You either make your usual zoodles or even better – almond flour pasta from scratch. Follow our recipe below for a simple butter and grated cheese pasta to curb your cravings.

Because nut flours do not contain gluten, you will need to use a binder to help your pasta hold together. In this recipe, we suggest xanthan gum, a type of polysaccharide, for this very purpose. The recipe also calls for apple cider vinegar to balance out the flavors. And unlike other almond flour pasta recipes, this one also calls for coconut flour to improve texture and consistency.

It’s also important you don’t cook the pasta in boiling water or you’ll end up with mushy pasta. However, when cooked in a bit of butter and olive oil, you get a perfectly al dente texture. And of course, you don’t have to serve this almond flour pasta as suggested in this recipe. It pairs perfectly with a range of other keto-friendly sauces such as basil pesto, blue-cheese sauce, carbonara sauce, and mushroom sauce.

You may also tweak this recipe to make keto tortellini and ravioli. And if you want to make serve the past later in the week, you’ll be happy to learn that this almond flour pasta is also freezer friendly. With all that said, follow this recipe to make almond flour pasta from scratch.