When you begin a ketogenic diet, entertaining might be one of the worries you have. It’s not the easiest task to overcome when you have to serve people food they can enjoy and that you can also eat. A great finger food that you can make ahead of time is a stromboli. Stromboli is traditionally served rolled up like a roll cake, but in American cuisine, most pizza places will serve their stromboli folded up similarly to a calzone.
You can think of this as a very large savory danish that you can slice up and easily serve to people as an appetizer that they can pick through. Cut it up into small slices and let them take as they please. Alternatively, you can slice into 4 large pieces and serve as a meal with some roasted broccoli and butter or more traditionally Italian Style Green beans or pan fried asparagus.
Yields 4 servings of Ham & Cheese Stromboli
The Preparation
- 1 1/4 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 4 tablespoons almond flour
- 3 tablespoons coconut flour
- 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 large egg
- 4 ounces ham, deli slices
- 3 1/2 ounces cheddar cheese, sliced
The Execution
1. Preheat your oven to 400°F and in a microwave or toaster oven, melt your mozzarella cheese. About 1 minute in the microwave, and 10 second intervals afterward, or about 10 minutes in an oven, stirring occasionally.
2. Combine almond and coconut flour, as well as your seasonings in a mixing bowl. I used salt, pepper and an Italian blend seasoning.
3. When the mozzarella is melted, place that into your flour mixture and begin working it in.
4. After about a minute, when the cheese has had a chance to cool down a bit, add in your egg and combine everything together. It helps to use two utensils here.
5. When everything is combined and you’ve got a moist dough, transfer it to a flat surface with some parchment paper.
6. Lay a second sheet of parchment paper over the dough ball and use a rolling pin or your hand to flatten it out.
7. Use a pizza cutter or knife to cut diagonal lines beginning from the edges of the dough to the center, leave a row of dough untouched about 4 inches wide.
8. Alternate laying ham and cheddar on that uncut stretch of dough.
9. Then lift one section of dough at a time and lay it over the top, covering your filling.
10. Then bake it for about 15-20 minutes until you see it has turned a golden brown color.
11. Slice it up and serve!
This makes a total of 4 servings of Keto Ham & Cheese Stromboli. Each serving comes out to be 315 calories, 22.9g fats, 4.1g net carbs, and 22.3g protein.
| NUTRITION | CALORIES | FAT | CARBS | FIBER | NET CARBS | PROTEIN |
| 1 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese | 420 | 31.3 | 3.1 | 0 | 3.1 | 31 |
| 4 tablespoon almond flour | 162 | 14 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 5.9 |
| 3 tablespoon coconut flour | 60 | 3.5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 teaspoon italian seasoning | 3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| — salt and pepper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 large egg | 79 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | 6.9 |
| 4 ounce ham | 142 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 0 | 4.1 | 20.3 |
| 3 1/2 ounce cheddar cheese | 401 | 33.1 | 3.1 | 0 | 3.1 | 22.7 |
| Totals | 1266 | 92.2 | 27.4 | 11 | 16.3 | 89.9 |
| Per Serving (/4) | 317 | 23.1 | 6.8 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 22.5 |
Keto Ham & Cheese Stromboli
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup mozzarella cheese shredded
- 4 tablespoon almond flour
- 3 tablespoon coconut flour
- 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 large egg
- 4 ounce ham deli slices
- 3 ½ ounce cheddar cheese sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F. Melt the mozzarella in a microwave or toaster oven. This will take about 1 minute in the microwave and 10-second intervals afterward, or about 10 minutes in the oven, stirring occasionally.
- Combine the almond and coconut flours in a bowl with Italian seasoning and salt and pepper.
- Once the mozzarella is melted, add it to the flour mixture and begin working it in.
- After about a minute, when the cheese has had a chance to cool down a bit, add in the egg and combine everything together. It helps to use two utensils here.
- Once everything is combined and you've got a moist dough, transfer it to a flat surface lined with parchment paper.
- Lay a second sheet of parchment paper over the dough ball and use a rolling pin or your hands to flatten it out.
- Use a pizza cutter or knife to cut diagonal lines from the edges of the dough to the center, leave a row of dough untouched about 4" wide.
- Add alternating layers of sliced ham and cheddar on top of the uncut stretch of dough.
- Lift the sections of dough one at a time and fold them over to cover the filling.
- Bake for about 15–20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Slice up and serve!
