Keto Kentucky Hot Brown

By Chef Geri

This recipe uses our bread mix. We no longer make it, so the seven ingredients are listed in the recipe below, or grab them all in one go.

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Keto Kentucky Hot Brown

The Louisville Brown Hotel classic made keto. Turkey on Ketonia Texas Toast smothered in a Mornay sauce made from a Ketonia bread mix roux, topped with crispy bacon and broiled until bubbling. A true Southern icon.

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Servings: 2 servings

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

Mornay Sauce
57 g butter 4 tbsp
17.6 g vital wheat gluten with the next 6 lines, replaces 36 g Ketonia bread mix equivalent (discontinued), 4 tbsp: 19.5g vital wheat gluten, 10.5g flax meal, 4.75g oat fiber, 4.4g almond flour, 0.75g salt, 0.12g xanthan gum, 0.06g citric acid
9.4 g golden flax meal
4.3 g oat fiber
3.9 g almond flour
0.7 g salt
xanthan gum a pinch
citric acid a pinch
240 ml heavy cream 1 cup
240 ml water with 1 tsp Better Than Bouillon 1 cup
60 g Pecorino Romano cheese, grated 1/2 cup, plus 1 tbsp for garnish
pinch of nutmeg
salt and pepper to taste
Sandwich
198 g roasted turkey breast, sliced thick 7 oz
4 slices Ketonia Texas Toast
4 slices crispy bacon
1 Roma tomato, quartered
paprika and parsley for garnish

Method

Make Mornay sauce: in a 2-quart saucepan, melt butter and slowly whisk in Ketonia bread mix equivalent until a thick paste (roux) forms. Cook over medium-low for 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Whisk in cream and bouillon water. Cook over medium until the cream begins to simmer, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in Pecorino Romano until smooth. Add nutmeg, salt and pepper.
For each Hot Brown: place 2 slices of toast in an oven-safe dish – one slice cut corner to corner into 2 triangles, one left as a square. Cover with turkey. Set 4 tomato quarters and 2 toast points alongside the base. Pour half the Mornay sauce to completely cover the dish. Sprinkle with extra Pecorino Romano.
Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes until cheese begins to brown and bubble. Remove from oven, cross 2 pieces of crispy bacon on top, sprinkle with paprika and parsley. Serve immediately.

Notes

The Ketonia bread mix roux is the keto secret weapon here – it makes a proper bechamel-style sauce. This is one of the great American regional dishes and the keto version is genuinely excellent. Nutrition is estimated per serving.