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Recipe16 May 2026

Parmesan crisps

Grated parmesan baked into thin crisp wafers. The carnivore version of a chip. Ten minutes. Eat with hands.

Variant
carnivore dairy
Prep
5 min
Cook
8 min
Serves
4

Ingredients

  • 01200 g block parmesan, freshly grated (not pre-grated)
  • 02Optional: 1 tbsp finely chopped cooked bacon

Method

Preheat the oven to 200C. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.

Spoon the grated parmesan into mounds about 1 tablespoon each, spaced 3-4 cm apart. Press each mound gently into a flat disc roughly 5 cm across.

Optional: sprinkle a few bacon pieces over each disc before baking. They embed into the cheese as it melts.

Bake for 7-9 minutes. The crisps should be deeply golden at the edges and still slightly pale in the middle. They will look soft when you take them out — they crisp as they cool.

Cool on the tray for 5 minutes. The crisps lift off easily once cool. If they break, that is fine — the broken pieces work as carnivore "croutons" on top of other dishes.

Store at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 3 days. They lose crispness in humidity — re-crisp in a 150C oven for 3 minutes if needed.