizza so much! This is perfect and so good! Thank you!!!
I'm so happy that this recipe works for you, Freba! 🙂
Can you freeze the pixie crusts to use later when you want to make pizzas?
Hi Joe, It's best made fresh. When you freeze tofu it gets a grainy texture.
I Iove the flavor but I have made it twice and can try seem to get the bottom to crisp. I almost feel like I almost need to flip into over and bake the bottom. I’m not sure if I am just not getting the water out or if the bottom doesn’t crisp. Any suggestions? I’ve used extra firm (silken and others as the high protein one sugar are hard to find right now. My Crust also is spongy but I also noticed it is less so when’s it cools. Thank you!
You have to make sure to get as much water out of the tofu as possible. I also bake mine in a cast-iron skillet. I think that the cast iron helps to crips it up well.
This tofu pizza crust was awesome! Easy to make, filling, high protein and low carb!
So happy that you liked it Eric! It seems a little weird at first, but you just have to try it, don't you? 🙂
Looks good. We will make it next pizza day. And use some of that good home made cheese from your recipe. And as an added note, I found what I think to be the high fat coconut milk and ordered a case and will verify it is the correct one when it arrives (for the cheese making).
Thanks 🙂
Dave
Hope that you enjoyed it, Dave! Any full-fat coconut milk should work well for the cheese. 🙂