# Healthy Pepperoni Pizza

This pizza recipe is packed with protein and low in calories, using vital wheat gluten to boost protein content without relying on protein powder or cottage cheese.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 28 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Lunch
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 80 gram all-purpose flour
- 30 gram vital wheat gluten
- 0.5 tsp olive oil
- 0.5 tsp instant yeast
- 3 tbsp pizza sauce
- 170 g non-fat mozzarella
- 22 slices low-fat turkey pepperoni
- 1 pinch salt
- 60 ml warm water

## Instructions

1. Mix flour, wheat gluten, yeast, and a pinch of salt in a bowl.
2. Slowly add warm water while stirring until a dough forms.
3. Knead the dough until smooth and elastic.
4. Let the dough rise.
5. Roll out the dough into a pizza shape.
6. Par bake the dough for 3 minutes at 260 °C.
7. Add pizza sauce to the par-baked crust.
8. Spread non-fat mozzarella cheese over the sauce.
9. Add turkey pepperoni on top of the cheese.
10. Bake the pizza for another 5 minutes until the cheese bubbles.

## Equipment

- bowl
- kitchen scale
- stand mixer
- rolling pin
- pizza pan
- oven

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOXL2tEjxpT/?igsh=NGtoOTZpY2M1bWFt
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3721d189-f75d-4de7-a394-d77434e54c46
- Extracted: 2025-09-09

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