Ever since discovering keto bread it’s become quite a regular in our dinner/snack repertoire. Why? Well, it’s unbelievably easy to make for starters with just 4 main ingredients. But it’s also a very tasty way to get the illusion of stodge into your meal without actually consuming loads of bloaty carbs. I’ve been experimenting with different flavours and cheese & tomato has become a winner. This recipe makes 6 faux bread buns which are great for making sandwiches or even better… burgers!
Cheese & Tomato Keto Bread
- 2 cups / 2 large packets of ground almonds
- 4 large eggs
- 5 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tbsp red pesto
- 1.5 tsp rosemary
- 2 tsp baking powder
- Strong cheddar, for grating
- Makes 6 buns
Preheat your oven to 180c. Melt the butter and beat the eggs in a separate bowl. In your main bowl, add the almond flour, baking powder, rosemary and red pesto. Mix until you have a breadcrumb consistency.
Now add the wet ingredients and whisk until well mixed. Grease your moulds/tray and spoon in the mixture and cover with a grated layer of strong mature cheddar. Using strong cheddar means you get an awful lot of flavour from using less.
I really recommend using silicone moulds for this recipe: in shallow metal trays the bread can go a bit flat. Anyway, into the oven for 10-12 minutes…
Ta-dah!
Adding cheese on top helps give the keto bread a convincing bread crust. Inside they’re soft and dense, similar to white bread.
I cut them open and shoved in a big, fat ground steak burger!
The lack of carbs in keto bread makes it a great way to sneak out some of the guilt from a meal. The addition of red pesto & cheese gives these buns an indulgent & tangy flavour. I enjoyed these keto burger babies with some fruity cous cous & salad: the perfect Summer dinner!
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I need that burger in my mouth.
I’ve also been meaning to try your keto bread recipes for a while now. Cheese and red pesto is definitely the push I need to finally do it!
They’re so easy to make I really recommend whipping up a batch to try, the basic recipe can have so many different flavours added to it as well 🙂
They look absolutely amazing. Does th keto diet work?
It does indeed! It’s very effective, although unlike Paleo it’s very much a diet rather than a long term lifestyle. Well.. you can live in Keto perfectly healthily, it’s just it makes daily food choices & life in general so much harder, so for that reason not sustainable in my opinion!
Yeah it does seem difficult. I haven’t looked into it properly yet, but it seems like your keto recipes are also really good for gluten free people too!
I can’t find red pesto, can I substitute basil pesto?
Yes of course! You can use whatever you like to flavour the bread. If you wanted to maintain the tangy tomato flavour you could use tomato purée as a substitute? Or if you feel like splashing out for them, some chopped sun-dried tomatoes would be fantastic.
I substituted tomato paste for the red pesto (in the oven now)
Hi Jess, How was it? 🙂
I love the ratio of burger to bread lol! Thanks for the recipe, will be trying out tonight =)
Are there any carbs in this recipe?
how many carbs are in these?
What are the nutritional values per serving,
which I assume will be per bun?
How many carbs per serving?
I made this using passata, sundried tomatoes and oregano instead of red pesto, and baked them in broad paper cases to keep life simple. Such a great recipe, thank you!
Thank you for this post Jo. I made them plain just to test out the basic recipe and they are so great! I’ll be making a weekly batch and using your variations for inspiration.