Flatbread – Spiced Beef with Tzatziki Sauce
Keto fathead flatbread topped with spiced ground beef and a cucumber tzatziki sauce.
Ingredients
| 3 3/4 cup | 900 ml | mozzarella cheese (flatbread) |
| 1 1/2 cup | 360 ml | almond flour (flatbread) |
| Pinch | salt, optional (flatbread) | |
| 3 ounce | 85 g | cream cheese (flatbread) |
| 3 lb | 1.4 kg | ground beef (spiced beef) |
| 3/4 cup | 180 ml | white onion, diced (spiced beef) |
| 3/4 cup | 180 ml | pickled jalapenos (spiced beef) |
| 3 teaspoon | 15 ml | ground ginger (spiced beef) |
| 3 teaspoon | 15 ml | cumin (spiced beef) |
| 3/4 teaspoon | 3.8 ml | ground cloves (spiced beef) |
| 1 cup | 240 ml | water (spiced beef) |
| 3 tablespoon | 45 ml | cilantro, chopped (spiced beef) |
| 1 1/2 cup | 360 ml | sour cream (tzatziki sauce) |
| 3/4 tsp | 3.8 ml | cumin (tzatziki sauce) |
| 3 tsp | 15 ml | dried dill (tzatziki sauce) |
| 3 tsp | 15 ml | lemon juice (tzatziki sauce) |
| — | salt & pepper (tzatziki sauce) | |
| 1 1/2 | English (seedless) cucumber, sliced and quartered (tzatziki sauce) |
Instructions
You may want to bake the flatbread first so it has time to bake and cool while you prepare the ground beef and sauce.
Flatbread
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment and set aside.
- In a large bowl, place mozzarella and almond flour. Break cream cheese into small pieces and place into the bowl. Microwave bowl for 1 minute, or until all ingredients are melted and easily mixed.
- Using a spoon or rubber spatula, mix ingredients until a ball forms. Wet hands with a bit of water and pick up dough ball. Form it until smooth and all ingredients are fully combined.
- Use a knife to cut the dough ball into 4 even sections.
- Re-wetting hands when necessary (prevents sticking), press each dough ball out into a flat circle, about 5–6 inches in diameter. You may do this in hands or on the baking sheet, whichever is easier.
- Bake for 12–14 minutes or until flatbread begins to turn golden brown. They may puff up a bit, that's ok. Keep warm for serving (stacking and covering with a towel will work). If your dough is too stiff or will not spread, it may be too cold. Place it back in the microwave for 5–10 seconds and it should be easier to spread.
Spiced Beef 7. Brown ground beef in a skillet over medium heat. When no pink remains, drain grease. 8. Add onion, jalapenos, ginger, cumin, cloves and water. Bring to a quick boil then simmer for about 10 minutes until most of the water has evaporated from the pan and onions are soft. Turn off heat and add cilantro.
Tzatziki Sauce 9. In a large bowl, place sour cream, cumin, dill, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Whisk together until smooth. 10. Add cucumber to the bowl and fold in until fully covered with sauce.
To Serve 11. Place 1/4 of the beef mixture on flatbread and top with 1/4 of the sauce mixture. Fold and garnish with additional jalapeno and cilantro, if desired.
I didn't weigh this recipe for nutritional purposes. If you need more accurate serving information, place beef and sauce separately on a food scale to get weight in grams. Divide weight by 4 and that will give you the grams per serving.
Notes — Recipe Swaps:
- For less carbs, omit the flatbread and replace with cauliflower rice. Some of these carbs are from the seasoning.
- To reduce calories: use leaner ground beef or turkey, or make smaller servings.
- There's no egg in this flatbread, you don't need it and doing so may make the dough overly wet.
- Sauce: You may swap for regular cucumber if you'd like.
Please note that I am not a certified nutritionist. Any nutritional information that is discussed or disclosed in this post should only be seen as my best amateur estimates based on NET carbs. If nutrition is important to you, I highly encourage you to verify any data you see here with your favorite nutrition calculator.