Easy Keto Pie Crust Pastry

Our super easy keto pie crust is going to be your favourite new recipe. Having a keto shortcrust pastry that you can use in sweet and savoury baking is so handy. Oh, and trust me this is so much like the real thing you will never know.

EASY KETO PIE CRUST INGREDIENTS

All of the ingredients are easy to source from your local supermarket.

90 g almond meal

30 g coconut flour or chia flour

20 g whey protein isolate

½ teaspoon xanthan gum

¼ teaspoon salt

100 g cold unsalted butter, cubed

50 g cold cream cheese, cubed

1 egg, lightly beaten

FOR SWEET PASTRY

1 teaspoon vanilla extra

1 tablespoon powdered sweetener

INGREDIENT SUBSTITUTES

I know that a lot of you will have questions regarding the easy keto pie crust ingredients and can you swap them. I will go through the questionable ingredients, that I think you will ask about.

Let’s say firstly, these ingredients have been including to give your keto shortcrust pastry the BEST consistency. By changing and swapping ingredients the pastry will be different and not as good as the original (in my opinion).

Coconut flour – swap – 1/4 cup almond meal

Whey protein isolate, this is included to give the keto shortcrust pastry a very “short” texture. If you don’t have it just add 2 extra tablespoons of almond meal.

Almond meal – I would like to give you an option here but it will be a completely different recipe. When using other flours like coconut flour, sesame or sun flour extra eggs and fiddling around will be needed. So at this point I will say no substitutes.

Cream Cheese – no substitutes sorry. It helps bind, flavour and give texture to the easy keto pie crust.

Xanthan gun – now I know some of you hate it. The xanthan can be omitted from the keto shortcrust recipe BUT it does add texture in flakiness and gives a better smoothness to the low carb pastry. You need to remember that working with not only gluten-free pastry but also grain-free pastry recipes the texture is a lot different than the original. Xanthan does help in this recipe and there is no sliminess or consistency weirdness with it in there.

TIPS FOR MAKING EASY KETO PASTRY

Rolling and making a keto cream cheese shortcrust pastry is a little fiddlier than the original but don’t worry this recipe will work which ever way you do it.

DO NOT OVER MIX. Just like the original when processing the mix do it until it resembles dry bread crumbs. Then just push into the mixture into a flat disc and wrap in cling film.

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CHILL THE PASTRY. This is an essential step. Hot soft keto pie crust pastry is not an easy thing to manipulate that is for sure. So chill 1-2 hours or make ahead of time. It will keep in the fridge for a week anyway.

WORK FAST. When you are ready to roll the pastry work really quickly. Roll between two pieces of non-stick baking paper and move quickly to your pie dish or cut for small pies or tarts. If the pastry is falling apart it is too warm, so just re-roll and place back in the fridge for an hour or so until well chilled.

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CHEATS WAY OF LINING PIE TINS. I have tested the easy keto pie crust recipe all year round. This method works just the same as above and you may prefer it.

So here goes. You now how you would work with a biscuit base for cheesecake? You are going to do the same sort of thing.

I always use where possible the loose bottom pie or tart tins. To be fair though even in a cake tin this pastry does not stick and comes out easily.

Just press the pastry mix (still after chilling) into the base of the pie tins. Make sure it is only a thin layer and make sure to press out the edges and neaten up the top lip of a tart or add some overhang for a pie.

If you are making an enclosed pie then firstly roll out half of the keto shortcrust pastry into a round that will cover the top of the pie. And place into the fridge while still on the paper. When ready to top the pie just invert and place onto the pie then remove the baking paper. Make some small slits in the top of the pastry to allow for air to escape.

BLIND BAKING. Once you have finished lining your pie or tart tins with the keto pastry prick the base with a fork generously and then place into the freezer for half an hour. This will set the pastry and stop it from shrinking and flopping in the oven. I will often prepare a double batch of easy pie crust pastry up to this stage and just store them in the moulds in the freezer for when I am ready to use.

Once they are well chilled you can blind bake the base.

Preheat the oven to 200℃. Bake keto pie shell for 10-15 minutes or until lightly golden. There is no need to line and use baking beads or rice to weigh down but as I mentioned above you MUST chill the pie crusts well before baking.

MAKE AHEAD EASY KETO PIE CRUST

Can I make my pastry ahead of time? Absolutely! Make it up to pre-baking and keep in the freezer for months if you want. What a great way to be ready for parties or busy times like Christmas with all your pastry sorted.

You can also bake the easy keto pie crust pastry and store for 2-3 weeks in the fridge without any filling. Again how good is this for convenience.

SWEET & EASY KETO PIE CRUST

With this keto pastry recipe you can make a sweet keto shortcrust pastry or savoury keto pie crust with just a simple addition of sweetener and vanilla.

Want a chocolate pastry? A citrus one? Look it is as simple as adding a tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa, some lemon or lime zest or just flavour with any extracts you have. How good would a keto pistachio pastry be or maple, coconut etc. So many flavours can be achieved with a few drops of extract for a nice variation.

For sweet keto shortcrust pastry pies I have made Lemon Meringue, Yoghurt Panna Cotta Tarts and Self Saucing Bourbon Pecan Pie Frangipane in my Fresh & Easy Keto cookbook. Also in that same eBook I made the Caramelised Onion Tart using the savoury easy keto shortcrust pastry. Keto Eats also features several recipes using the keto shortcrust pastry

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